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The Slave 1967 Carols marriage is suddenly threatened by the appearance of some pornographic photographs taken 9 years earlier, when she was 19 years old and desperate for money Eric Colar and his girl friend blackmail Carol into satisfying their various sexual desires and giving them enough money t

Brillantes 2022 Karine, a housekeeper of 34, is the full time mother of 17 year old Ziggy When the company that employed her is taken over, subject to the laws of capitalism, Karine will have to choose between being true to herself, or lie to pr

Un amour de femme 2001 A lonely wife secretly starts an affair with a female dance teacher, at the distress of her husband

The Chateau 2001 When two American brothers, Graham and Allen Granville, learn that they have inherited a chateau in France, they cannot believe their luck However, when they arrive, the brothers find themselves completely ill equipped to communicate with the chateaus staff even with the help of a p

Too Close to Our Son 2015 Investigating magistrate Sophie learns that Juliette, a woman who she is questioning in regards to an ongoing case, is the biological mother of Leo, her adopted son Despite her magistrate husband Oliviers disapproval, Sophie refuses to withdraw from the case so that she can

Le desert de Pigalle 1958 Abbe Janin is a young Catholic priest who works in a bar in the Paris district of Pigalle and he hopes, thanks to this professional activity, to do ordinary things in this district, to bring help to some happy girls who he saves the sidewalk The task is difficult in a neigh

La lectrice 1988 A multi faceted film based on Raymond Jeans novel La Lectrice Constance Miou Miou reads the novel aloud in bed to her lover Inspired by the story of Marie, a woman who advertises her services as a reader of literature, Constance decides to do the same Here the film takes on a kaleid

The Business of Being Born 2008 Birth its a miracle A rite of passage A natural part of life But more than anything, birth is a business Compelled to find answers after a disappointing birth experience with her first child, actress Ricki Lake recruits filmmaker Abby Epstein to explore the maternity

Poser 2021 As Lennon fuels her desire for entree into a podcast featuring live music and conversations with the artists she so fervently admires, Lennon finds inspiration for her own musical ambitions and a growing sense of misdirected identity

Heat Wave 2011 In a sweltering distant suburb of Marseilles, Amelie works as a cashier in a local supermarket, toiling away the summer hours when shes unexpectedly visited by her lanky, dark eyed boyfriend Luigi At the same time, her overweight mom Anne heads to the city for a mysterious appointment

Cadavres 2009 One Halloween, the alcoholic mother of good for nothing Raymond suddenly dies, and he throws her body in a ditch Repenting, he calls his sister Angelie, an actress who he has not seen for ten years, to help find the corpse But the corpse they bring back in the ruined family home is not

Flashback 2021 A woman lawyer travels back in time and crosses paths with other women in history who fought for womens rights

February 15, 1839 2001 French Canadians face execution after a revolt against British bureaucrats in Quebec

Tamara 2016 Tamara is overweight and unpopular at school She and her fiend take a bet they will make a Play for the first and second boy to enter the classroom But how can podgy Tamara net her man A spiteful slim girl in the class rivals her for the affection of the boy, Diego, Tamara,s mum has a bo

Lourdes 2009 In order to escape her isolation, wheelchair bound Christine makes a life changing journey to Lourdes, the iconic site of pilgrimage in the Pyrenees Mountains

Double Walker 2021 A young womans ghost investigates the mysterious events that led to her own murder

LArgent (1983) A forged 500-franc note is cynically passed from person to person and shop to shop, until it falls into the hands of a genuine innocent who doesn't see it for what it is - which will have devastating consequences on his life, causing him to turn to crime and murder...

I Accuse (1938) After serving in the trenches of World War I, Jean Diaz recoils with such horror that he renounces love and personal pleasure to immerse himself in scientific research, seeking a machine to...

Stella (2008) Paris, 1977. Eleven year old Stella knows poker better than grammar when she starts the year at a prestigious new school. There, she discovers the possibilities of a whole new world outside her parents' bar.

Madame Claude (2021) Paris, the late 1960s. Madame Claude is at the head of a flourishing business dedicated to prostitution that gives her power over both the french political and criminal worlds. But the end of her empire is closer than she thinks.

The Man Who Lies (1968) On the run from pursuing soldiers, a man hides in a small European town.

Murderous Maids (2000) On February 2nd 1933, in the town of Le Mans, in the West of France, two sisters, Christine Papin, 27, and her younger sister Léa Papin, 21, brutally killed their employer Mrs. Ancelin and her daughter Geneviève. Why did they commit this horrifying murder? As a result of an

La Vie En Rose (2007) An un-chronological look at the life of the Little Sparrow, Édith Piaf (1915-1963). Her mother is an alcoholic street singer, her father a circus performer, her paternal grandmother a madam. During childhood she lives with each of them. At 20, she's a street singer discovered

Tandem (1987) Michel Mortez is going to and fro France to compere a radio game he created 25 years ago. He is famous among the average Frenchmen. But he is also a poker. Rivetot, his assistant and technician, always goes with him. He is the only one to know what really lies under Mortez's appearance

Sylvies Love (2020) A woman working at her father's record store in Harlem in the late 1950s meets an aspiring saxophone player.

Angels of Sin (1943) Rich young Anne-Marie thinks she has found her vocation when she joins a Dominican convent as a novice. The convent specialises in rehabilitating female prisoners, and Anne-Marie becomes especially fascinated with Therese, trying to get her to join the convent to redeem her for

Lucky Luke (2009) Fearless gunslinger Lucky Luke is ordered by the President to bring peace to Daisy Town.

Sylvie et le fantôme (1946) On the eve of her 16th birthday, Sylvie's father needs cash to stay in his castle so he sells Sylvie's favorite thing, a painting of Alain, the lover of Sylvie's grandmother, killed in a duel. Alain's ghost lives in the castle and Sylvie senses his presence, thinks she l

Family Portrait (1962) 1945. Enrico Corsi, in Rome, reflects on his relationship with his eight year younger brother, Lorenzo Corsi, following Lorenzo's recent passing from a long and debilitating illness at age ...

Long Goodbye (2018) "Long Goodbye" is the story of Avery and Matthew. Two lonely strangers who begin finding comfort in a fantasy relationship with one another that doesn't exist. Too deep in their delusion to...

Musketeers Forever (1998) Group of ex-secret agents open a jazz club in Las Vegas. One of them falls in love with an Indian, and finds out that the local Indian Reserve is threatened by the greed of a powerful gangster. So, like three modern musketeers, they start to act...

Bolt (1995) "Shane" on a motorcycle

Confession of a Child of the Century (2012) Paris, 1830: Octave, betrayed by his mistress, sinks into despair and debauchery. His father's death leads him to the country where he meets Brigitte, a widow who is ten years his elder. Octave falls in love passionately, but will he have the courage to be

Mission Kathmandu: The Adventures of Nelly & Simon (2017) Quebec City, 1955. Nelly Maloye, an ebullient novice detective, accidentally crosses paths with Simon Picard, an ambitious research assistant in anthropology at the local university. Backed by a glory-seeking philanthropist, the intuitive

Love Thy Nature (2014) Narrated by Liam Neeson, Love Thy Nature points to how deeply we've lost touch with nature, and takes viewers on a cinematic journey through the beauty and intimacy of our relationship with the natural world. The film shows that a renewed connection with nature is key both to

Sex Doll (2016) Set in London's world of high class call girls, Amoureux Solitaires tells the story of London based French escort Virginie, and Rupert, a man who rescues trafficked girls - A tale of modern love.

My Name Is Hmmm... (2013) A fiction. An 11 year old runaway, the oldest daughter of three. An absent mother, an abusive father, a grandmother too pure to imagine what is going on. A field trip, the girl disappears.....