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 Director: Abdellatif Kechiche (2010)
Paris, 1817, within the Académie Royale de Médecine. “I’ve never seen a human head that so closely resembles a monkey’s.” Anatomist Georges Cuvier is categorical when looking at the cast made of Saartjie Baartman’s body. A panel of distinguished colleagues applauds the demonstration. Seven years earlier, Saartjie left South Africa with her [...]

 Director: Jean Becker (2010)
It’s the story of one of those improbable encounters that can change the course of one’s life: the encounter, in a small public garden, between Germain, fifty and barely literate, and Marguerite, a little old lady passionate about reading. Forty years and 220 pounds separate them. One day, purely by chance, Germain [...]

 Director: Guillaume Canet (2010)
Marion Cotillard and François Cluzet head a terrific cast in this acerbic group portrait of the Parisian bourgeoisie on holiday, from Tell No One director Guillaume Canet.
Actor Guillaume Canet proved his directing chops and commercial nous with the massively successful thriller Tell No One. There are elements of thriller tension in Little [...]

 Director: Manuel Pradal (1998)
When the film begins, Orso has barely turned 15. With his jutting cheekbones and merman’s muscles, there is something compelling tinged with violence about him, that look of darkness or pride in his face. A pickpocket on the night train that continues on to Italy, he dreams of getting a gun so [...]

 Director: Jan Kounen (2009)
Paris, 1913. Coco Chanel is in love with the young and wealthy Boy Chapel, but she is above all dedicated to her work. Igor Stravinsky rehearses The Rites of Spring. The composition’s revolutionary dissonance bring to mind, in many respects, the clothing designer’s radical work.
Coco goes to the premiere of the The [...]