Games of Love and Chance

A film in which the director captures the beautiful and accurate qualities of reality when building the energetic portrait of a 16-year-old girl immersed in the macho culture of urban suburban south-west France, just a stone’s throw away from the nearby countryside.

Runtime

1h 33m

Cast

Laëtitia Clément, Rod Paradot, Lyna Khoudri

Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this drama include a pair of mimes, a husband trying to choose between his wife and his lover, and a marri...

Runtime

2h

Director

Isabel Coixet, Tom Tykwer

Cast

Steve Buscemi, Natalie Portman, Willem Dafoe

Gervaise Macquart is a beautiful Parisian laundress and mother whose lover, Lantier, walks out on her. She eventually marries Henri Coupeau, a roofer who has an unfortunate accident. As her now crippled husband descends into alcoholism, Gervaise tries to make ends meet on her own. Life becomes even more complicated when Lantier returns...

Runtime

1h 52m

Director

René Clément

Cast

Maria Schell, François Périer, Jany Holt

Set against Paris' oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, while it was closed for repairs, this film is a love story between two young vagrants: Alex, a would be circus performer addicted to alcohol and sedatives and Michele, a painter driven to a life on the streets because of a failed relationship and an affliction which is slowly turning her...

Runtime

2h 6m

Director

Leos Carax

Cast

Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Klaus-Michael Grüber

A man ahead of his time, Cyrano de Bergerac dazzles whether with ferocious wordplay at a verbal joust or with brilliant swordplay in a duel. But, convinced that his appearance renders him unworthy of the love of a devoted friend, the luminous Roxanne, Cyrano has yet to declare his feelings for her—and Roxanne has fallen in love, at fir...

Runtime

2h 2m

Cast

Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison Jr.

Sutter, a popular party animal, unexpectedly meets the introverted Aimee after waking up on a stranger's lawn. As Sutter deals with the problems in his life and Aimee plans for her future beyond school, an unexpected romance blossoms between them.

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

James Ponsoldt

Cast

Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Masam Holden

A young tech worker takes a job at a powerful Internet corporation, quickly rises up the company's ranks, and soon finds herself in a perilous situation concerning privacy, surveillance and freedom. She comes to learn that her decisions and actions will determine the future of humanity.

Runtime

1h 50m

Director

James Ponsoldt

Cast

Emma Watson, Alicia Vikander, Tom Hanks

Kate and Charlie like to have a good time. Their marriage thrives on a shared fondness for music, laughter… and getting smashed. When Kate’s partying spirals into hard-core asocial behavior, compromising her job as an elementary schoolteacher, something’s got to give. But change isn’t exactly a cakewalk. Sobriety means she will have to...

Runtime

1h 25m

Director

James Ponsoldt

Cast

Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Octavia Spencer

An aging, disillusioned alcoholic gets a younger friend and wants him to pose as his son at a school reunion.

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

James Ponsoldt

Cast

Nick Nolte, Trevor Morgan, Rosemarie DeWitt