“Whether you love or hate him, you’ve only got one father. So it’s better to love or hate him while he’s alive because afterwards it’s too late.”
Léo has tried everything to get David and Max, his oldest sons, to make up. He even invited them to his 70th birthday without letting either of them know that the other would be there. But what a disaster that turned out to be! He’s given up.
Léo was a traveling salesman, often on the road. He believes that he’d raised his three sons to respect family values and feels unjustly rewarded for his efforts. And God knows just how hard it was to raise them alone after his wife’s death. Is he being selfish? Is it too much to ask for a little affection and even some gratitude from his children? Obviously, if their behaviour is anything to go by. He more or less has to make an appointment to see David for more than three minutes. Okay, being a CEO is a taxing job, but not every boss avoids his family to this degree. And Max, he’s been unemployed since resigning from his job and now has time on his hands. He could visit, but instead devotes himself to his wife – and to his depression. As for Simon, the eternal teenager, well even before all of this he already lived on another planet.
Léo no longer knows what to do to bring his family together again. Then fate lends a hand. Léo falls ill, just a minor illness, and not at all surprising when you’re 70 years old. His brother, a doctor, hospitalizes him and his children pay him visits. They come separately, of course, but still, they do come along. It’s actually quite good being ill. Now Léo knows what he must do. He pretends he has to undergo a delicate operation in three weeks time, leaving him enough time to take his children on a trip so as to be together with them, perhaps for the last time.
What child could say no to a father who has little time left and who only asks for a peaceful week together? None! So, they all head for Canada.

With: Philippe Noiret, Charles Berling, Pascal Elbé, Bruno Putzulu, Marie Tifo, Geneviève Brouillette, Pierre Lebeau, Jacques Boudet, Pascale Coulombe, Gilles Cloutier, Gilles Moisan, Stéphane Jacques, Catherine Leclerc, Maude Payette, Arnaud Denis, Eva Saint-Paul.

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June 1940. German troops are advancing on Paris. Odile, a widowed teacher, succumbs to the widespread panic and, with her two children, joins the exodus from the city. Philippe is on the cusp of adolescence, Little Cathy knows only that they are going South. After fifty kilometers, a German plane attacks, decimating the helpless refugees. Odile and her children lose everything. A shaven-headed youth appears from nowhere and leads them away from the carnage. His name is Yvan, he’s seventeen years old. Cut off from the rest of the world and living in confined quarters, Odile and Yvan find themselves confronted with their own desires.

With: Emmanuelle Béart, Gaspard Ulliel, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Clémence Meyer, Samuel Labarthe, Jean Fornerod, Eric Kreikenmayer, Nicholas Mead.

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Lucien, a young boy in a provincial French town in the 1960s, is embarrassed by his schoolteacher father Jacques’ regular clown routines. However, Jacques’ best friend André reveals to Lucien the origin of his father’s performance, a tale of heroism and courage during the German occupation of WWII.

With: Jacques Villeret, André Dussollier, Thierry Lhermitte, Benoît Magimel, Suzanne Flon.

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In a street called Blue in a very poor neighborhood in Paris, Monsieur Ibrahim (Omar Shariff) is an old Muslin Turkish owner of a small market. He becomes friend of the teenager Jewish Moises, tenderly nicknamed Momo (Pierre Boulanger), who lives with his father in a small apartment on the other side of the street. Monsieur Ibrahim gives paternal love and teaches the knowledge of the Koran to the boy, receiving in return love and respect.

With: Omar Sharif, Pierre Boulanger, Gilbert Melki.

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Gilberte Valandry (Sabine Azéma), wife of a rich industrialist (Pierre Arditi) reigns over a salon of incredible luxury. Helped by her sister (Isabelle Nanty), a talkative spinster, she leads on and then rebukes would be lovers who try to seduce her. Gilberte adores her husband and is crazy about flirts who stay flirts. For a long time she has forgotten and kept hidden the existence of Eric Thomson (Lambert Wilson) a very hygiene conscious prudish American who had been her first husband. Involved by coincidence in a business relation with Gilberte’s husband, Eric Thomson is one evening invited to dine at the Valandrys. Ludicrous vaudeville, amorous tos and fros, Pas sur la Bouche, is a humorous musical and sexual film well delivered by singing actors whose energy and pleasure is infectious.

With: Sabine Azéma, Isabelle Nanty, Audrey Tautou.

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Set in the projects of Paris, L’esquive (AKA Games of Love and Chance) is a study of a group of teenagers in social housing, a world of broken homes and poverty. Without a means to truly express themselves, the teenagers begin to adopt the posturing of the damaged, jaded, and virtually non-existent adults raising them, and attack each in constant outbursts of verbal aggression. In spite of this, however, Kechiche’s film has a kind heart, and is played with a tremendous sense of humor, honesty, and frankness.

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Set in 1940s France in the moments before the German occupation of Paris during World War II, Jean-Paul Rappeneau’s lively farce Bon Voyage combines a murder mystery, a political drama, and a series of madcap subplots including a secret scientific discovery and a gathering of socialites at Bordeaux’s Hotel Splendide. The result is a picturesque period piece full of energy, adventure, and breathtaking scenery. Dynamic performances from an all-star cast that includes Gerard Depardieu, Isabelle Adjani, and Gregori Derangere complete this delightfully pert film. Forced to flee Paris as the Germans advance, a mismatched group of oddly acquainted personalities reassemble in Bordeaux. Viviane (Adjani) is a stunning film actress whose talents are used both on-screen and off. She swiftly seduces the French prime minister, Beaufort (Depardieu), on the eve of WWII–a convenient catch in wartime. However, her former flame Frederic (Derangere), who Viviane neatly framed and sent to prison for a murder she committed, is now free and is still pursuing her. Frederic’s jailbreak buddy Raoul (Yvan Attal), is also in tow, with nothing but trouble up his sleeve. Meanwhile, a pretty physics student, Camille (Virginie Ledoyen) tempts the hearts of both ex-cons, while protecting her professor and their scientific discovery, which must not fall into German hands. Waiting on the wings is the suspicious journalist Winckler (Peter Coyote), whose sneaky demeanor is only matched by Thierry (Nicolas Vaude), the revenge-crazed nephew of the man Viviane murdered.

With: Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Virginie Ledoyen, Yvan Attal, Peter Coyote, Jean-Marc Stehlé, Aurore Clément.

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With: Marion Cotillard, Guillaume Canet.

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Ludivine Sagnier stars as Lili, the love and muse of an idealistic young filmmaker in this modern adaptation of Chekov’s classic play The Seagull. The story revolves around Mado, a movie-star past her prime who owns an elegant chateau in the serene French countryside. Mado’s lover Brice is a successful director who continues to cast Mado in his films. Her son Julien, an aspiring filmmaker, despises his “sell-out” mother, but at the same time yearns for her approval. Lili, Julien’s girlfriend, is intent on escaping the lowly life of a poor country girl and dreams of stardom. When Julien screens his new DV art-film starring Lili, the delicate peace in their house begins to unravel.

With: Nicole Garcia, Bernard Giraudeau, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Ludivine Sagnier, Robinson Stévenin, Julie Depardieu, Yves Jacques, Michel Piccoli.

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Sarah Morton is a famous British mystery author. Tired of London and seeking inspiration for her new novel, she accepts an offer from her publisher John Bosload to stay at his home in Luberon, in the South of France. It is the off-season, and Sarah finds that the beautiful country locale and unhurried pace is just the tonic for her–until late one night, when John’s indolent and insouciant French daughter Julie unexpectedly arrives. Sarah’s prim and steely English reserve is jarred by Julie’s reckless, sexually charged lifestyle. Their interactions set off an increasingly unsettling series of events, as Sarah’s creative process and a possible real-life murder begin to blend dangerously together.

With: Charlotte Rampling, Ludivine Sagnier, Charles Dance.

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