This intense French action saga concerns a group of five closely-knit but very different brothers, raised by a mother who...
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Dan Hayoun
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2010
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2009
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Informed that his elderly father has mysteriously disappeared, anxious Parisian François (Mathieu Amalric) recalls his tragic...
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Maxime
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2008
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Alternating between the unique vantage points of the Jews, the Arabs, and the British, director Elie Chouraqui's historical...
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David Levin
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2007
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Jacques Sibaud
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2007
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Inspired by the experiences of a Spanish secret agent who infiltrated the Basque nationalist/separatist organization Euskadi...
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Nelson
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2004
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2004
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A woman discovers that the joys of parenthood are not making her especially happy in this dark comedy/drama. Christelle...
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Laurent
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2001
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Gilles Paquet-Brenner's psychologically-tinged, French-language action thriller Les Jolies Choses (AKA Pretty Things, 2001)...
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2001
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Just how low will a guy sink in order to impress the woman of his dreams? How does stealing her dog sound? In Lost and Found,...
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René
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1999
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Karim Dridi, best known for Pigalle (1994) and Bye-Bye (1995), directed this French comedy-drama about actor Angelo Bastiani...
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1998
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In this British-French comedy of manners, Parker Posey stars as Margaret, an award-winning writer of bawdy novels who's grown...
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1998
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In this French crime film, set during the time of the Gulf War, an elderly German tourist is murdered in Paris by junk dealer...
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Sam Bellamy
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1997
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In this fast-paced French comedy, a gambler, anxious to escape the thugs who pursue him after her reneged on a bet,...
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Perrin
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1996
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Though French cabaret singer Patrick Bruel officially began his career decades prior, he only entered the limelight as a...
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Vocals,Guitarist
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1995
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This homage to the cinema by venerated movie-maker Agnes Varda, often dubbed the "grandmother" of the French New Wave,...
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1995
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1995
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After one of his superiors tries unsuccessfully to frame him, the formerly by-the-book honest cop Julien Segal...
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Inspector Julien Segal
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1994
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In this tedious and excessively complicated thriller, a cop (Patrick Bruel) who has been sent to investigate the corruption...
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Christophe Vade
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1992
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French cabaret singer Patrick Bruel ascended to international fame in the 1990s, as a Gallic pop idol with a massive teenage...
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1991
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In this somewhat odd exploration of human romantic difficulties, the people in the film are all put under extra stress by...
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1990
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Force Majeure (Uncontrollable Circumstances) begins with a drug deal involving tourists Phillipe (Patrick Bruel) and Daniel...
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Philippe
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1989
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Simon Atlan
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1988
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Long ago, in what seems like another lifetime to him, Paul (Ben Gazzara) had an illegitimate son by a local North African...
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Wanis
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1988
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Seraphin Monge (Patrick Bruel) is a World War I veteran whose family was killed when he was an infant. At the end of the war,...
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Seraphin Monge
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1988
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Ridha Behi's Champagne Amer (Bitter Champagne) is about a son who carries on an affair with his father's mistress, without...
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1986
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A long parade of actors and actresses pop up in an unconnected series of skits, vignettes, and sight gags in this comedy...
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1986
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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1986
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Four inventive teachers at a normal French high school act up and act out some of their imaginative ploys to either help kids...
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Frederic
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1985
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Dany
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1984
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Based on Erskine Caldwell's novel, Le Batard could also refer to this French film born from an American novel, with the...
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1983
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Set against the Allied invasion of North Africa in 1942, this overly-ambitious, comedy-drama focuses on the relationship...
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1983
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Students with nothing better to do than hoodwink the authorities at their school provide the fodder for this film on the...
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1982
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The "pieds-noir" were Algerians of French heritage who were forced to return to France in 1962, when Algeria became...
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Paulo Narboni
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1979
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