Director: François Ozon (2010)
North of France, Sainte-Gudule, 1977. Suzanne is the submissive, housebound wife of wealthy industrialist Robert Pujol, who oversees his umbrella factory with an iron fist and is equally tyrannical with his children and ‘trophy housewife’. When the workers go on strike and take Robert hostage, Suzanne steps in to manage the factory. [...]
Director: Jacques Demy (1970)
A king (wealthy thanks to his banker donkey) falls in love with his daughter because he’d promised his dying wife that he would only marry a woman more beautiful than she was…
Thanks to the tricks and ploys of her godmother, the Lilac Fairy, his daughter resists his advances. She demands extraordinary dresses [...]
Director: André Téchiné (2009)
Jeanne lives in a house in the suburbs with her mother Louise. The two women get on well together. Louise earns her living by looking after children. Jeanne is half-heartedly looking for a job.
One day, while checking job offers on the Internet, Louise believes that fate has come knocking at her door.
She [...]
Director: André Téchiné (2004)
Antoine, a wealthy construction engineer, arrives in Tangiers to oversee a job, and to find his first love that he’s still in love with after over 30-years. When they meet, he discovers that she is married, to Nathan, a Moroccan doctor, and has a son, Sami. The latter has just flown [...]
Director: André Téchiné (1993)
Ma saison préférée is a movie cowritten and directed by André Téchiné in 1993. The picture earned seven nominations for the French Academy Awards and was nominated for the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival.
The film concentrates on the obstacles faced by a maturing family over the course of four [...]