Three siblings must come to terms with their mother's mortality as they decide what to do with her valuable belongings in...
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Helene Berthier
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2009
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As a Parisian petrochemical company forges on into the 21st century, the in-house human resources psychologist leads a probe...
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2008
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Time takes the most painful toll of all on a man confined to a home for the aged in this short drama from writer and director...
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2006
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A man who has regained his life falls for a woman who has lost her identity in this offbeat comedy/drama from Belgium. Peter...
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2006
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Yoko Ogawa's cult novel serves as the inspiration for director Diane Bertrand's haunting erotic drama starring Olga...
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2005
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The last frantic days before the Germans seized France in 1940 provide an unlikely backdrop for this dark comedy. Viviane...
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2004
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2004
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One woman's actions inspire a variety of reactions among those around her in this period drama. Therese (Laetitia Casta) and...
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2004
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Master filmmaker Raúl Ruiz adds a black comedy to his far-reaching body of work with That Day, a playful meditation on money,...
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2003
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Two men from two different walks of life develop an unexpected friendship in French director Patrice Leconte's 2002...
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2003
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French legend has it that a creature known as the Beast of Gevaudan -- a huge, wolf-like monster -- was responsible for the...
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2001
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Vidocq (1775-1857) was a noted French detective who was one of the great trailblazers of modern criminal investigation; he's...
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Sylvia
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2001
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A visually stylish comedy with dramatic overtones from director Tonie Marshall, Vénus Beauté (Institut) looks at the lives of...
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2000
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An ambitious project of Chile-born, Paris-based Raul Ruiz, this psychological drama brings to the screen the famous classic...
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2000
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Maverick auteur Andrzej Zulawski directs this flamboyant adaptation of classic French novel La Princesse de Cleves, complete...
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2000
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Claude Miller directs this surreal comedy about a woman's nightmarish trip to the hospital. Beset by troubles with her...
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2000
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A woman begins to wonder if her young son is who she thinks he is in this psychological suspense story. Ariane and Pierre...
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Laurence
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2000
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Caroline Ducey, who previously gained fame by bearing it all in the 1999 dour erotic drama Romance, stars in this drama set...
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1999
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In the midst of WW I, a doctor and a lawyer team up to turn a ramshackle old mountain chateau into a sanatorium/health spa...
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Miss Sophie
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1997
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This rather esoteric Portuguese-French drama is filled with poetic imagery. It is notable for it's beautiful photography as...
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Edite
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1994
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Jacques Rivette directed this richly detailed six-hour drama based on the story of Joan of Arc. In Part one, "Les Batailles,"...
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1994
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Jacques Rivette directed this richly detailed six-hour drama based on the story of Joan of Arc. In Part one, "Les Batailles,"...
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1994
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Mrs Toussaint
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1993
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1991
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In this film, director Rene Feret tells the story of his parents' lives. In 1935 his mother Aline (Valerie Stroh) works in...
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Rosalie Dauchy
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1988
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In this tragic tale of misunderstanding, obsession, and increasing madness, "she," a beautiful young woman (Isabelle Adjani)...
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1983
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Whether or not the title of this well-wrought film was intentional, this was indeed, the last melodrama made by director...
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1980
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Muriel (Annie Giradot) is a shy woman who bluffs and blusters around in order to hide her shyness and to protect her...
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1972
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Helmut Berger is Alain, a real sicko, who may be so because his mother was a prostitute. He can only make love with a...
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1971
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While arch surrealist Luis Bunuel never made a secret of his skepticism about the existence of God, he was also raised as a...
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Virgin
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1969
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A Swiss actor struggles with social problems and boredom as he tries to extricate himself from an unsatisfied home life. He...
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Actress
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1968
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The characters and plot convolutions of the classic silent French serial Judex are thrust into a 1960s framework in this...
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Jacqueline
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1963
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Set in an old German castle where an elderly paterfamilias lies on his deathbed, this conventional murder mystery by director...
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1962
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Emmanelle Riva won a Best Actress Award at the Venice Film Festival for her portrayal of a tortured wife in this 1963...
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Anne de la Trave
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1962
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Famed French comic Fernandel cannot do much for this uninspired mystery story with intended comedic overtones by director...
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Jenny
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1961
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French director Georges Franju's Eyes Without a Face (Les Yeux Sans Visage) is an unsettling, sometimes poetic horror film....
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Christiane Genessier
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1960
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1958
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