An early work from director Luc Besson, Subway is a dark and highly stylised picture which concerns an enigmatic safecracker (Christopher Lambert) hiding out in the Paris Metro system. While living in the underground and eluding both gangsters and Metro police he meets up with a group of colourful and quirky subterranean inhabitants eager to help him and start a rock band. All the while the safecracker blackmails a rich woman (Isabelle Adjani) with whom he is in love. Meant to be a tongue-in-cheek commentary on urban life, the film works better as a light freewheeling entertainment, with well-constructed fast-paced action sequences and a breezy sense of humour about itself. Subway is an intriguing diversion and a chance to see the cutting-edge of contemporary French moviemaking. --Robert Lane
Castella is a successful industrialist out of boredom he allows his wife to drag him to an amateur stage show. Much to his surprise he is overwhelmed by the power of the lead actress Clara. He becomes so infatuated with her that he goes back to the play night after night. His world is turned upside down and his obession impacts on the lives of everyone around. Winner of 4 Cesars including Best Film.
Quite unlike the models in her magazines, French girl Lolita struggles with her self-esteem and tries to win her father's affection.
Marianne is at a terrible crossroads in her life following the shock of her husband Vincent's apparent suicide and the revelation that his prestigious jewellery business is riddled with crippling debt. Once a promising young jeweller herself Marianne has gradually sunk into alcoholism since her marriage. However the discovery of seven magnificent diamonds secretly stashed away by Vincent rekindles Marianne's forgotten ambition. Resolving to sell them she unwittingly enters the shady underworld of the diamond trade uncovering a sinister web of intrigue that will lead to a mysterious former lover and a dangerous struggle for her own survival. An elegant and suspenseful thriller Place Vendome features an outstanding performance by Catherine Deneuve which won her the Best Actress Award at the Venice Film Festival.
Laura is still waiting for Prince Charming at the age of 24. So when Sandro appears at a party exactly like her Prince would in her dreams she thinks she's finally found her knight in shining armour. But then when she meets Maxime the following night Laura starts to wonder if some Princes could be more charming than others. Will everything end happily ever after for Laura? Or will the prince turn out to be the frog? A sharp snappy and wonderfully droll comedy of manners and errors this charming French romantic drama has won over legions of admirers across the channel and is now poised to set hearts aflutter in Britain too.
The multi-talented writer-director-actress Agn''s Jaoui stars as an aspiring politician who reluctantly revisits her roots in this witty intelligent and superbly performed comedy. When she returns to her childhood home in the South of France for an election rally and help her sister with her late mother's affairs Agathe Villanova (Jaoui) is asked to take part in a documentary about successful women. But the ineptitude of the comically amateurish filmmakers (Jamael Debbouze and Jean-Pierre Bacri) manages to exacerbate the tensions of all those around them forcing Agathe to confront the consequences of her own ambitions. Once again collaborating with Jean-Pierre Bacri co-writer and star of Look At Me and Le Go''t des Autres Agnes Jaoui's entertaining film takes a humorous and perceptive look at relationships.
Looking For Hortense is a bittersweet comedie de moeurs that is French in spirit but universal in appeal. Damien (Jean-Pierre Bacri) a Chinese civilization professor lives with his partner Iva (Kristin Scott Thomas) a stage director and their son Noé. The couple's relationship has drifted into routine that has drained it of love. Damien finds himself trapped one day by Iva who orders him to ask his father a senior member of the French Council of State for help in preventing Zorica (Isabelle Carré) a woman Iva knows from being deported. But Damien and his father don't get on and are barely ever in touch with each other. This dangerous mission throws Damien into a spiral that will turn his life upside down.
Winner of 7 Cesar Awards Same Old Song is a delightful romantic musical comedy directed by Alain Resnais (Hiroshima Mon Amour and Last Year at Marienbad) one of France's most internationally acclaimed directors. Same Old Song revolves around two Parisian sisters caught in a web of dysfunctional relationships and romantic confusion. Odile an upper-class wife and businesswoman finds an escape from her submissive husband Clau
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