Jean-François Balmer

In nineteenth-century France, the romantic daughter of a country squire (Emma Rouault) marries a dull country doctor (Charles Bovary)... (imdb)

Madame de Maintenon, a courtesan to the royal court and wife to King Louis XIV, opens a special school for girls, seeking to educate young ladies of distinguished parentage but limited financial means. (Answers.com)

Betty and Victor are a pair of scam artists. One day Betty brings in Maurice, a treasurer of a multinational company... (imdb)

A magistrate investigates a corporate executive. (imdb)

A collection of artifacts from an archeological dig in Egypt are brought to the famous Louvre museum in Paris, and while experts are using a laser scanning device to determine the age of a sarcophagus, a ghostly spirit escapes and makes its way into the museum's electrical system. Museum curator Faussier (Jean-Francois Balmer) brings in a noted Egyptologist, Glenda Spencer, to examine the findings, and she announces that the mummy inside the coffin was actually the evil spirit Belphegor. (imdb)

WWII. In the German-occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for the resistance and the German administrator Bergmann, who will do anything to gain her affection. (imdb)

"TOKYO!," the dynamic new film by three of world cinema's great visionaries: Michel Gondry, Leos Carax, and Bong Joon-ho. A uniquely entertaining modern-day triptych, "TOKYO!" explores Japan's multifaceted capital city through three indelible stories: a Kafkaesque fable about a young woman's bizarre physical transformation; an arch-punk mini-monster-movie in which a man rises from the sewers to wreak havoc on the city; and a beguiling tale about a hermit who ventures outside in search of love. (movieweb.com)

A father (Michel Piccoli) is scheming to have his slightly mental daughter from an earlier marriage (Elsa Zylberstein) killed by allowing a murderous psychopath (Bernard Giraudeau) to be released from the asylum and led to his house. However, the psychopath and the daughter fall for each other. (imdb)

When the local police inspector was found dead in a prostitute's house, police division commissioner Stan Borowitz is sent to investigate the situation. Posing as the prostitute's long-lost brother "Antonio Cerruti," he discovers a mare's nest of police corruption. In fact, in this comedy thriller the whole town is corrupt. If they were closely examined, Stan's methods for pursuing this investigation might embarrass the police... (allmovie.com)

Fearless gunslinger, Lucky Luke, is ordered by the President to bring peace to Daisy Town. (imdb)

An American reporter finds himself in the middle of the 57-day battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam between the French army and the Vietminh, which finally resulted in the defeat and surrender of the French forces and France's eventual withdrawal from Vietnam. (imdb)

Lou and Pierre are estranged lovers trying to get together despite life pulling them apart.

A travel agent travels to Africa intending to start a resort hotel only to encounter her crusty ex-husband and ivory smugglers. (imdb)

François Lesbuche has become commissioner of IGS. Despite his rank and his willingness to be incorruptible, he does not hesitate to help his old friend Rene, who is a retired recluse on his barge...

Ferdinand (Gérard Jugnot), a long-term unemployed man living in a slum in the suburbs of Paris, accidentally meets Bonnie (Anemone) on the road.

The main character is unhappily married and has an affair. When his wife finds out, she lures his girlfriend to a cliff and throws herself of it, making the girlfriend look as her killer. The main character then tries to draw suspicion from his girlfriend to himself. It appears he wil succeed... (imdb)

In this French film, soldiers in the Algerian war not only fight against the rebelling natives of that country, but fight an equally brutal battle among themselves. Three young army misfits are assigned to a brutal "disciplinary company" during the conflict. When the "discipline" becomes too harsh for him to bear, one of the soldiers kills two of his tormentors. (Allrovi)

Based on a 1976 heist by Albert Spaggiari.

We follow 24 hours in the life of a being (DL) moving from life to life like a cold and solitary assassin moving from hit to hit. In each of these interwoven lives, the being possesses an entirely distinct identity: sometimes a man, sometimes a woman, sometimes youthful, sometimes old to the point of dying; sometimes destitute, sometimes wealthy. By turns murderer, beggar, company chairman, monstrous creature, worker, family man... (mubi.com)

A woman (Catherine Frot) returns to Paris after a 15-year absence and tries to re-establish relationships with her son and daughter.

A Greek-Australian photographer uncovers a shocking family secret when he returns to his ancestral homeland in this brutal, unsparing allegory of generational guilt. (tiff.net)

The true story of General Smyslovsky and the anti-Communist 1st Russian National Army receiving shelter in Liechtenstein in 1945 and successfully resisting Soviet pressure to be returned for execution in the USSR. (imdb)

A history of the French Revolution from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. (imdb)

When new boss Bernard Malair arrives to turn the store around, Louis fears for his job; but Bernard, with his numbers man Paul and his factotum François, invites Louis into an inner circle of long hours of work, nightclubs, and dinners. Nina objects, but Louis cannot say no to Bernard's demands, no matter how personal. In desperation, Nina leaves Louis, but that drives him further into Bernard's orbit. Can anything break this spell? (IMDB (adapted))

At a village in Senegal two groups of schoolkids who love rock and roll vie for the attention of the girls.

Witold just failed his law-school exams and Fuchs has just quit his job at a Parisian fashion company. Arriving for a few days away at a so-called family guesthouse, they are greeted by a series of unsettling omens: a sparrow hanging in the forest, then a piece of wood in the same condition, and finally signs on the ceiling and in the garden. There is also a baleful mouth, that of the maid, and a perfect mouth, that of the young woman of the house with whom Witold falls madly in love. (imdb)

A 44 year old guy gets out of jail and wants to become an actor.

Henry Dunant, a Genevan bourgeois, works for a Swiss company in French Algeria and determines to convince the firm and emperor Napoleon III to build a dam for the colonists. On his way to the emperor, he gets stuck in Austrian Castiglione which French troops came to 'liberate'. His letters home, published in Geneva, the shocking first-hand truth about war cruelty, start enough public commotion to make his plans eventual turn true in the form of the now worldwide International Red Cross. IMDB

In the late 19th century, an orphan girl moves to her aunt and uncle's home in Normandy, who take her in for her inheritance. She falls for her lazy cousin, whom she often helps financially, but he eventually cheats on her. After her aunt's death, she takes over the household and supports the family. Despite disappointments and betrayals, she remains a selfless woman who never loses her joy for life.

In 1977, one year after Mao's death, Robert Chantegris returns to China with his ten year-old daughter Blanche. He is sent as an instructor to a community of French volunteers who are helping the Chinese build a petrochemical complex in Hangzhou. Almost immediately upon his arrival, Robert Chantegris becomes intrigued by "Lune d'Automne"'s ploy. This beautiful acrobat arranges mysterious meetings with him in the garden of the "Pavillon Rouge", where a troop of acrobats performs. (unifrance.org)

Twenty-year-old Zef, with limited mental capacity, is always happy, loving everyone. He lives on an isolated farm in the Lot region. One evening, he commits the irreparable act of raping young Marie. Institutionalized in a psychiatric asylum, Zef closes in on himself. Hugues Michel, an unorthodox doctor, is asked to treat Marie. He decides to put her face to face with Zef, confident that electroshock will bring healing. But he's in for a surprise.

It follows Diane de Poitiers, an emeritus huntress whose unalterable beauty fuels rumors and legends during her lifetime - and even in her death. (imdb)

Nadia Lintz, a young and idealistic investigating judge who has just arrived in Paris, and Philippe Rovère, a struggling and disbelieving judicial police inspector, are forced to understand each other despite their differences to solve all kinds of crimes. (imdb)