Drama

Drama

Cinémoi’s drama strand is an exciting platform for revered classic romances and the lauded work of the auteurs, for which French cinema is so internationally acclaimed.

I Don't Kiss 1991 (111 mins)

Director: André Téchiné

André Téchiné’s drama follows a young man who arrives in Paris from a small town, with the...

The Best Job in the World 1996 (105 mins)

Director: Gérard Lauzier
Gérard Depardieu plays a teacher struggling to cope with the difficulties of disciplining underprivileged kids in a...

Diên Biên Phù 1992 (125 mins)

Director: Pierre Schoendoerffer

Donald Pleasence stars as an American writer-reporter in Pierre Schoendoerffer’s affecting drama about France’s involvement and withdrawal...

Alice et Martin 1998 (120 mins)

Director: André Téchiné

A young man arrives in Paris and becomes a model by chance. He soon falls in love...

The City of Lost Children 1995 (108 mins)

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro

Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amelie) and Marc Caro’s film follows a scientist in a surreal city who steals dreams...

Melodie en sous-sol 1963 (118 mins)

Director: Henri Verneuil

 

Jean Gabin and Alain Delon star in Henri Verneuil’s...

Le Chat 1971 (80 mins)

Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre

Pierre Granier-Deferre’s poignant drama stars Jean Gabin and Simone Signoret as a couple struggling to retain their...

Jeanne et Le Garcon Formidable 1998 (98 mins)

Director: Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau

Virginie Ledoyen plays Jeanne, a girl with an insatiable hunger for love who finds it unexpectedly in...

Le Petit Criminel 1990 (100 mins)

Director: Jacques Doillon

Jacques Doillon’s drama follows a troubled boy who one day discovers he has an older sister. On...

Beautiful Funeral 2011 (6 mins)

Director: Enrique Rovira

"It is...

Le Jour Se Leve 1939 (86 mins)

Director: Marcel Carné

Jean Gabin plays a factory worker who recalls the events that led him to kill a man...

Camille Claudel 1988 (175 mins)

Director: Bruno Nuytten

Bruno Nuytten directs this biopic of Camille Claudel (Isabelle Adjani), sister of writer Paul Claudel, exploring her...

Le Colonel Chabert 1994 (110 mins)

Director: Yves Angelo

Gérard Depardieu stars as Colonel Chabert, in Yves Angelo’s film based on the Balzac novel about the...

Lola 1961 (85 mins)

Director:
Jacques Demy
Marc Michel

Anouk Aimée plays a cabaret dancer who has a chance encounter with a young man...

Lourdes 2009 (96 mins)

Director: Jessica Hausner

Jessica Hausner’s moving drama stars Sylvie Testud as a wheelchair-bound woman who makes a pilgrimage to Lourdes....

White Material 2009 (114 mins)

Director: Claire Denis

French auteur Claire Denis directs Isabelle Huppert in a story about a white French woman struggling to...

The Father of My Children 2009 (107 mins)

Le Père de mes enfants
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve

A passionate independent film producer struggles with anxiety and despair as the pressures of his work become...

The Singer 2006 (112 mins)

Quand j'étais chanteur
Director: Xavier Giannoli

Gérard Depardieu stars as a washed-up singer who falls in love with a young estate agent, in...

The Beat That My Heart Skipped 2005 (102 mins)

De battre mon coeur s’est arrêté
Director: Jacques Audiard

Romain Duris stars in Jacques Audiard’s gripping crime drama about a man torn between becoming...

Dans Paris 2006 (90 mins)

Director: Christophe Honoré

Romain Duris and Louis Garrel star in Christophe Honoré’s poignant drama about two brothers, each with their...

Vendredi Soir 2002 (85 mins)

Director: Claire Denis

Claire Denis’ drama follows Laure, a woman who finds herself caught up in a traffic jam where...

Le Secret 2000 (104 mins)

Director: Virginie Wagon

A married woman embarks on an affair with an older man in Paris, with dire consequences for...

London River 2009 (83 mins)

Director: Rachid Bouchareb

The paths of Elisabeth (Brenda Blethyn), a Guernsy smallholder, and Ousmane (Sotigui Kouyaté), an African migrant, cross...

Fair Play 2006 (94 mins)

Director: Lionel Bailliu

Office tensions flare up on the sporting field in Lionel Bailliu’s taut thriller starring Marion Cotillard (Inception),...

A Private Affair 2001 (104 mins)

Une Affair Privee
Director: Guillaume Nacloux

Following her daughter’s disappearance, a mother hires a private detective, who embarks on an investigation full of...

De L'Amour 2001 (82 mins)

Director: Jean-François Richet

Virginie Ledoyen navigates the streets of rage in this ghetto-set drama about a young girl whose life...

Sade 2000 (95 mins)

Director: Benoît Jacquot

Daniel Auteuil delivers a superbly subversive performance as the inflammatory and enigmatic Sade in this treacherously seductive...

Le Péril Jeune 1995 (101 mins)

Good Old Daze
Director: Cédric Klapisch

Cédric Klapisch’s (Pot Luck, Paris) comedy skilfully combines humour, pathos, social observation and flawless characterisation.

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Dumas 2010 (105 mins)

L'Autre Dumas
Director: Safy Nebbou

Romance, passion and jealousy abound in a clash of literary genius between the great author Alexandre Dumas...

Changing Times 2004 (95 mins)

Les temps qui changent
Director: André Téchiné

The masterful André Téchiné reunites legends Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu for the first time in 15...

Avril 2006 (93 mins)

April in Love
Director: Gérald Hustache-Mathieu

The life of the convent-raised orphan Avril faces dramatic change once she sets out to find her...

The Officers' Ward 2001 (127 mins)

La Chambre des officiers
Director: François Dupeyron

The award-winning Eric Caravaca plays a soldier who finds support and forges a power friendship during his...

Paris 2008 (130 mins)

Director: Cédric Klapisch

Cédric Klapisch’s popular ensemble comedy intertwines the lives of several Parisians in a joyous and tragic ode...

Fidelity 2000 (165 mins)

LA FIDELITE
Director: Andrzej Zulawski

Sophie Marceau and Guillaume Canet play budding photographers in Andrzej Zulawski’s tale of passion, betrayal and violence...

Frankie 2005 (85 mins)

Director: Fabienne Berthaud

Fabienne Berthaud’s searing tale of a successful model’s gruelling trajectory within the cutthroat world of the fashion...

Tristana 1970 (95 mins)

Director: Luis Buñuel

Somewhere between the innocent girl and the not so innocent mistress is the bizarre, sensuous story of...

Summer Hours 2008 (100 mins)

Director: Olivier Assayas

Juliette Binoche, Charles Berling and Jérémie Renier lead a stellar cast in Olivier Assayas' touching drama about...

Exiles 2004 (100 mins)

Director:

Freewheeling  drama about a young couple’s nostalgic desire to retrace their parents’ steps to Algeria

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Transylvania 2006 (103 mins)

Director: Tony Gatlif

A haunting love story interwoven with faboulus scenes of gypsy music and dance, directed by Tony Gatlif...

Vengo 2000 (90 mins)

Director: Tony Gatlif

A powerful vendetta tale beautifully combining drama, music and flamenco in the stunning  setting of Andulusia.

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The Watchmaker of St Paul 1974 (100 mins)

L'Horloger de St Paul
Director: Bertrand Tavernier

The peaceful life of benign watchmaker Michel is thrown into disarray when he discovers his son has...

Liza 1972 (93 mins)

Director: Marco Ferreri

Marco Ferreri’s tale of sex, fetish and power in exotic climes, starring the then real-life glamour couple,...

Les Amants du pont neuf 1991 (123 mins)

Director: Leos Carax

Leos Carax’s stunning cult classic sees Juliette Binoche’s tortured painter and Denis Lavant’s alcoholic circus performer enact...

Intimacy 2001 (119 mins)

Director: Patrice Chéreau

Patrice Chéreau’s erotically charged portrait of the sexual encounters between loner Jay (Mark Rylance) and an anonymous...

Ca commence aujourd'hui 1999 (114 mins)

Director: Bertrand Tavernier

A small French village faces crisis as its coal supply and sole source of revenue nears exhaustion...

Manon 70 1968 (100 mins)

Director: Jean Aurel

A prominent journalist cannot believe his luck when a bewitching woman whom he glimpses on his travels,...

On Fire 2006 (109 mins)

Ça brûle
Director: Claire Simon

Livia, a volatile 15 year old, develops a crush on Jean (G.Melki), the village teacher and volunteer...

Ma saison préféree 1993 (120 mins)

My Preferred Season
Director: André Téchiné

Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil and Chiara Mastroianni star in André Téchiné’s insightful drama about the strained ties...

Marie-Jo and Her Two Lovers 2002 (120 mins)

Marie-Jo et ses deux amours
Director: Robert Guédiguian

Robert Guédiguian (Army of Crime) directs Ariane Ascaride as a woman who must choose between the two...

Les Roseaux sauvages 1994 (115 mins)

Wild Reeds
Director: André Techiné

André Téchiné’s poignant adolescent drama examines the lives of four mismatched friends in the final year of...

Diva 1981 (117 mins)

Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix

A cult classic ushering in the new genre of “Cinéma du Look”, Jean-Jacques Beineix’s (Betty Blue) visually...

L'Ange Noir 1994 (95 mins)

Director: Jean-Claude Brisseau

The wife of a high-powered judge attempts to cover up the killing of a stranger in her...

Une liaison pornographique 1999 (80 mins)

Director: Frédéric Fonteyne

Frédéric Fonteyne’s stylistic and intelligent romantic drama boasts award-winning performances from Nathalie Baye and Sergi Lopez as...

Après lui 2007 (90 mins)

Director: Gaël Morel

A grieving mother (Catherine Deneuve) forges a relationship with her son’s best friend, who also was responsible...

Kings and Queen 2004 (150 mins)

Rois et reine
Director: Arnaud Desplechin

Arnaud Desplechin’s award-winning drama stars Emmanuelle Devos as a young mother, whose former lover (Mathieu Amalric) has...

Boxes 2007 (95 mins)

Director: Jane Birkin

An esteemed cast head up Jane Birkin’s deeply personal directorial debut. Starring: Geraldine Chaplin, Michel Piccoli, John...

A Christmas Tale 2008 (150 mins)

Un conte de Noël
Director: Arnaud Desplechin

Arnaud Desplechin’s witty, warm and tragic tale sees three generations of a torn family reunite at Christmas...

Private Fears in Public Places 2006 (120 mins)

Coeurs
Director: Alain Resnais

The lives of six emotionally dysfunctional Parisians intertwine in Alain Resnais’ dramatic comedy, adapted from Alan Ayckbourn’s...

The Witnesses 2007 (112 mins)

Les Témoins
Director: André Téchiné

André Téchiné’s compelling drama follows a diverse group of friends struggling to cope with the first outbreak...

After Life 2003 (120 mins)

Après la vie
Director: Lucas Belvaux

A policeman struggles to cope with his wife’s drug addiction in a tale which constitutes the melodrama...

Couscous 2007 (151 mins)

La Graine et le mulet
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche

A recently laid-off dock worker takes on a prejudiced system in his bold venture to start up...

Jeunesse Dorée 2002 (83 mins)

Director: Zaïda Ghorab-Volta

Two young girls from Paris embark on an art project throughout the French countryside. Zaïda Ghorab-Volta’ poignant...

The Girl Cut in Two 2009 (110 mins)

La fille coupée en deux
Director: Claude Chabrol

Passion, desire and violence abound as two men vie for the attentions of Ludivine Sagnier’s appealing local...

The Sentinel 1992 (139 mins)

La Sentinelle
Director: Arnaud Desplechin

Arnaud Desplechin’s first feature is a complex psychological thriller reflecting on Cold War paranoia. Starring Emmanuel Salinger...

Les Femmes 1969 (84 mins)

Director: Jean Aurel
Brigitte Bardot is secretary to Maurice Ronet’s womanising writer in Jean Aurel’s witty and insightful 'battle of...

Nuit noire à Calcutta 1964 (25 mins)

Director:

Marin Karmitz’s avant-garde short film is a haunting tale about an alcoholic novelist facing a crippling case...

The 317th Platoon 1965 (91 mins)

La 317ème Section
Director: Pierre Schoendoerffer

One of the rare films to deal with the French-Indochina war, Pierre Schoendoerffer’s work is a hard-hitting...

Quelques jours avec moi 1988 (124 mins)

Director: Claude Sautet

Claude Sautet’s twelfth feature is another fine fruit of the director’s crop, with an esteemed cast playing...

L’Adolescente 1978 (90 mins)

Director: Jeanne Moreau

The lauded star of Les Amants and Jules et Jim turns her talents to behind the camera...

A Curtain Raiser 2006 (30 mins)

Un Lever de Rideau
Director: François Ozon

Prior to his successful feature film career, François Ozon cut his teeth as a prolific maker of...

Bed Scenes 1998 (25 mins)

Scènes de lit
Director: François Ozon

François Ozon’s collection of sketches takes us into the bedroom antics of seven very different couples.

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Les Bonnes Femmes 1960 (99 mins)

Director: Claude Chabrol

Claude Chabrol’s forgotten masterpiece follows the romantic and professional tribulations of four young Parisian women in the...

Comme un aimant 2000 (90 mins)

Director:
Akhenaton
Kamel Saleh

Pulsating urban drama set in the projects of Marseille, directed by and starring Akhenaton from the acclaimed...

The Double Life of Véronique 1991 (93 mins)

La Double vie de Véronique
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowksi

Marking the transition from his native Poland to France, The Double Life of Veronique is yet another...

24 Mesures 2007 (82 mins)

Director: Jalil Lespert

Jalil Lespert’s debut film is a hypnotic tale, which follows the chance encounters between four disparate characters...

A Summer Dress 1995 (15 mins)

Une Robe d’été
Director: François Ozon

Following a fight with his lover Sébastien, Luc goes to the beach to cool off. There he...

Betty 1992 (100 mins)

Director: Claude Chabrol

Claude Chabrol’s film is a compelling portrait of a misguided woman magnificently played by Marie Trintignant in...

L’Appartement 1996 (115 mins)

Director: Gilles Mimouni

Gilles Mimouni’s cult debut feature proves a wonderful platform for some of the most exciting, talented and...

Chocolat 1988 (102 mins)

Director: Claire Denis

Claire Denis’ first feature is an intensely moving and understated work with a powerful autobiographical bent.

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Madame Bovary 1991 (137 mins)

Director: Claude Chabrol
Claude Chabrol’s faithful adaptation of Gustav Flaubert’s classic novel stars Isabelle Huppert as the eponymous heroine....

Une Affaire de femmes 1988 (104 mins)

Director: Claude Chabrol
Marie (Isabelle Huppert) is a struggling mother of two in Vichy France during World War 2, whose...

Le Vent de la nuit 1998 (95 mins)

Night Wind
Director: Philippe Garrel

Paul (Xavier Beauvois), an aspiring architect, is having an affair with Hélène (Catherine Deneuve), an older married...

Les Sanguinaires 1998 (68 mins)

Director: Laurent Cantet

December 1999: François, a Parisian travel agent, cannot bear the thought of the impending celebratory chaos in...

Les Favoris de la lune 1984 (99 mins)

The Favourites of the Moon
Director: Otar Iosseliani
Three couples: an antique dealer with numerous lovers and her weapons making husband; a policeman and his...

La Vie des morts 1991 (50 mins)

Life of the Dead
Director: Arnaud Desplechin

After the 20 year old Patrick shoots himself and lies critically in a coma, four strands of...

Sept jours ailleurs 1969 (84 mins)

Director: Marin Karmitz
The young composer Jacques find himself suffocating in his social and family life. He jumps at the...

Une Vraie Jeune Fille 1976 (90 mins)

A Real Young Girl
Director: Catherine Breillat

Catherine Breillat’s first film is a provocative yet tender portrayal of a teenage girl’s sexual awakening. Starring...

Le Train 1973 (95 mins)

Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre

1940: As Germany intensifies its occupation of Europe, Julien Maroyeur (Jean-Louis Trintignant), a modest artisan from a...

Un Amour de pluie 1974 (96 mins)

Director: Jean-Claude Brialy

Each year Elisabeth Delerue (Romy Schneider) and her daughter Cécile (Bénédicte Bucher) go to the resort of...

La Banquière 1980 (125 mins)

Director: Francis Girod

Based on the real-life story of Marthe Hanau, La Banquière stars Romy Schneider as Emma Eckhert, a...

L’Important c’est d’aimer 1974 (109 mins)

Director: Andrzej Zulawski
‘A gritty romantic drama’ may appear to be an incongruous description; however, it undoubtedly best fits Andrzej...

Vincent, François, Paul et les autres 1974 (113 mins)

Director: Claude Sautet
The three friends Vincent (Yves Montand), a company director, François (Michel Piccoli), a doctor, and Paul (Serge...

Camarades 1970 (81 mins)

Director: Marin Karmitz
Yan (Jean-Paul Giquel) is a dock-worker and lives comfortably with his fiancé in Saint-Nazaire. However, one day...

Coup pour coup 1972 (86 mins)

Director: Marin Karmitz
Marin Karmitz’s political drama innovatively borders documentary and fiction....

Le Mepris 1963 (105 mins)

Director: Jean-Luc Godard
“The greatest work of art produced in postwar Europe” (Colin MacCabe)...

A Woman At Her Window 1976 (110 mins)

Une Femme à sa fenêtre
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre
Greece 1936. In the run up to General Metaxas coup d’etat and fascist dictatorship, Margot Santorini (Romy...

Les Choses de la Vie 1969 (88 mins)

The Things of Life
Director: Claude Sautet

On a country lane, traffic has been stopped and a large crowd gathers animatedly discussing the accident...

Belle de Jour 1967 (101 mins)

Director: Luis Buñuel
Luis Bunuel’s classic continues to enthral, beguile and dazzle audiences around the world to the present day....

Three Colours: Blue 1993 (100 mins)

Trois Couleurs Bleu
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Julie (Juliette Binoche) loses her composer husband and their child in a car crash and, though devastated,...

Three Colours: White 1994 (91 mins)

Trois Couleurs Blanc
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Karol, a Polish hairdresser, is divorced by his beautiful French wife Dominique and thrown onto the streets...

Paris nous appartient 1961 (141 mins)

Paris Belongs to us
Director: Jacques Rivette
Jacques Rivette’s first feature is a daring work which pushes formal, narrative and visual boundaries in a...

Little Death 1994 (26 mins)

La Petite mort
Director: François Ozon

Paul, a young gay photographer, is compelled to see his estranged father, who is now on his...

Pickpocket 1959 (75 mins)

Director: Robert Bresson
The consistent brilliance of Robert Bresson’s output plays an integral part in the merited reverence of the...
Le Dernier metro

Le Dernier métro 1980 (130 mins)

The Last Metro
Director: François Truffaut

Its well crafted story and double whammy of Deneuve and Dépardieu resulted in the film’s commercial success...

The Woman Next Door

The Woman Next Door 1981 (106 mins)

La Femme d’à côté
Director: François Truffaut

A powerful drama of the complexities of adult relationships, Truffaut brings together two of France’s greatest stars,...

Les Deux anglaises et le continent

Les Deux anglaises et le continent 1971 (132 mins)

Two English Women
Director: François Truffaut

Set in the early 1900s, a Frenchman, Claude, strikes up a friendship with two English sisters, Anne...

36 fillette

36 fillette 1987 (88 mins)

Director: Catherine Breillat

36 Fillette is a model of the integrity, perceptiveness and eroticism in which cinema and sex can...

My Sex Life… 1996 (178 mins)

Comment je me suis disputé… (Ma vie sexuelle)
Director: Arnaud Desplechin

Arnaud Desplechin’s second feature is a prime example of the director’s gift to weave seamlessly multi-layered plot-lines...

Love on the Run 1979 (94 mins)

L’Amour en fuite
Director: François Truffaut

Truffaut follows the new and old loves of the now divorced Antoine

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Lucie Aubrac 1997 (115 mins)

Director: Claude Berri

A love story or a tale of the resistance.

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Uranus 1990 (100 mins)

Director: Claude Berri

A small French village struggles to put the war behind as the controlling Communist Party tries to...

The Lovers 1958 (90 mins)

Les Amants
Director: Louis Malle

The story of a bored, neglected, bourgeois house wife who falls for an irreverent young student.

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Au revoir les enfants 1987 (103 mins)

Director: Louis Malle

During WWII, in a boarding school, two boys become friends. One is a French boy, and the...

Skin of Man, Heart of Beast 1999 (100 mins)

Peau d’homme, coeur de bête
Director: Hélène Angel

A ghastly turn of events changes a seemingly peaceful summer vacation in the south of France into...

L’Enfer 1994 (100 mins)

Director: Claude Chabrol

Mounting financial woes and intense jealously over his wife lead Paul into an engulfing world of doubt...

A Secret 2007 (100 mins)

Un Secret
Director: Claude Miller

A reclusive 15 year old boy uncovers a shocking family secret dating back to WW2. Claude Miller’s...

Three Colours: Red 1994 (96 mins)

Trois couleurs: Rouge
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Final entry in a trilogy of films dealing with contemporary French society concerns a model who discovers...