A monthly online film club to discuss French film
French Cinémathèque
Each month we choose a German film or series currently available to stream, watch it independently, and come together for a hosted conversation with other fans of German film.
Our next meeting will be about Anatomy of a Fall, directed by Justine Triet.
Join us Monday, April 22nd at 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT / 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT.
Popular from France
Return to Seoul
(Retour à Séoul)
A 25-year-old French woman returns to Korea - the country she was born in before being adopted by a French couple - for the very first time.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Germany, Belgium • 2022
- Director Davy Chou
- Cast Park Ji-min, Oh Gwang-rok, Guka Han, Kim Sun-young, Heo Jin, Yoann Zimmer
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Lupin
Gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, United States • 2021
- Creator George Kay
- Cast Omar Sy, Hervé Pierre, Nicole Garcia, Clotilde Hesme, Ludivine Sagnier, Soufiane Guerrab
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Class Act
(Tapie)
In this fictionalized biopic about Bernard Tapie, a relentlessly ambitious working-class man becomes one of France's most controversial public figures.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2023
- Creator Tristan Séguéla, Olivier Demangel
- Cast Laurent Lafitte, Joséphine Japy, Patrick d'Assumçao, Ophélia Kolb, Camille Chamoux, Ivan Murphy
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
A Kid
(Le fils de Jean)
A man travels to Quebec to attend the funeral of his estranged father.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Canada • 2016
- Director Philippe Lioret
- Cast Pierre Deladonchamps, Gabriel Arcand, Catherine de Léan, Marie-Thérèse Fortin, Pierre-Yves Cardinal
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
(Miraculous, les aventures de Ladybug et Chat Noir)
Normal high school kids by day, protectors of Paris by night!
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Korea, Japan • 2015
- Creator Thomas Astruc
- Cast Annouck Hautbois, Benjamin Bollen, Antoine Tomé, Marie Nonnenmacher
- Genre Action & Adventure, Animation, Kids
- Available on Netflix, Amazon Video, fuboTV, Disney Plus, Spectrum On Demand, DisneyNOW, Netflix basic with Ads
Lost Highway
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, and inexplicable dreams.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, United States • 1997
- Director David Lynch
- Cast Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Robert Blake, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Richard Pryor
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube
Taken
An ex-spy must pull out all the stops to save his daughter after she is kidnapped by human traffickers.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, United States • 2008
- Director Pierre Morel
- Cast Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Leland Orser, Famke Janssen, Jon Gries, David Warshofsky
- Genre Action, Thriller
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV Plus, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Drops of God
(Les gouttes de Dieu)
A wine mogul's daughter and his student must compete for the chance to inherit the world's greatest wine collection.
- France • 2023
- Creator Quoc Dang Tran
- Cast Tomohisa Yamashita, Fleur Geffrier
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV Plus
La Haine
In the banlieues of France, the immigrant populations' resentment simmers away -- until it starts to boil.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, United States • 1995
- Director Mathieu Kassovitz
- Cast Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui, Abdel Ahmed Ghili, Souleymane Dicko, Héloïse Rauth
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
CODA
Every family has its own language.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, United States • 2021
- Director Siân Heder
- Cast Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur, Eugenio Derbez, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Daniel Durant
- Genre Drama, Music, Romance
- Available on Apple TV Plus
The Billionaire, the Butler, and the Boyfriend
(L'Affaire Bettencourt : Scandale chez la femme la plus riche du monde)
How did a conflict between the world's wealthiest woman and her daughter spiral into national scandal?
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2023
- Creator
- Cast Liliane Bettencourt, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, François-Marie Banier, Nicolas Sarkozy
- Genre Crime, Documentary
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
High Life
A father and daughter must rely on each other to survive a dangerous mission to deep space.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, France, United Kingdom • 2018
- Director Claire Denis
- Cast Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, André Benjamin, Mia Goth, Agata Buzek, Lars Eidinger
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Showtime Apple TV Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
Lucy
Most people only use 10% of their brains. She unlocks the full 100% – and the powers that come with it.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Taiwan, Germany • 2014
- Director Luc Besson
- Cast Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-sik, Amr Waked, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Pilou Asbæk
- Genre Action, Science Fiction
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, FlixFling, AMC on Demand
Alphonse
A chameleon-like man makes it his mission to please women and satisfy all their wishes.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2023
- Creator Nicolas Bedos
- Cast Jean Dujardin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Pierre Arditi, Nicole Garcia, Laura Morante, Marie-Christine Barrault
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
New from France
Ceddo
As Islam spreads across the continent, the non-Muslims protest the local king's adoption of forced conversion to Islam.
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- Senegal, France • 1977
- Director Ousmane Sembène
- Cast Mamadou Dioumé, Ousmane Sembène, Tabata Ndiaye, Moustapha Yade, Ismaila Diagne, Matoura Dia
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Raja
A wealthy middle-aged Frenchman in Marrakech yearns after Raja, a 19 year-old local girl, orphaned and impoverished, barely scraping by.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Morocco • 2003
- Director Jacques Doillon
- Cast Pascal Greggory, Najat Benssallem, Ilham Abdelwaheb, Hassan Khissal, Ahmed Akensouss, Oum El Aid Ait Youss
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Film Movement Plus
Class Act
(Tapie)
In this fictionalized biopic about Bernard Tapie, a relentlessly ambitious working-class man becomes one of France's most controversial public figures.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2023
- Creator Tristan Séguéla, Olivier Demangel
- Cast Laurent Lafitte, Joséphine Japy, Patrick d'Assumçao, Ophélia Kolb, Camille Chamoux, Ivan Murphy
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Cairo Conspiracy
(ولد من الجنة)
The son of a fisherman is given the chance to study at a prestigious university in Cairo and becomes a pawn in the conflict between Egypt's religious and political elites.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Sweden, France, Finland • 2022
- Director Tarik Saleh
- Cast Tawfeek Barhom, Fares Fares, Mohammad Bakri, Makram J. Khoury, Mehdi Dehbi, Younes Medhat
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Plex,
I Have Electric Dreams
(Tengo sueños eléctricos)
16-year-old Eva lives with her mother, her younger sister, and their cat, but wants to move in with her estranged father.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Belgium, France, Costa Rica • 2023
- Director Valentina Maurel
- Cast Daniela Marín Navarro, Reinaldo Amien Gutiérrez, Vivian Rodríguez Barquero, José Pablo Segreda Johanning, Mayté Ortega, Adriana Castro Garcia
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
Once Upon a Time... Man
(Il était une fois… l'Homme)
"Once Upon a Time… Man" teaches history in a charming animated setting.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Canada, Italy • 1978
- Creator Albert Barillé
- Cast Roger Carel, Annie Balestra, Albert Barillé, Yves Barsacq, Claude Bertrand
- Genre Animation, Documentary, Family, Kids
- Available on Pantaflix
This Is What I Remember
(Esimde)
A man who has lost his memory while working in Russia returns to Kyrgyzstan for the first time in 20 years.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Japan, Kyrgyzstan • 2022
- Director Aktan Arym Kubat
- Cast Aktan Arym Kubat, Mirlan Abdykalykov, Taalaikan Abazova
- Genre Drama
- Available on Klassiki
Passages
After Tomas begins an affair with Agathe, his marriage to husband Martin seemingly falls into disrepair.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Germany • 2023
- Director Ira Sachs
- Cast Franz Rogowski, Ben Whishaw, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Erwan Kepoa Falé, Radostina Rogliano, Théo Cholbi
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on MUBI, Apple TV, Vudu
Mafiosa
The most dangerous man in Corsica is a woman.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2006
- Creator Hugues Pagan
- Cast Hélène Fillières, Véronique Volta
- Genre Drama
- Available on MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
Ana, My Love
(Ana, mon amour)
Two university students fall in love but mental illness causes their relationship to slowly collapse.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Romania, Germany, France • 2017
- Director Călin Peter Netzer
- Cast Mircea Postelnicu, Diana Cavallioti, Carmen Tănase, Vasile Muraru, Tania Popa, Igor Caras-Romanov
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Klassiki
La Femme Nikita
(Nikita)
She murders so she can live.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1990
- Director Luc Besson
- Cast Anne Parillaud, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Tchéky Karyo, Jean Reno, Marc Duret, Jeanne Moreau
- Genre Action, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Video, Microsoft Store
Mother Lode
Jorge leaves his home and family in the outskirts of Lima to try his luck in the goldmines of the Andes.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy, Switzerland • 2023
- Director Matteo Tortone
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Film Movement Plus
Everything Went Fine
(Tout s’est bien passé)
A daughter must grapple with her ill elderly father's request to end his own life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2021
- Director François Ozon
- Cast Sophie Marceau, André Dussollier, Géraldine Pailhas, Charlotte Rampling, Éric Caravaca, Hanna Schygulla
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kino Now
The Secret World of Santa Claus
(Le Monde secret du Père Noël)
Every year, Santa Claus and his elves are kept busy preparing for Christmas.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Canada • 1997
- Creator Christian Choquet, Prakash Topsy
- Cast Benoît Allemane, Thor Bishopric, Mélanie Dermont, Aurélien Ringelheim
- Genre Animation, Family
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video
Maya
A French war reporter returns to India where he grew up, and reunites with a young girl he once knew.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Germany • 2018
- Director Mia Hansen-Løve
- Cast Roman Kolinka, Aarshi Banerjee, Alex Descas, Judith Chemla
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free
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An Autumn Tale
(Conte d'automne)
A widowed winemaker's friends try to find her a new husband by placing a lonely hearts ad in the paper.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1998
- Director Éric Rohmer
- Cast Marie Rivière, Béatrice Romand, Alain Libolt, Didier Sandre, Alexia Portal, Aurélia Alcaïs
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Two of Us
(Deux)
Pensioners Nina and Madeline have hidden their passionate love for decades when it is put to the test by a change that prevents them from visiting each other.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Luxembourg, Belgium • 2020
- Director Filippo Meneghetti
- Cast Barbara Sukowa, Martine Chevallier, Léa Drucker, Jérôme Varanfrain
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Hulu, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Redbox, Kanopy
Cléo from 5 to 7
(Cléo de cinq à sept)
A young singer awaiting life-changing medical results embarks on a journey of self-discovery.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1962
- Director Agnès Varda
- Cast Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray, Dorothée Blanck, Michel Legrand, José Luis de Vilallonga
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Kanopy
The Salesman
(فروشنده)
Emad and Rana move into a new flat, but an incident with the previous tenant dramatically changes their life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Iran, France • 2016
- Director Asghar Farhadi
- Cast Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Karimi, Mina Sadati, Mehdi Koushki, Farid Sajjadi Hosseini
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Freevee
Philomena
These two unlikely companions are on a journey to find her long lost son.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States, France • 2013
- Director Stephen Frears
- Cast Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Mare Winningham, Barbara Jefford, Ruth McCabe
- Genre Drama
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Paradise: Hope
(Paradies: Hoffnung)
Beyond darkness... beyond desolation... lies the greatest danger of all.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Austria, France, Germany • 2013
- Director Ulrich Seidl
- Cast Melanie Lenz, Joseph Lorenz, Verena Lehbauer, Michael Thomas, Vivian Bartsch, Johanna Schmid
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free
Non-Fiction
(Doubles vies)
Deaf to the desires of their wives, Alain and Léonard struggle to find their place in a society whose code they can no longer crack.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2018
- Director Olivier Assayas
- Cast Guillaume Canet, Juliette Binoche, Vincent Macaigne, Nora Hamzawi, Christa Théret, Pascal Greggory
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Revenge
Revenge has no limits.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Belgium • 2018
- Director Coralie Fargeat
- Cast Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Kevin Janssens, Vincent Colombe, Guillaume Bouchède, Jean-Louis Tribes, Avant Strangel
- Genre Action, Thriller, Horror
- Available on Shudder
Flee
(Flugt)
Part memoir, part documentary, this animated film recounts the story of a refugee from Afghanistan to Denmark.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Denmark, France, Sweden • 2021
- Director Jonas Poher Rasmussen
- Cast Daniel Karimyar, Fardin Mijdzadeh, Milad Eskandari, Belal Faiz, Elaha Faiz, Zahra Mehrwarz
- Genre Animation, Documentary
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Stray Dogs
(郊遊)
A father and his children wander the margins of modern day Taipei, and spend their nights sleeping in abandoned buildings.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, France • 2014
- Director Tsai Ming-liang
- Cast Lee Kang-Sheng, Lu Yi-Ching, Chen Shiang-Chyi, Chao-rong Chen, Yang Kuei-Mei
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Kanopy
Ratcatcher
After becoming a stranger in his own home, a 12-year-old boy creates a secret world of his own.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, France • 1999
- Director Lynne Ramsay
- Cast William Eadie, Tommy Flanagan, Mandy Matthews, Michelle Stewart, Lynne Ramsay Jr., Leanne Mullen
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Melancholia
Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Denmark, Sweden, France • 2011
- Director Lars von Trier
- Cast Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling, John Hurt, Alexander Skarsgård
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Netflix, Hulu, fuboTV, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Redbox, FlixFling, Kanopy, Plex,
8½
A film director suffers creative block as he prepares his next movie and navigates the relationships of his life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1963
- Director Federico Fellini
- Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo, Rossella Falk, Barbara Steele
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Of Men and War
(Des hommes et de la guerre)
Filmed over five years, this documentary charts the progress of several veterans dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder at a California clinic.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Switzerland, United States • 2014
- Director Laurent Bécue-Renard
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
The House of Mirth
A woman risks losing her chance of happiness with the only man she has ever loved.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States, France • 2000
- Director Terence Davies
- Cast Gillian Anderson, Dan Aykroyd, Eleanor Bron, Terry Kinney, Anthony LaPaglia, Laura Linney
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on fuboTV, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Showtime Roku Premium Channel, Paramount+ with Showtime, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel
Earth Day 2024
Animals and More Animals
(Un animal, des animaux)
A unique look into the work behind the animal displays of the Paris Museum of Natural history.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1994
- Director Nicolas Philibert
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Kanopy
The Red Turtle
(La tortue rouge)
Come discover the magic of nature...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Belgium, Japan • 2016
- Director Michael Dudok de Wit
- Cast Emmanuel Garijo, Tom Hudson, Baptiste Goy, Axel Devillers, Barbara Beretta
- Genre Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
The Bear
(L'Ours)
He is an orphan at the start of a journey -- a journey to survive.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, United States • 1988
- Director Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Cast Tchéky Karyo, Jack Wallace, André Lacombe
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Family
- Available on Peacock, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV
Bestiary
(Bestiaire)
When we observe animals, they also observe us.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, France • 2012
- Director Denis Côté
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Hoopla, OVID, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spamflix, Kanopy
March of the Penguins
(La Marche de l'empereur)
In the harshest place on Earth, love finds a way.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2005
- Director Luc Jacquet
- Cast Charles Berling, Romane Bohringer, Jules Sitruk, Morgan Freeman, Torsten Michaelis, Andrea-Kathrin Loewig
- Genre Documentary, Family
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Winged Migration
(Le peuple migrateur)
Five film crews follow a rich variety of bird migrations through forty countries and across each of the seven continents.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Germany, Switzerland • 2001
- Director Jacques Perrin
- Cast Philippe Labro, Jacques Perrin
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV
The Snails
(Les escargots)
A farmer goes to extreme lengths to get his plants to grow - but they aren't the only things growing.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1966
- Director René Laloux
- Cast
- Genre Animation, Science Fiction
- Available on Criterion Channel
Antarctica: Ice & Sky
(La glace et le ciel)
Portrait of French glaciologist Claude Lorius, whose groundbreaking research gave us the first clear evidence of man-made climate change.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2015
- Director Luc Jacquet
- Cast Claude Lorius, Michel Papineschi
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex,
Winter Nomads
(Hiver Nomade)
Two shepherds in Switzerland move 800 sheep 600km over four months with the help of three donkeys and four dogs.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Switzerland, France, Germany • 2012
- Director Manuel von Stürler
- Cast Pascal Eguisier, Carole Noblanc, Jean-Paul Peguiron
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID
Océans
What wonders await under the surface of the oceans?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Switzerland, Spain • 2009
- Director Jacques Perrin
- Cast Pierce Brosnan, Lancelot Perrin
- Genre Documentary, Family
- Available on Disney Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Modern Life
(Profils Paysans, Chapitre 3: La vie moderne)
Photographer and filmmaker Raymond Depardon turns his camera on the farming community of the Cévennes region in southern France.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2008
- Director Raymond Depardon
- Cast Paul Argaud, Marcel Challaye, Germaine Challaye, Jacques Chirac
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Kanopy
Le Mois de la Francophonie
March is the Mois de la Francophonie, and in recognition, we present a selection of films made and set in countries around the world, including Algeria, Belgium, Canada, Chad, Mauritania, and Switzerland, that are wholly or partly in the French language.
The Brand New Testament
(Le tout nouveau testament)
God Exists. He Lives in Brussels with his teenage daughter.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Belgium, France, Luxembourg • 2015
- Director Jaco Van Dormael
- Cast Pili Groyne, Benoît Poelvoorde, Yolande Moreau, Catherine Deneuve, François Damiens, Serge Larivière
- Genre Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
- Available on Hoopla, fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, Kanopy, Plex,
Timbuktu
The peaceful lives of a Timbuktu cattle herder and his family are abruptly upended by the arrival of militant Islamic rebels.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mauritania, France • 2014
- Director Abderrahmane Sissako
- Cast Ibrahim Ahmed, Toulou Kiki, Layla Walet Mohamed, Abel Jafri, Kettly Noel, Hichem Yacoubi
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, Fandor Amazon Channel, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Winter Nomads
(Hiver Nomade)
Two shepherds in Switzerland move 800 sheep 600km over four months with the help of three donkeys and four dogs.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Switzerland, France, Germany • 2012
- Director Manuel von Stürler
- Cast Pascal Eguisier, Carole Noblanc, Jean-Paul Peguiron
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID
Genesis
(Genèse)
Three teenagers experience the turmoils of young love.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2019
- Director Philippe Lesage
- Cast Noée Abita, Théodore Pellerin, Édouard Tremblay-Grenier, Pier-Luc Funk, Émilie Bierre
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Hoopla, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Plex,
Almayer's Folly
(La Folie Almayer)
To want something for someone else is to want it for yourself.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Belgium, France • 2011
- Director Chantal Akerman
- Cast Stanislas Merhar, Marc Barbé, Aurora Marion, Zac Andrianasolo, Sakhna Oum, Solida Chan
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Amazon Video
Incendies
The search began at the opening of their mother's will.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, France • 2010
- Director Denis Villeneuve
- Cast Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Rémy Girard, Allen Altman, Abdelghafour Elaaziz
- Genre Drama, Mystery, War
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV
Laurence Anyways
What does it take to live life to the fullest?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, France • 2012
- Director Xavier Dolan
- Cast Melvil Poupaud, Suzanne Clément, Nathalie Baye, Monia Chokri, Yves Jacques, Anne Dorval
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Kanopy
Sister
(L'enfant d'en haut)
A young boy steals from rich patrons at a posh ski resort to support himself and his irresponsible older sister.
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- France, Switzerland • 2012
- Director Ursula Meier
- Cast Kacey Mottet Klein, Léa Seydoux, Martin Compston, Gillian Anderson, Jean-François Stévenin, Yann Trégouët
- Genre Drama
- Available on Metrograph, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kino Now, Kanopy
War Witch
(Rebelle)
Behold, magic is in your soul...
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- Canada • 2012
- Director Kim Nguyen
- Cast Rachel Mwanza, Alain Lino Mic Eli Bastien, Serge Kanyinda, Mizinga Mwinga, Ralph Prosper, Jean Kabuya
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Hoopla, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex,
Lingui, The Sacred Bonds
(Lingui, les liens sacrés)
A single mother goes against the church and the patriarchy to obtain an illegal abortion for her fifteen-year-old daughter.
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- France, Germany, Belgium • 2021
- Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
- Cast Achouackh Abakar Souleymane, Rihane Khalil Alio, Youssouf Djaoro, Briya Gomdigue, Saleh Sambo, Mounira Michala
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video
Days of Glory
(Indigènes)
The true story of World War II's forgotten heroes.
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- Algeria, France, Morocco • 2006
- Director Rachid Bouchareb
- Cast Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Bernard Blancan, Mathieu Simonet
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Vudu, Plex,