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A Very Long Engagement

(2004)

Drama, Romance, War

Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone. But she refuses to believe he's gone forever — and she needs to know for sure.

Runtime:

133 min

Director:

Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Cast:

Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Dominique Pinon, Chantal Neuwirth, André Dussollier

7.6

78%

76

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Holy Motors

(2012)

Drama, Fantasy

We follow 24 hours in the life of a being moving from life to life like a cold and solitary assassin moving from hit to hit. In each of these interwoven lives, the being possesses an entirely distinct identity: sometimes a man, sometimes a woman, sometimes youthful, sometimes old. By turns murderer, beggar, company chairman, monstrous ...

Runtime:

115 min

7.1

91%

84

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The Lovers on the Bridge

(1991)

Drama, Romance

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:

125 min

Director:

Leos Carax

Cast:

Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Klaus-Michael Grüber, Edith Scob, Edith Scob

7.6

85%

N/A

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Beau Travail

(1999)

Drama

Foreign Legion officer Galoup recalls his once glorious life, training troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. His existence there was happy, strict and regimented, until the arrival of a promising young recruit, Sentain, plants the seeds of jealousy in Galoup's mind.

Runtime:

93 min

Director:

Claire Denis

Cast:

Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin, Richard Courcet, Nicolas Duvauchelle

7.4

85%

91

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Tokyo!

(2008)

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

An anthology of three short films by Michel Gondry, Leos Carax, and Bong Joon-ho, each of whom offers an imaginative and trans-/super-natural glimpse into the Tokyo Megalopolis.

Runtime:

112 min

Director:

Michel Gondry, Bong Joon-ho, Leos Carax

Cast:

Yu Aoi, Ayako Fujitani, Ayako Fujitani, Denis Lavant, Nao Omori

7.1

76%

63

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Mister Lonely

(2008)

Comedy, Drama

In Paris, a young American who works as a Michael Jackson lookalike meets Marilyn Monroe, who invites him to her commune in Scotland, where she lives with Charlie Chaplin and her daughter, Shirley Temple.

Runtime:

112 min

Director:

Harmony Korine

Cast:

Diego Luna, Samantha Morton, Denis Lavant, James Fox, Werner Herzog

6.5

47%

53

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Mauvais Sang

(1986)

Crime, Drama, Romance

Two aging crooks are given two weeks to repay a debt to a woman named The American. They recruit their recently deceased partner's son to help them break into a laboratory and steal the vaccine against STBO, a sexually transmitted disease that is sweeping the country. It's spread by having sex without emotional involvement, and most of...

Runtime:

119 min

Director:

Leos Carax

Cast:

Denis Lavant, Juliette Binoche, Michel Piccoli, Julie Delpy, Hans Meyer

7.3

91%

74

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Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas

(2013)

Drama, History

In the 16th century in the Cévennes, a horse dealer by the name of Michael Kohlhaas leads a happy and prosperous family life. When a lord treats him unjustly, this pious, upstanding man raises an army and puts the country to fire and sword in order to have his rights restored.

Runtime:

122 min

Director:

Arnaud des Pallières

Cast:

Mads Mikkelsen, Mélusine Mayance, Delphine Chuillot, Bruno Ganz, Denis Lavant

6.1

50%

51

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Tuvalu

(1999)

Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction

Set in a dilapidated indoor swimming pool (the Central Baths in Sofia), the film details the efforts of Anton, a clueless dreamer who yearns to sail the world, and Martha, the button obsessed cashier, to maintain the illusion for Anton's blind father that business is thriving. Working to sabotage their efforts is Gregor - Anton's broth...

Runtime:

92 min

Director:

Veit Helmer

Cast:

Denis Lavant, Philippe Clay, Terrence Gillespie, E.J. Callahan, Đoko Rosić

7.4

73%

58

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Boy Meets Girl

(1984)

Drama, Romance

Paris by night. Alex, 22, wants to become a filmmaker. He is fascinated by first times and his girlfriend, Florence, has just left him for his best friend, Thomas. First break-up, first attempted murder: Alex tries to strangle Thomas, but gives up and wanders the streets. That evening, Mireille, a girl from provincial France who has co...

Runtime:

100 min

Director:

Leos Carax

Cast:

Denis Lavant, Mireille Perrier, Carroll Brooks

7.0

100%

N/A

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The Temptation of St. Tony

(2009)

Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

A mid-level manager who develops an aversion to being "good" finds himself confronting the mysteries of middle-age and morality as he loses grasp of what was once his quiet life.

Runtime:

110 min

Director:

Veiko Õunpuu, Harri Kõrvits

Cast:

Taavi Eelmaa, Tiina Tauraite, Sten Ljunggren, Denis Lavant, Hendrik Toompere Jr.

7.2

89%

N/A

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Les Misérables

(1982)

Drama, History

The story of Jean Valjean, a Frenchman convicted of minor crimes, who is hounded for years by an unforgiving and unrelenting police inspector, Javert.

Runtime:

220 min

Director:

Robert Hossein

Cast:

Lino Ventura, Michel Bouquet, Evelyne Bouix, Jean Carmet, Christiane Jean

7.3

N/A

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The Wounded Man

(1983)

Crime, Drama, Romance

Henri is a lonely, isolated young man who lets no one get close to him. He meets a street hustler and comes out of his shell, going 180 degrees into gay obsession. Though he has yet to physically approach the object of his affection, Henri builds up so much unrequited lust that it explodes with horrible results.

Runtime:

109 min

Director:

Patrice Chéreau

Cast:

Jean-Hugues Anglade, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Annick Alane, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Claude Berri

6.8

80%

N/A

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My Little Princess

(2011)

Drama

Young Violetta and her mother Hannah are a peculiar couple. Ten-year-old Violetta lives a quiet life with her grandmother, while her mother Hannah is an unpredictable photographer who lives off of the generosity of others. When Hannah forces her daughter to pose as a model, Violetta finds her life with her loving grandmother turned ups...

Runtime:

105 min

6.4

N/A

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Me and Kaminski

(2015)

Comedy, Drama

Young journalist Sebastian Zöllner is writing an article on artist Manuel Kaminski. Zöllner hopes that Kaminski dies soon, so that he can cash in on his article.

Runtime:

124 min

6.7

N/A

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Wild Animals

(1997)

Comedy, Crime, Drama

Two Korean ex-pats in Paris are recruited by a French mobster. The duo find themselves at war with their mobster recruiters and each other.

Runtime:

105 min

Director:

Kim Ki-duk

Cast:

Cho Jae-hyun, Jang Dong-jik, Ryun Jang, Sasha Rucavina, Richard Bohringer

6.1

N/A

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Journey to the West

(2014)

Drama

A Buddhist monk walks barefoot and incredibly slowly through Marseille – so slowly, that his progress is barely perceptible and he becomes a calming influence in the midst of the town’s goings-on.

Runtime:

56 min

Director:

Tsai Ming-liang

Cast:

Lee Kang-sheng, Denis Lavant

6.9

N/A

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21 Nights with Pattie

(2015)

Comedy

During the height of summer, Caroline, a forty-year-old Parisian and mother, arrives in a small village in the south of France. She must hastily organize the funeral of her mother, a flighty lawyer, whom she barely used to see. Caroline is welcomed by Pattie, who likes to talk about her love affairs with the local men to anyone who'll ...

Runtime:

110 min

Director:

Jean-Marie Larrieu, Arnaud Larrieu

Cast:

Isabelle Carré, André Dussollier, Denis Lavant, Sergi López, Mathilde Monnier

6.2

N/A

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Long Live Life

(1984)

Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller

The movie starts with an interview with director Claude Lelouch. He pleads viewers not to disclose the plot of the movie after leaving the projection room. Even the movie's trailer shows only a long sequence of faces gazing speechlessly in space. "Like all my movies, this one is about a man and a woman", says Lelouch in the interview.

Runtime:

106 min

Director:

Claude Lelouch

Cast:

Charlotte Rampling, Michel Piccoli, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Evelyne Bouix, Charles Aznavour

6.2

N/A

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The Chess Game

(1994)

Comedy, Drama

In 19th century, a disillusioned priest helps a young boy drifter who's a chess wunderkind to move on up in life and social structures using his talent. Years later, he's a success, but game of life and love has higher stakes than chess.

Runtime:

110 min

Director:

Yves Hanchar

Cast:

Pierre Richard, Catherine Deneuve, Denis Lavant, James Wilby

6.5

N/A

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Wild Camp

(2005)

Drama, Romance

A tranquil campground in rural France is the backdrop for this erotic sizzler between beautiful teenager Camille and down on his luck ex con, Blaise. Fresh out of prison, Blaise accepts a job as sailing instructor at the camp. Haunted by violent nightmares and reminded daily of his estranged wife and children, Blaise tries mightily to ...

Runtime:

80 min

Director:

Christophe Ali, Nicolas Bonilauri

Cast:

Denis Lavant, Isild Le Besco, Pascal Bongard, Jean-Michel Guerin, Martine Demaret

5.4

N/A

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Captain Ahab

(2008)

Adventure

When Ahab's mother dies in childbirth, the infant's gruff father places his son in the care of his pious aunt. It is Rose who sparks the imagination of the young boy by teaching him to read the Bible, though when Ahab is reclaimed by his father a decade later the growing boy strives to become a hunter like his old man. Later, after Aha...

Runtime:

100 min

Director:

Philippe Ramos

Cast:

Denis Lavant, Virgil Leclaire, Dominique Blanc, Jacques Bonnaffé, Jean-François Stévenin

6.2

N/A

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Don Juan

(1998)

Comedy, Romance

Spain in the mid-seventeenth century. A series of bloody wars has ravaged the nation. Don Juan the nobleman and his valet, Sganarelle, roam the countryside on horseback, on the run and lost.

Runtime:

104 min

Director:

Jacques Weber

Cast:

Jacques Weber, Michel Boujenah, Emmanuelle Béart, Penélope Cruz, Ariadna Gil

4.9

N/A

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Married/Unmarried

(2001)

Drama

Obsession and doubt control four friends' relationship.

Runtime:

102 min

Director:

Noli

Cast:

Paolo Seganti, Ben Daniels, Gina Bellman, Kristen McMenamy, Denis Lavant

6.4

N/A

Marussia

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Marussia

(2013)

Drama

In cities like Paris there are countless people from Eastern Europe who have forsaken their homelands because they can see no future there. Lucia and her little daughter Marussia are two such people. They have been thrown out by the Russian acquaintances they were staying with and must tramp the streets with their trolley suitcases sea...

Runtime:

82 min

Director:

Eva Pervolovici

Cast:

Dinara Drukarova, Marie-Isabelle Shteynman, Dounia Sichov, George Babluani, Alexei Ageev

7.2

N/A

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La Squale

(2000)

Drama

Director:

Fabrice Genestal

Cast:

Esse Lawson, Tony Mpoudja, Khereddine Ennasri, Stéphanie Jaubert, Denis Lavant

5.2

N/A

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Melody for a Hustler

(1998)

French novelist Vincent Ravalec made his directorial debut with this French drama about small-time crook Gaston (Yvan Attal) who poses as a millionaire after he picks up hitchhiking 16-year-old Marie-Pierre (Virginie Lanoue). Actually living in a seedy apartment, Gaston deals in stolen goods, but he soon climbs to bigger heists, includ...

Runtime:

104 min

Director:

Vincent Ravalec

Cast:

Yvan Attal, Virginie Lanoué, Yann Collette, Benhaïssa Ahouari, Samy Naceri

6.4

N/A

Hop-o'-My-Thumb

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Hop-o'-My-Thumb

(2011)

Fantasy

Children encounter a kid-eating ogre.

Runtime:

83 min

6.0

N/A

Once Around the Park

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Once Around the Park

(1989)

Crime, Drama, Romance

Al and Elsa have been a couple for some time, but the chances that their relationship will be long-lived are few. For one thing, Al is appallingly dependent on Elsa for his every emotional need. For another, Elsa is an incredibly elusive person, extremely difficult to pin down about anything - especially whatever is bothering her. How ...

Runtime:

80 min

Director:

Pierre Pradinas

Cast:

Juliette Binoche, François Cluzet, Denis Lavant

6.9

N/A

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Eye of the Astronomer

(2012)

Drama, History

During the summer of the year 1610 one of the first telescopes made by Galileo ends up in the hands of Jean Kepler in Prague who at the time was the astronomer of Emperor Rudolp II. Kepler observes the night-sky as nobody has seen it before him. His observation platform becomes the meeting place of Prague's imperial court. In this e...

Runtime:

90 min

Director:

Stan Neumann

Cast:

Denis Lavant, Airy Routier, Fabrizio Rongione, Max Baissette de Malglaive, Lou Castel

7.3

N/A

Mona and I

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Mona and I

(1990)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Mona is the girlfriend of Pierre, who is a member of a rather pathetic rock band in France. Their hero is the singer "Johnny Valentine " who, seeing that Mona is being neglected, decides to make her his own.

Runtime:

90 min

Director:

Patrick Grandperret

Cast:

Denis Lavant, Sophie Simon

6.1

N/A

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Luminal

(2004)

Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller

Runtime:

100 min

Director:

Andrea Vecchiato

Cast:

Jemeela Mustchin, Maria Papas, Denis Lavant, Drew Edwards, Roxanne Gregory

5.1

N/A

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Morning Star

(2012)

Drama

A small circus arrives in a coastal area of the North Sea: the place looks rather eerie and the audience is quite scarce. But despite all of this, the life of the performers is animated by feelings born under the circus tent, and which are often lived out in the secret of their trailers. The ballerina Angèle has an affair with Elliot, ...

Runtime:

99 min

Director:

Sophie Blondy

Cast:

Denis Lavant, Iggy Pop, Tchéky Karyo, Béatrice Dalle, Natacha Régnier

5.3

N/A

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Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus

(2013)

Drama, History, TV Movie

Late 1950s, the CIA Office in New York after viewing the footage shot by their agent, investigators are puzzled how Marcel Dassault, the French engineer, he managed to build better than their planes? Order of the White House, four officers flew to Paris. Their mission: to solve the mystery Dassault. This man has a unique course because...

Runtime:

110 min

Director:

Olivier Guignard

Cast:

Denis Lavant, Aurélien Recoing, Bruno Debrandt, Judith Rémy

6.4

N/A

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Visiblement je vous aime

(1995)

Drama

A misanthropic Parisian street punk learns some difficult lessons after being captured for assaulting and robbing a man in this interesting French drama. This has not been the first time young Denis Lavant has been in trouble, and this time the judge sentences him to the Coral, an experimental open community founded in 1975 by Claude S...

Runtime:

100 min

Director:

Jean-Michel Carré

Cast:

Denis Lavant, Dominique Frot

6.1

N/A

Biette

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Biette

(2013)

Documentary

Documentary about the the film critic and filmmaker Jean-Claude Biette.

Runtime:

109 min

7.8

N/A

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Dark Forests

(2015)

Drama

At the end of the road lies a track, the very last, a track swamped with the mud of a Siberian autumn, and at the end of this track lies a vast, dark forest which secretes those who have made this their final refuge, in hamlets that fray a little more with every passing day, sapped by misery and alcohol. We have to travel as far as we ...

Runtime:

52 min

Director:

Stephane Breton

Cast:

Denis Lavant

6.0

N/A

De force avec d'autres

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De force avec d'autres

(1993)

Drama

Runtime:

95 min

Director:

Simon Reggiani

Cast:

Serge Reggiani, Simon Reggiani, Denis Lavant, Pascale Vignal

N/A

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Gray House

(2017)

Documentary

A silent fisherman in Texas, a blazing oil field in North Dakota, a mysterious community in Virginia, a women’s prison in Oregon, and a modernist home in California are the ostensible subjects of Austin Lynch and Matthew Booth’s new feature, GRAY HOUSE. But as meditations upon nature, isolation, decadence, and destitution, they are fla...

Runtime:

75 min

Cast:

Aurore Clément, Denis Lavant

N/A

The Escapade

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The Escapade

(2019)

Drama

The story revolves around the characters of Tess and Anatole. Barely of age, but not exactly adults, they still know nothing of love. Anatole sleeps wherever he is able while waiting for a stable job to come along, whereas Tess is about to start preparatory classes in Paris. They first meet in the surroundings of a port in decline, lik...

Director:

Mathias Pardo

Cast:

Joséphine Japy, Nekfeu, Rod Paradot, Karidja Touré, Denis Lavant

N/A

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