France movies

Man in the Iron Mask, The (1998)

Monday, June 30th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama
Countries: France | UK | USA
Actors: DiCaprio, Leonardo | Irons, Jeremy | Malkovich, John | Depardieu, Gérard | Byrne, Gabriel | Parillaud, Anne | Godrèche, Judith | Atterton, Edward | Sarsgaard, Peter | Laurie, Hugh | Lowe, David | Boucher, Brigitte | Jocelyn, Matthew | Belly, Karine | Guttierez, Emmanuel
Directors: Wallace, Randall
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In 1638 Queen Anne of France gives Birth to a boy, who will inherit the throne one day. But, only known to few, there is a twin brother born minutes later. 22 years later, King Louis XIV rules the country of France, but due to his lifestyle and the costs of war, people are forced to suffer hunger and poverty. Of the Musketeers, who had served his father Louis XIII faithfully, only one is still on the king’s side: D’Artagnan, the Capitain of the king’s guards. His three companions Aramis, Athos and Porthos have retired into civil life long ago. One day on a royal party, the young and unliked king gets a crush on Christine. This young lady is the fiancé of soldier Raoul, the son of Athos. Without further ado, the king has Raoul recruited and sent to war, so that he himself can take care of her. Soon Raoul dies in combat and the king has him out of the way. But Athos, Aramis and Porthos think of a plan to take revenge on the king. Aramis points out that there is a man in an iron mask in a very secure prison, and that this man’s existance can solve all present problems. So they free the king’s hidden twin brother, and tell him who he is, as he of course feels free of guilt and has no idea whatsoever why he was imprisoned for 6 years with this mask forged around his head. The plan now is to replace the evil king with his brother at a masquerade party held soon. Only D’Artagnan still is guarding the king and so he has to turn against his old friends…

Funny Games U.S. (2007)

Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: Austria | France | Germany | Italy | UK | USA
Actors: Roth, Tim | Pitt, Michael | Corbet, Brady | Gearhart, Devon | Gaines, Boyd | LuPone, Robert
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In this exploration of our violent society and how depictions of violence reflect and shape our culture, a middle-class housewife Anna tells the story of how she and her husband George and their 10-year-old son Georgie submitted both physically and mentally to the torture, violence, and death foisted upon them by two young, unexpected, white-gloved visitors at their weekend vacation retreat near a lake.

Definitely, Maybe (2008)

Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: France | UK | USA
Actors: Reynolds, Ryan | Wiltfong, Bob | Chasin, Ryder | Benitez, Blake | Greenstein, Ashtyn | Hartigan, Dylan | Mott, Paul | Pickett, Alexander | Rodriguez, Marquis | Biberi, James | Patterson, Keith | Gold, Daniel Eric | Ferrara, Adam | Luke, Derek | Serrano, Nestor
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Romantic comedy: Will Hayes, a 30-something Manhattan dad is in the midst of a divorce when his 10 year old daughter, Maya, starts to question him about his life before marriage. Maya wants to know absolutely everything about how her parents met and fell in love. Will’s story begins in 1992, as a young, starry-eyed aspiring politician who moves to New York from Wisconsin in order to work on the Clinton campaign. For Maya, Will relives his past as a idealistic young man learning the ins and outs of big city politics, and recounts the history of his romantic relationships with three very different women. On the campaign, Will’s best buddy is Russell McCormack. They not only have similar political aspirations, they share the same type of girl problems, too. Will hopelessly attempts a “PG” version of his story for his daughter ad changes the names so Maya has to guess who he finally married. Is her mother Will’s college sweetheart, the dependable girl next-door Emily? Is she his longtime best friend and confidante, he apolitical April? Or is she the free-spirited but ambitious journalist? As Maya puts together the pieces of her dad’s romantic puzzle, she begins to understand that love is not so simple or easy. And as Will tells her his tale, Maya helps him to understand that it’s definitely never too late to go back…and maybe even possible to find a happy ending.

Factotum (2005)

Saturday, June 7th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: France | Germany | Norway | Sweden | USA
Actors: Dillon, Matt | Taylor, Lili | Tomei, Marisa | Stevens, Fisher | Flamand, Didier | Shelly, Adrienne | Young, Karen | Lyons, Thomas | Brewington, Dean | Cada, James | Detmar, James Michael | Schweickhardt, Kurt | Noah, Dee | Noah, James | Egan, Michael
Directors: Hamer, Bent
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This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of “Factotum” author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live off jobs which don’t interfere with his primary interest, which is writing. Along the way, he fends off the distractions offered by women, drinking and gambling.

Return of Sabata (1971)

Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Genres: Western
Countries: France | Italy | West Germany
Actors: Van Cleef, Lee | Schöne, Reiner | Albertini, Giampiero | Spalla, Ignazio | Canti, Aldo | Karis, Vassili | Zacharias, Steffen | Bartha, John | Stoll, Günther | Reale, Carmelo | Fantasia, Franco | Cona, Dante | Boucaron, Gérard | Fanfoni, Vittorio | Rizzo, Gianni
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Master gunslinger Sabata arrives in Hobsonville, a town completely owned by McIntock, a robber baron who is taxing the inhabitants for the cost of future improvements to the town. Or that’s what McIntock says he’ll do with the money…

Paris, Texas (1984)

Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: France | West Germany
Actors: Stanton, Harry Dean | Berry, Sam | Wicki, Bernhard | Stockwell, Dean | Mobley, Claresie | Carson, Hunter | Fayton, Edward | Hogg, Justin | Farrell, Tom | Lurie, John | Shepard, Sam
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A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his wife and son four years before. As his memory returns, he makes contact with various people from his past.

Romantic Englishwoman, The (1975)

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: France | UK
Actors: Jackson, Glenda | Caine, Michael | Berger, Helmut | Lonsdale, Michael | Romand, Béatrice | Nelligan, Kate | Delon, Nathalie | Kolldehoff, Reinhard | Steele, Anna | Richardson, Marcus | Peasgood, Julie | Jordan, Frankie | Chatto, Tom | Tomelty, Frances | Walker, Lillias
Directors: Losey, Joseph
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What is real and what is fiction? Faced with writer’s block with his novel, Lewis Fielding turns to a film script about a woman finding herself after his wife Elizabeth returns from Baden Baden. She didn’t quite find herself there but had a brief encounter in a lift with a German who says he is a poet. Now the German is in England, gets himself invited to tea where he claims he admires Fielding’s books. Which one does he like the best? “Tom Jones.” Amused at being confused with the other Fielding, the novelist works the German into the plot.

Youth Without Youth (2007)

Monday, June 2nd, 2008
Genres: Romance | Thriller
Countries: France | Germany | Italy | Romania | USA
Actors: Roth, Tim | Lara, Alexandra Maria | Bruno Ganz | Hennicke, André | Iures, Marcel | Pintea, Adrian | Pirici, Alexandra | Piersic Jr., Florin | Butuc, Zoltan | Titieni, Adriana | Albulescu, Mircea | Astileanu, Dan | Balint, Cristian | Bucur, Dragos | Damon, Matt
Directors: Coppola, Francis Ford
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A love story wrapped in a mystery. Set in Europe before WWII, a timid professor is changed by a cataclysmic event and explores the mysteries of life.

Inside (2007)

Monday, June 2nd, 2008
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: France
Actors: Dalle, Béatrice | Paradis, Alysson | Roussel, Nathalie | Marchasson, François-Régis | Tabourin, Jean-Baptiste | Frot, Dominique | Lulé, Claude | Zeytoun, Hyam | Rahim, Tahar | Guez, Emmanuel | Berthillot, Ludovic | Lanzi, Emmanuel | Duvauchelle, Nicolas | Saïdi, Aymen
Directors: Bustillo, Alexandre
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Still grieving over her recently deceased boyfriend, a pregnant woman becomes haunted by a mysterious woman.

Boarding Gate (2007)

Monday, May 26th, 2008
Genres: Thriller
Countries: France | Luxembourg
Actors: Argento, Asia | Madsen, Michael | Ng, Carl | Lin, Kelly | Descas, Alex | Gordon, Kim | Preiss, Joana
Directors: Assayas, Olivier
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An Italian woman who lives in London has a passionate affair with a former financial big gun. She also had a second lover, a contract killer who has to kill the big gun. Her second lover’s wife is behind the scenes, pulling the strings.