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The bridesmaid
(2004)
La demoiselle d'honneur
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Director:
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Claude Chabrol,
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| Starring:
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Benoit Magimel, Laura Smet
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A man falls in love with his sister’s bridesmaid, unaware that she is mentally disturbed.
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The child
(2005)
L’enfant
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Director:
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Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
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| Starring:
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Deborah Francois, Jeremie Renier
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A small-time crook sells his baby for money and tries to redeem himself in the eyes of the shocked mother.
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The chorus
(2004)
Les choristes
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Director:
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Christophe Barratier
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| Starring:
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François Berléand, Gérard Jugnot
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A new teacher at a grim boys' boarding school works to positively effect the students' lives through music.
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The diary of a country priest
(1951)
Le journal d'un curé de campagne
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Director:
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Robert Bresson
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| Starring:
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Claude Laydu, Jean Riveyre
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A young priest is disliked by his rural parish, but a neighboring vicar recognizes his near-sainthood.
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The diving bell and the butterfly
(2007)
Le scaphandre et le papillon
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Director:
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Julian Schnabel
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| Starring:
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Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner
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The true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who suffered a stroke that left only his left eye unparalyzed.
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The intruder
(2004)
l'intrus
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Director:
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Claire Denis
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| Starring:
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Grégoire Colin, Michel Subor
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A man with an ailing heart visit Geneva to pay for a transplant on the black market.
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The last metro
(1980)
Le dernier métro
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Director:
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François Truffaut
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| Starring:
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Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu
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In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis.
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The long night
(1939)
Le jour se léve
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Director:
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Marcel Carné
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| Starring:
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Jules Berry, Jean Gabin
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A murderer, waiting for police to apprehend him, remembers what led him to kill.
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The page turner
(2006)
La tourneuse de pages
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Director:
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Denis Dercourt
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| Starring:
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Déborah François, Catherine Frot
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A woman waits for revenge against a man who rejected her application to a music conservatory.
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The passion of Joan of Arc
(1928)
La passion de Jeanne D'Arc
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Director:
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Carl Theodor Dreyer
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| Starring:
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Renée Falconetti, Eugène Silvain
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Jeanne d'Arc is brought up on charges of heresy, and ecclesiastical jurists try to force her to recant her claims of holy visions.
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The red balloon
(1956)
Le ballon rouge
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Director:
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Albert Lamorisse
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| Starring:
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Pascal Lamorisse, Georges Sellier
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A red balloon with a life of its own follows a little boy around the streets of Paris.
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The rules of the game
(1939)
La règle du jeu
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Director:
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Jean Renoir
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| Starring:
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Dalio, Nora Grégor
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An assorted cast of characters--the rich and their poor servants-- meet at a French chateau for various reasons, and the result is murder.
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The two of us
(1967)
Le vieil homme et l'enfant
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Director:
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Claude Berri
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| Starring:
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Alain Cohen, Michel Simon
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A Jewish boy is sent from Nazi-occupied Paris to live with an elderly Catholic couple in the countryside.
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The umbrellas of Cherbourg
(1964)
Les parapluies de Cherbourg
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Director:
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Jacques Demy
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| Starring:
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Nino Castelnuovo, Catherine Deneuve
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A young solider leaves his pregnant girlfriend for duty, and her widowed mother pressures her into marrying a wealthy gem dealer that she does not love.
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The valet
(2006)
La doublure
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Director:
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Francis Verber
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| Starring:
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Daniel Auteuil, Alice Taglioni
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A CEO is photographed with his mistress, and he tries to fool his wife into believing that the woman is the lover of a hotel porter in the photo.
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The wild child
(1970)
L'enfant sauvage
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Director:
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François Truffaut
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| Starring:
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Jean-Pierre Leaud, François Truffaut
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In 1798, a doctor tries to civilize a feral child, unsure of whether he is helping or hurting him.
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Three colors, blue
(1993)
Trois couleurs, bleu
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Director:
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Krzysztof Kieslowski
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| Starring:
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Juliette Binoche, Benoit Regent
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First in the triology: A woman, devastated by the death of her husband and child, tries to withdraw from life.
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Three colors, red
(1994)
Trois couleurs, rouge
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Director:
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Krzysztof Kieslowski
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| Starring:
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Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant
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Last in the trilogy: A model discoversthat her neighbor, a judge, listens in on people's phone calls.
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Three colors, white
(1994)
Trois couleurs, blanc
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Director:
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Krzysztof Kieslowski
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| Starring:
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Julie Delpy, Zbigniew Zamachowski
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Second in the trilogy: A Polish immigrant's wife wants to divorce him because he can't perform in bed.
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Time out
(2001)
L'emploi du temps
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Director:
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Laurent Cantet
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| Starring:
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Aurélien Recoing, Karin Viard
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An unemployed man finds his life sinking into trouble as he hides his situation from his family and friends.
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