Extras

Bloody Oranges

Oranges sanguines

Director: Jean-Christophe Meurisse

A satirical commentary on political correctness, weaving together the tales of an indebted retired couple, a social-climbing lawyer and a teenager.

Christmas & Co

Santa & Cie

Director: Alain Chabat

Santa makes an emergency trip to Earth with his reindeer to search for a remedy when all his children’s toy manufacturers become sick at the same time.

Delicious

Délicieux

Director: Éric Besnard

A wildly enjoyable tale of reignited passion, mentorship, revenge and gastronomy in pre-Revolutionary France.

Drift Away

Albatros

Director: Xavier Beauvois

A story about the chief of the local police force in the picturesque community of Étretat in Normandy and the crimes he has to deal with.

Eugenie Grandet

Eugénie Grandet

Director: Marc Dugain

Sumptuous costume adaptation from the oft filmed novel by Honoré de Balzac.

France

Director: Bruno Dumont

Léa Seydoux stars as a celebrity journalist who falls out of love with fame after a freak car accident.

France

Director: Bruno Dumont

Léa Seydoux stars as a celebrity journalist who falls out of love with fame after a freak car accident.

French Tech

Les Deux Alfred

Director: Bruno Podalydès

An upbeat and moving comedy starring the Podalydès brothers as two characters overwhelmed by the modern world and new technologies.

Gallant Indies

Indes galantes

Director: Philippe Béziat

Thirty dancers descend on Paris’ legendary Opéra Bastille for a mesmerising ode to life and art.

Good Mother

Bonne Mère

Director: Hafsia Herzi

An instantly involving portrait of a fifty-something woman in contemporary Marseille diligently holding together several generations.

Magnetic Beats

Les Magnétiques

Director: Vincent Maël Cardona

In the early 1980s a burst of post-punk creativity in the cultural landscape of Brittany provides an outlet for two brothers.

The French Minister

Quai d’Orsay

Director: Bertrand Tavernier

A young graduate in the office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs finds a world filled with ambition and dirty dealings.

Vicky and her Mystery

Mystère

Director: Denis Imbert

A young girl is given a puppy as a present but it isn’t long before her father discovers that the animal is in reality a wolf.

Classic

A room in town

A Room in Town

Une chambre en ville

Director: Jacques Demy

A sung-through drama in the style of Umbrellas of Cherbourg that expresses life’s dark complications.

Children of Paradise

Les Enfants du paradis

Director: Marcel Carné

Cited at the Cannes Film Festival as the greatest French film of all time, and shot in Nice and Paris during the Nazi occupation.

Dear Louise

Dear Louise

Chère Louise

Director: Philippe de Broca

Divorced and childless in her 40s, Louise becomes infatuated with 20-year-old Italian immigrant, Luigi. 4K restoration presented in Cannes Classics.

Fanfan la Tulipe

Fearless Little Soldier

Fanfan la tulipe

Director: Christian-Jaque

A devil-may-care romantic action-comedy set in 18th-century France.

MADAME BOVARY

Madame Bovary

Director: Claude Chabrol

In 19th-century France, Emma Bovary, a farmer’s daughter brought up in an elegant convent, marries a dull country doctor. Bored, she searches for something more…

Paris Frills

Paris Frills

Falbalas

Director: Jacques Becker

A Parisian dressmaker and serial seducer falls in love with his best friend’s fiancée.

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