Benoît Magimel

True tale of the tumultuous love affair between two French literary icons of the 19th Century, novelist George Sand and poet Alfred de Musset. But their affair falls apart during an excursion to Venice, Italy where Musset is distracted by drugs and Sand by a handsome doctor. (imdb)

Set in the Bordeaux region of France, Flower of Evil tells the story of the Charpin-Vasseurs, one of the most well respected upper middle class families in the region. The family's picture perfect image is shattered when murder occurs. (Palm Pictures)

Erika (Huppert) is a piano teacher at a prestigious music school in Vienna. In her early forties and single, she lives with her overprotective and controlling mother (Girardot). Lonely and alienated, Erika finds solace by visiting sex shops and experimenting with masochism. (Kino International)

In the middle of the night, someone brings Ivan's body home to his wife and his sad-faced, jug-eared son... (imdb)

Abdel, a local hoodlum, is hospitalized after a riot, where a policeman lost his gun. His friend Vinz finds it and claims he will kill a cop if Abdel dies. (imdb)

It's love at first sight when bridesmaid Senta falls into the life handsome young Philippe at the wedding of his younger sister. Though their passion for each other is as obvious as it is unquestionable, Philippe soon discovers that Senta's life is shrouded in mystery and her stories surrounding her past anything but believable. When one day she asks Philippe for a terrible proof of his love, Philippe must come to terms with who his lover might really be... (First Run Features)

Laborie is a high-flying officer in the French special forces. Her mission is to escort Abedin Nexhep, a godfather of the Albanian mafia. Charged with heading a wide-reaching prostitution network, this formidable criminal is due to stand trial before a European court. During the transfer, killers hired by Nexhep set up an ambush to free their boss but Laborie and her men manage to escape... (imdb)

Chief Niemans is investigating a series of ritual murders: The victims are crucified. He teams up with young officer Reda, who gets embroiled after a man dressed as a monk tries to kill a confused guy Reda picked up on the street. Together with a specialist on christian mythology they uncover a mysterious group called "Angels of the Apokalypse". (imdb)

A 2005 French film directed by Gérard Pirès about two air force pilots preventing a terrorist attack on the Bastille Day celebrations in Paris. (Wikipedia.org)

Early one morning Valerie has to tell her unemployed boyfriend Remi that she is pregnant. She has decided to keep the child, but they argue whether they should break up or not. That same morning Valerie starts working in room service at a smart hotel. The film follows the routine of Valerie bringing breakfast to the guests, Valerie constantly trying to phone her mother, and Valerie's relations with the other staff. (imdb)

A kaleidoscope of gritty interlocking stories set at Christmas time and mostly taking place after dark. (european-films.net)

A black comedy centered around a TV weather girl and the two very different men who pursue her. (imdb)

Alex Fayard is an internationally successful crime novel author. He has been invited to Japan for the release of his latest book. One night, he encounters Tamao, a geisha who confides to him her fears. One of her former lovers, who may well be Shundei Oe, a novelist famous for his extremely violent and disturbing books, is threatening to kill her. Alex Fayard, a prominent Oe specialist, agrees to help her. (altinportakal.tursak.org.tr)

A drama following a French platoon during Algeria's war of independence. (imdb)

The population of the City of Lights is reduced to two in this offbeat comedy from France. Gervais (Eric Judor) is a police detective who one morning discovers that the city of Paris has been mysteriously abandoned, with almost nobody to be seen. The only other person Gervais runs across happens to be Curtis (Ramzy Bedia), a wanted criminal Gervais has been tracking for some time... (All Movie Guide)

Actress Nicole Garcia directed L'Adversaire in 2002 and is even more ambitious with this complex story of a range of characters in a French town on the Atlantic Coast. It should be said first that Charlie is a ten year old boy - and that it is not always what he actually says that is important. Rather, as the original title suggests, this is life 'according to Charlie', life through Charlie's perceptions. (habitusnetwork.org)

Two babies are switched at birth. When the mistake is discovered 12 years later, it leads to complications in the lives of both families. One family is affluent, with dutiful and (apparently) contented children. The other family is poor, with rambunctious (even delinquent) children, often hungry, but with lots of laughter in the house. (imdb)

Realistic, hardcore gangster flick with extreme characters, French humor, sex, drugs and violence in abundance.

Based on Philippe Beaussant's biography of Jean-Baptiste Lully. The film, presenting libertine and pagan Lully as a natural ally of the early Enlightenment figure Louis XIV of France in his conflicts with the Catholic establishment, focuses on Lully's personal and possibly romantic relationship with the King, as well as his camaraderie with Molière and rivalry with Robert Cambert.

This is the longer version of short film Squash (2002) by same director Lionel Bailiu (imdb)

The United Nations' Resolution of the title was adopted by the UN Security Council to verify and condemn crimes against humanity perpetrated during the Balkans Conflict, after the independence of Bosnia Herzegovina. With this mandate, the International Criminal Tribunal at The Hague sends volunteer French police officer Jacques Calvez to Srebrenica to find evidence of the genocide carried out by the Bosnian Serbs. (cineuropa.org)

A young executive has everything going for him. One day he confides the secret of his success to a childhood friend and his long lost friend tries to help but sets off a chain of events that threatens everything he holds dear. A young executive is loosing his teeth. Literally. (imdb)

The photographer and family man Matyas is married and has a happy life with his beloved wife Claire, who is pregnant and near the delivery, and his young son Pierre. Matyas was raised in an orphanage, and he believes his mother died when he was six. However, he receives a correspondence and discovers that his mother has just passed away and that he has a twin brother, Thomas.

Despite a traumatic event, a group of friends decide to go ahead with their annual beach vacation. Their relationships, convictions, sense of guilt and friendship are sorely tested. They are finally forced to own up to the little white lies they've been telling each other. Pretenses become increasingly hard to keep up. Until the moment when the truth finally catches up with them all.

With echoes of Rebel Without a Cause, Boogie Nights and Less Than Zero, this French drama keeps pace with some fast-moving 20-year-olds, as seen from the point of view of ambitious Laure (Zoe Felix). She narrates as the film flashes back to a period spanning April 20 to July 14.

France under occupation by the Germans during WW2: Two men inspired by a free France radio broadcast perpetrate an act of sabotage with unwitting consequences for them and their fellow villagers. (imdb)

A French journalist in Afghanistan is kidnapped by the Taliban.

The story of a friendship between Victor, owner of a magazine, and Bruno, a car thief. (imdb)

The life story of singer Claude François.

Sarah tells Paul that she wants out of their marriage; the next day she disappears. A year later and Paul along with their children return to his childhood town to start anew after the loss of his wife and their mother. (imdb)

A futuristic story about a man and his clone.

Matthieu and Eric are two brothers who work at the same factory as their father in Normandy. When his father is dismissed for smoking on the factory floor, Matthieu is incensed and tries to have him reinstated, in vain. His brother has just got married and, with a child and mortgage on the way, is reluctant to stir up trouble. (imdb)

The story of the marriage between Michel and Lena, as told by their daughter Anne, with reflections on the mystery of abiding love.

Academy Award winner Jean Dujardin (The Artist) stars as French police magistrate Pierre Michel, who waged an obsessive six-year battle to bring down Marseilles' infamous "French Connection" drug ring. (TIFF)

Malony has been in conflict with the school and the law since he was six. But a juvenile judge and a special educator are convinced they can save him from the spiral of revolt and violence in which he seems to be caught for the rest of his days. (imdb)

Three scenes from the marriage of Lou and Jacques as they wander around France. (imdb)

A "go fast" convoy shipping a ton of cannabis Malaga in southern Spain is disrupted following a shoot out that results in the kidnapping of a tourist.

A tale of power, corruption and redemption set against the rich backdrop of the French port city of Marseille. (imdb)

Irène Frachon, a doctor who lives in the Breton town of Brest, dares to stand up to the French health and pharmaceutical industry, helping to uncover the media scandal surrounding the commercialization of a controversial medicine whose side effects have caused the death of hundreds of people.

Marguerite must navigate through the hardships of the Liberation after losing her husband and starting a relationship with the enemy during the War.

Danger of losing his business, Anthony Roca, an ordinary man, develops a scam that will become the heist of the century. Overtaken by the crime, he will have to deal with betrayal, murder and settling

Naima is 16 and lives in Cannes. She has given herself the summer to choose what she wants to do with her life. Then her cousin Sofia, with her alluring lifestyle, arrives to spend the holidays with her. (imdb)

The reencounter of friends, following "Little white lies"/"Les petits mouchoirs", 7 years later.

A son in denial of a serious illness. A mother facing the unbearable. And between them a doctor and a nurse fighting to do their job and bring them to acceptance. They have one year and four seasons to come together and understand what it means to die while living.

Alain and Marie moved to the suburb house of their dreams. But the real estate agent warned them : what is in the basement may well change their lives forever.

On the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, the High Commissioner of the Republic and French government official De Roller (Benoît Magimel) is a calculating man with flawless manners. His somewhat broad perception of his role brings him to navigate the high end ’establishment’ as well as shady venues where he mingles with the locals. Especially since a persistent rumor has been going around: the sighting of a submarine whose ghostly presence could herald the return of French nuclear testing. (grasshopperfilm.com)

Three months after surviving a terrorist attack in a bistro, Mia is still traumatized and unable to recall the events of that night. In an effort to move forward, she investigates her memories and retraces her steps. (imdb)

Set in France in 1889, the film follows the life of Dodin Bouffant as a chef living with his personal cook and lover Eugénie. They share a long history of gastronomy and love but Eugénie refuses to marry Dodin, so the food lover decides to do something he has never done before: cook for her. (official movie website)

Marked by years in prison, Djo, a parcel deliverer in the Parisian suburbs, lives modestly with his mother with his daughter. One day, an aunt who has just fled the Ivorian conflict arrives at their home with her three children. In a hurry, Djo manages to find them a place. But faced with growing demand and with the prospect of offering a decent life to his daughter, Djo switches and becomes a sleep dealer.

Two years after surviving alone on the hostile island of Val Verde, Jack Mimoun has become an adventure star. The book recounting his experience is a bestseller and his television show breaks audience records. He is then approached by the mysterious Aurélie Diaz who will bring Jack Mimoun back to Val Verde to train him in search of the legendary sword of the pirate La Buse. (allocine.fr)

Omar Zerrouki is an old-fashioned bandit. Forced to go on the run in Algiers, where he can hide because of his ancestry, he makes a living out of petty theft, accompanied by his sidekick Roger. But the knife fell: the French justice system sentenced him to 20 years' imprisonment. Omar had to renounce French nationality to avoid extradition. Having lived a life of violence up to now, he had to "settle down" and managed to find a job in a pastry factory.

Rosalie is a young woman in 1870 France, but she is not like other young women. She hides a secret: since birth, her face and body have been covered in hair. She is what is known as a bearded woman, but she never wanted to become a vulgar fairground phenomenon. For fear of rejection, she has always had to shave. Until the day when Abel, a café owner in debt, marries her for her dowry without knowing her secret.