Improbable encounters bring tenderness, laughter and compassion to a world of urban alienation
A female writer and her relationships with two different men, one joyous and one introverted
The story of female friendship as Frenchwoman Claire helps the subject of her photograph, Min Hee, discover why she was fired without apparent cause
In Lausanne, the aspirant pianist Jeanne Pollet has lunch with her mother Louise Pollet, her boyfriend Axel and his mother Lenna leans that when she was born, a nurse had mistakenly told to the prominent pianist An
In 1870 Russia, a group of young and idealistic anarchists plots to overthrow the established order through violent means
When Anna and her family arrive at their holiday home, they find it occupied by strangers This confrontation is just the beginning of a painful learning process
A bored wife leaves her husband for an unemployed, petty criminal
Brigitte and Xavier are a couple of cattle farmers living and working together in Normandy They have always got on well but now that their two children have left the household, routine and weariness have set in One
A housewife in Nazi occupied France struggles to make ends meet when her husband returns home after being wounded in the war
A successful businesswoman gets caught up in a game of cat and mouse as she tracks down the unknown man who raped her
Follows a donkey who encounters on his journeys good and bad people, experiences joy and pain, exploring a vision of modern Europe through his eyes
An unstable former French Sergeant commits many atrocities A judge considers how this case could benefit or damage his career
A reserved young woman moves into an apartment with a young student she met while on vacation
A young executive starts an affair with his bosss wife which then escalates into a nightmare after he lies to the police in order to protect her
Amidst turmoil and racial conflict in a Francophone African state, a white French woman fights for her coffee crop, her family and ultimately for her life
One night at the cinema, Pierre reaches for out to take Annes hand She is annoyed and rebuffs him He feels rejected This moment begins the story of the disintegration of a couple Pierre and Anne live in Paris with
Betty and Victor are a pair of scam artists One day Betty brings in Maurice, a treasurer of a multinational company Maurice is due to transfer 5 millions francs out of Switzerland, and Betty is convinced he plans t
Frederique Huppert leaves her familys small town trout farm to embark on an journey taking her to Japan and into the arms of a man Irritations concerning her actions and present state of feelings begin to fill her
Georges and Anne are an octogenarian couple They are cultivated, retired music teachers Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couples bond of love is
The flighty Charlotte is angry with her lover Bernard She goes to his flat and soon leaves, distraught, turning up at the studio of Mathieu, her one time lover Hes now with Christine, whom he intends to marry, and
An examination of sexual relationships, in which three protagonists interact in different combinations
In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte sisters write their first works and quickly become literary sensations
An amnesiac wakes up on an NYC alley He meets Isabelle, an ex nun now erotic writer, at a diner and follows her home She helps him find his identity Then theres Sofia, the porn star
Rose, a 16 year old girl who was abandoned by her parents and taken in by social services, and her fiance, 22 year old Michel, are enjoying their first great and innocent love affair in Paris in 1979, at the height
A film director has an inspirational crisis while working on the production, Passion, and struggles with the nature of work and art
In an interwar France struggling with profound social and political change, 18 year old Violette Noziere rebels against the constraints of her claustrophobic, working class and possibly incestuous family, with trou
A young man romantically pursues his masochistic piano teacher
Claire, a beautiful young woman works at her late fathers hotel that is now managed by her evil stepmother Maud Claire unwittingly sparks uncontrollable jealousy in Maud, whose young lover has fallen in love with C
A husband and wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind that keep you up at night, wondering what it all means
In nineteenth century France, the romantic daughter of a country squire marries a dull country doctor To escape boredom, she throws herself into love affairs with a suave local landowner and a law student, and runs
After the suicide of her husband, a widow is trying to get a confession from his mistress that it was her fault
A well to do French family deals with a series of setbacks and crises
The fractious family of a father and his two sons confront their different feelings and memories of their deceased wife and mother, a famed war photographer
When his father dies, a young man is introduced by his attractive, amoral mother to a world of hedonism and depravity
A philosophy teacher soldiers through the death of her mother, losing her book deal, and dealing with a husband who is cheating on her
Fashion executive Dominiques obsession for Quentin, a young bisexual hustler, fills her desire for physical love but leaves her taxed emotionally Twists and turns in the relationship, along with the mans violent an
Madeleine Verdier, a penniless actress is accused of the murder of a famous producer With the help of her best friend she proves that, she is acquitted for self defense Then begins a life of glory and success, unti
A young woman named Magdalena retrieves a postcard that had been cast into the wind by her biological mother Bulle Ogier from a seaside town in Portugal and discovers that she has a twin sister named Maria
This erotic drama about the incestuous relationship of a mother and daughter is based on the autobiography of Italian theater actress Piera Degli Esposti
After an Algerian informant is murdered, two female investigators are sent to investigate
Dr Francoise Gailland has a hectic schedule, which causes her to have little time to spend with her family, which consists of her husband Gerard, her pregnant teenager daughter Elisabeth, and her sullen son Julien
Mrs Gequil is a teacher despised by her colleagues and students On a stormy night, she is struck by lightning and faints When she wakes up, she feels different Will she be able to keep the powerful and dangerous Mr
After ten years abroad, Catherine returns to Luxembourg to catch up with her daughter Alba, brought up by Catherines mother Elisabeth She then kidnaps Alba and takes her on a trip to a lake up North
Overwhelmed when a figure from her past reemerges, Joan Verra retreats to the countryside with her son Nathan There she experiences fragmented recollections of her past romantic encounters