Welcome to the Sticks

Welcome to the Sticks 2008

6.68

Although living a comfortable life in Salon-de-Provence, a charming town in the South of France, Julie has been feeling depressed for a while. To please her, Philippe Abrams, a post office administrator, her husband, tries to obtain a transfer to a seaside town, on the French Riviera, at any cost. The trouble is that he is caught red-handed while trying to scam an inspector. Philippe is immediately banished to the distant unheard of town of Bergues, in the Far North of France...

2008

Love Me If You Dare

Love Me If You Dare 2003

7.23

As adults, best friends Julien and Sophie continue the odd game they started as children -- a fearless competition to outdo one another with daring and outrageous stunts. While they often act out to relieve one another's pain, their game might be a way to avoid the fact that they are truly meant for one another.

2003

A Christmas Tale

A Christmas Tale 2008

6.74

When their regal matriarch falls ill, the troubled Vuillard family come together for a hesitant Christmastime reunion. Among them is rebellious ne'er-do-well Henri and the uptight Elizabeth. Together under the same roof for the first time in many years, their intricate, long denied resentments and yearnings emerge again.

2008

The Life of Jesus

The Life of Jesus 1997

6.70

Twenty-something Freddy is becalmed in a podunk French village where the only sign of life is the local amateur brass band and youth aimlessly roaming around the countryside on scooters. He has an intense sexual connection with his girlfriend but has no joy or passion to give her. When she falls for a handsome Arab youth a tragedy unfolds.

1997

Discount

Discount 2014

6.20

To fight against the introduction of automatic checkouts that threaten their jobs, staff members at Hard Discounts secretly create their own "Alternative Discount" outlet by salvaging products that would otherwise have been wasted.

2014

In case of Bad Luck

In case of Bad Luck 2009

6.40

Lucie was supposed to sleep with the jeweler but hadn’t foreseen the alarm. The jeweler noticed the scheme and attacked Lucie’s accomplice Noémie. Lucie defended her, pushed her and the jeweler fell , stunned. Thinking to have killed her, Lucie goes to see a lawyer, who will take her under her wing.

2009

Carole Matthieu

Carole Matthieu 2016

5.50

Isabelle Adjani is Carole Matthieu – a workplace physician employed in a call centre who has become emotionally involved in the suffering of her humiliated co-workers.

2016

The Level Crossing-keeper

The Level Crossing-keeper 2011

1

Level crossing-keeper on an abandoned road, an old lady lives alone with her cow. She fills her loneliness by the tenderness she feels for her pretty cow and she escapes by playing the violin. Until one day she decides to stop the trains...

2011