Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2013
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- DirectorRégis RoinsardStarsRomain DurisFéodor AtkineDéborah François1958. Rose is a terrible secretary but a demon typist. Her handsome boss resolves to turn her into the fastest girl in the world.
- DirectorHéléna KlotzStarsEliott PaquetDominik WojcikNiels SchneiderTwo teenagers spend together a night around the town. One tries desperately to kiss a girl while a desire for his friend overwhelms the other one.
- DirectorAlice WinocourStarsVincent LindonStéphan WojtowiczSokoA look at the relationship between pioneering 19th century French neurologist Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot and his star teenage patient, a kitchen maid who is left partially paralyzed after a seizure.
- DirectorPatrick MilleStarsCarole BouquetArthur DupontIzïa HigelinBased on Justine Levy's bestseller, "Mauvaise Fille" tells the story of 25 year-old Louise who learns in the course of one day that she is pregnant with her first child and that her mother is having a relapse of a deadly cancer. Louise's actor-boyfriend Pablo lives life to the fullest and is madly in love with her. Her father, a rock star, is constantly hopping from airplanes to luxury hotels to concert stages. As one life ends and another begins, Louise tries to finesse her way through a very delicate, difficult period. Her experiences are funny, sad and bittersweet. Like Justine Levy's books. And like life itself.
- DirectorJean-Christophe DessaintStarsJean RenoLorànt DeutschIsabelle CarréBoy lives in the heart of the forest, raised by his father Courge, a tyrannical giant who reigns triumphant and prevents his son from exploring beyond limited boundaries. Ignorant about the ways of men, the boy grows up wild, with the placid ghosts who haunt the forest his only company. That is until the day that he is forced to go to the nearest village, where he mets young Manon...
- DirectorJean-Claude BrisseauStarsVirginie LegeayClaude MorelLise BellynckA retired mathematics professor spends his days writing, when one day he comes across a young injured girl with no home or history. As he takes her in and cares for her, he begins to suspect that she is the reincarnation of his late wife.
- DirectorBruno PodalydèsStarsDenis PodalydèsValérie LemercierIsabelle CandelierArmand is torn between his wife, mistress and estranged kids - Then Granny dies and he faces a profound existential question: burn her or bury her?
- DirectorFrançois OzonStarsFabrice LuchiniVincent SchmittErnst UmhauerA high school French teacher is drawn into a precocious student's increasingly transgressive story about his relationship with a friend's family.
- DirectorChristian DuguayStarsGuillaume CanetMarina HandsDaniel AuteuilA horse with amazing courage and a big heart.
- DirectorRaymond DepardonClaudine NougaretStarsRaymond DepardonClaudine NougaretFrancis ApestéguyTravelling alone, internationally acclaimed and Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer and filmmaker Raymond Depardon spent six years capturing France with a large format camera. This long, solitary road trip provided fertile ground for the creation of an extraordinary travel journal. Depardon revisited important places from his past as a reporter: Chad, Venice and Cannes. Previously unseen footage from his archive has also been added to create an intimate, compelling and revelatory 'Journal de France' - a unique portrait of a country and its landscapes.
- DirectorIlmar RaagStarsJeanne MoreauLaine MägiPatrick PineauAnne leaves Estonia to come to Paris and care for Frida, an elderly Estonian lady who emigrated to France long ago. Anne soon realizes that she is not wanted. All Frida wants from life is the attention of Stephane, her younger lover from years ago. Stephane, however, is desperate for Anne to stay and look after Frida, even against the old lady's will. In this conflict of strangers, Anne finds her own way...
- DirectorShalimar PreussStarsLou AziosmanoffJocelyn LagarrigueVictor LaforgeMaden, 17 years old. Summer holidays on the island. She is waiting for the mail. Between her room and the beach, between her father and cousins, the house, and, very close, the prison.
- DirectorGuillaume NiclouxStarsPauline EtienneIsabelle HuppertLouise Bourgoin1760s France. Suzanne is shocked when her bourgeois family sends her to a convent. There she faces oppression and torment, leading her to fight back and expose the dehumanizing effect of cloistered life.
- DirectorPatrice ChéreauStarsRomain DurisCharlotte GainsbourgJean-Hugues AngladeThe solitary Daniel and Sonia share an uneasy love/hate relationship. Daniel's life is disrupted by the appearance of a stranger that proceeds to insinuate himself in his life. The man's persistence takes its toll on Daniel and Sonia, leaving Daniel alone with nagging questions of "Why?"
- DirectorGilles BourdosStarsMichel BouquetChrista ThéretVincent RottiersSet on the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Jean Renoir -- son of the Impressionist painter, Pierre-Auguste -- returns home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I. At his side is Andrée, a young woman who rejuvenates, enchants, and inspires both father and son.
- DirectorDamien OdoulStarsMarie-Eve NadeauDamien OdoulIsabelle LepageOlaf is gone. He only left Marie, his companion, a box of K7 containing a hundred hours of rushes (the last seven years of his life) and a notebook. Marie decides to investigate.
- DirectorTsai Ming-liangStarsMiao TienKang-sheng LeeYi-ching LuA young man develops severe neck pain after swimming in a polluted river; his dysfunctional parents are unable to provide any relief for him or themselves.
- DirectorJean RenoirStarsPatricia WaltersNora SwinburneEsmond KnightThe growing pains of three young women contrast with the immutability of the holy Bengal River, around which their daily lives unfold.
- DirectorJean RenoirStarsMarcel DalioNora GregorPaulette DubostA bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau.
- DirectorPatrice LeconteStarsBernard AlaneIsabelle SpadeKacey Mottet KleinA family-run shop that sells everything you need to take your own life finds it hard to focus on business after a new baby -- one who makes everyone around him happy -- is born into the family.
- DirectorClaude MillerStarsAudrey TautouGilles LelloucheAnaïs DemoustierAn unhappily married woman struggles to break free from social pressures.
- DirectorGeorges FranjuStarsEmmanuelle RivaPhilippe NoiretEdith ScobUnhappy in her marriage to a boring man who doesn't love her, a woman plans to get rid of him by slowly increasing the dosage of his medication.
- DirectorCatherine CorsiniStarsRaphaël PersonnazClotilde HesmeArta DobroshiThis is the tale of a hit-and-run accident that results in the death of an illegal foreigner. Three men, including a young executive, are aboard the vehicle responsible of the accident and decide to keep silent about the whole thing. But a young woman witnesses it and succeeds in finding the driver, and the wife of the deceased.
- DirectorJacques DoillonStarsLou DoillonSamuel BenchetritMalik ZidiAt the ripe old age of 7, Lina's started wondering about her well-loved but firmly separated parents. Are they meeting up secretly? Soon, she's got proof. It's nuts! Then her mother tells her that she wants another child, as if she, Lina, weren't enough. And who's she going to make this baby with, anyway?
- DirectorGilles LegrandStarsNiels ArestrupLorànt DeutschPatrick ChesnaisPaul has no faith in his son, Martin, to inherit his prestigious family wine estate. Paul dreams of a harder-working, successful son - a dream that one day seemingly materializes when he meets Philippe, the son of his dying estate manager.