Director: André Téchiné (1979)
Charlotte Brontë reminds certain episodes of her life with her father, the reverend Brontë, her two sisters Emily and Anne and her brother Brandwell. While the three sisters wrote novels, poems, their brother artist-painter fell in love with Mrs Robinson, seventeen years older, who, in spite of the death of her husband, [...]
Director: Claire Denis (2009)
The setting is an African country during a period troubled by an uprising. In a farming region home to one of the rebel chiefs, Maria, a staunch and brave white woman, refuses to relinquish her coffee crop and to see the danger to her family that such an attitude provokes. For her, [...]
Director: Patrice Chéreau (2006)
The events that overwhelm a middle-aged, seemingly happily married couple. The arrogant, bourgeois M. Hervey descends from a train into the teeming bustle of the city. While on his way home, he reflects on the sturdiness of his life: the success he has made of it, and the fortress of security he [...]
Director: Ursula Meier (2008)
A family’s peaceful existence is threatened when a busy motorway is opened only meters away from their isolated house in the middle of nowhere. Refusing to move, Marthe (Isabelle Huppert), Michel (Olivier Gourmet) and their three children find innovative ways to adapt to their new environment. They continue their daily routine despite [...]
Director: Claude Chabrol (1988)
Based on the true story of a woman who was condemned to death during the Second World War for carrying out abortions.
With: Isabelle Huppert, François Cluzet, Nils Tavernier.