| 2012 – 103′ – Romantic Comedy –
Co-Written by Nicolas Mercier and Anne Fontaine.
Directed by Anne Fontaine.
Starring Isabelle Huppert, Benoît Poelvoorde, André Dussollier, Virginie Efira, Aurélien Recoing, Eric Berger, Bruno Podalydès.
In French with English subtitles.
A Strand Releasing release.|

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MY WORST NIGHTMARE is a romantic comedy from director Anne Fontaine (COCO BEFORE CHANEL, GEMMA BOVERY). Agathe (Isabelle Huppert) is an uptight, impatient art dealer who lives in an expensive Parisian apartment with her wealthy publisher husband, Andre Dussollier. Patrick (Benoît Poelvoorde)  is a skirt-chasing, unemployed single father who lives in his van with his son. Their lives would never intersect except that their two sons are best of friends and her husband has hired Patrick to remodel their apartment. Hilarity ensues as this odd couple relationship turns into Agathe’s worst nightmare. “Charming…Delightful…One of the Best French Adult Comedies” – IonCinema.

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| 2021 – 102′ – Drama – A Franco-German co production –
Written and Directed by Julie Delpy.
Starring Julie Delpy, Richard Armitage, Daniel Brühl, Gemma Arterton, Saleh Bakri, Sophia Ally.
Official Selection  Toronto International Film Festival.
In French with English subtitles.
A Blue Fox Entertainment release.|

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Recently divorced scientist Isabelle struggles to co-parent her daughter Zoe with her argumentative ex. But when Zoe suffers an unexpected brain hemorrhage and is put on life support, Isabelle comes up with an audacious plan to keep some version of her daughter alive. A meditation on loss, grief, and technology’s very human limits, MY ZOE is the story of enduring love in a future that strikes close to our present.

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| 2021  – 74′ –  Drama / Romance –
Written and Directed by Suzanne Lindon.
Starring Suzanne Lindon, Arnaud Valois, Florence Viala,Rebecca Marder, Frederic Pierrot, Dominique Besnehard.
Official Selection Cannes International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, San Sebastian International Film Festival.
In French with English subtitles.
A KimStim release.

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Suzanne (Suzanne Lindon) is sixteen. She is bored with people her own age. From the outside, everything appears lovely in her charmed world, but the everyday monotony of school and her relationships with friends and family feels completely uninspired. Every day on her way to high school, she passes a theater. There, she meets a 35-year-old actor named Raphaël (Arnaud Valois, BPM (Beats Per Minute)). Despite their age difference they find in each other an answer to their ennui and develop a strong connection. Immersed in the world of grown-ups and adult choices, Suzanne begins questioning the pitfalls of blossoming too quickly and missing out on life — the life of a 16-year-old, which she had struggled so much to enjoy in the same way as her peers. An enchanting debut for writer-director-star Suzanne Lindon, Spring Blossom captures first love with fittingly delicate beauty. 

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| 2015  – 102′ – Comedy / Romance –
Written and Directed by Sophie Fillières.
Starring Emmanuelle Devos, Mathieu Amalric, Anne Brochet, Laurent Poitrenaud, Joséphine de la Baume, Nelson Delapalme, Julia Roy.
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival.
In French with English subtitles.
A Film Movement release. |

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Pomme and Pierre have been together a long time. Passion and spontaneity have given way to predictability and cold shoulders. But there’s a lingering optimism, a hope they can return to the couple they used to be, attending chic art openings and sharing a laugh like young lovers. On a hike together one afternoon, Pomme declares her independence by deciding to stay in the woods rather than return to an underwhelming life with Pierre. Pierre tries to get back to normal, despite his worry over her whereabouts and the indelible sense that he’s missing his better half. Meanwhile, Pomme begins an extended meditation in the forest on where her own life should go next, with or without Pierre. In the end, both are left to contemplate the strength and meaning of each other’s commitment.

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ABUSE OF WEAKNESS

| 2014  – 105′ –  Drama –
Written and Directed by Catherine Breillat.
Starring Isabelle Huppert, Kool Shen, Laurence Ursino, Christopher Sermet, Ronald Leclercq.
Official Selections: COLCOA French Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, New York International Film Festival.
In French with English subtitles.
A Strand Releasing release.|

Inspired by director Catherine Breillat’s (FAT GIRL, ROMANCE) true life experiences, ABUSE OF WEAKNESS, is an exploration of power and sex. Isabelle Huppert (THE PIANO TEACHER, 8 WOMEN) stars as Maud, a strong willed filmmaker who suffers a stroke. Bedridden, but determined to pursue her latest film project, she sees Vilko (Kool Shen), a con man who swindles celebrities, on a TV talk show. Interested in him for her new film, the two meet and Maud soon finds herself falling for Vilko’s manipulative charm as their parasitic relationship hurdles out of control.

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| 2011  – 97′ – Drama / Romance –
Written by Caroline Bottaro and Bertina Heinrichs.
Directed by Caroline Bottaro.
Starring  Sandrine Bonnaire, Kevin Kline, Valérie Lagrange, Francis Renaud, Jennifer Beals, Alice Pol, Alexandra Gentil.
Official Selections COLCOA French Film Festival, Tribeca International Film Festival.
In French with English subtitles.
A Zeitgeist Films release.|

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Oscar winner Kevin Kline (A FISH CALLED WANDA) and the luminous Sandrine Bonnaire (VAGABOND, LA CEREMONIE)  square off in this stylish and sophisticated dramedy of newfound passions and mid-life triumphs, set on the postcard-perfect isle of Corsica. Lovely, repressed and quietly intelligent, French chambermaid Hélène (Bonnaire) comes upon a couple (THE L WORD’s Jennifer Beals and MARIE ANTOINETTE’s Dominic Gould) engaging in an intense chess match, and discovers she has a knack for the game. This obsession—much to the chagrin of her husband and teenage daughter—leads her to seek the clandestine tutelage of a reclusive American doctor (Kline, in his first French-speaking role)—a liaison that radically transforms both of their lackluster lives. Based on Bertina Henrichs’ acclaimed novel La Joueuse d’echec (The Chess Player), QUEEN TO PLAY is the auspicious feature film debut of French director and screenwriter Caroline Bottaro.

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| 2014  – 97′ – Comedy / Drama –
Co-Written by Emmanuelle Bercot, Jérôme Tonnerre.
Directed by Emmanuelle Bercot.
Starring Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Garouste, Nemo Schiffman, Claude Gensac, Camille Dalmais, Hafsia Herzi, Mylène Demongeot.
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival. Two César Awards nominations including Best Actress (Catherine Deneuve).
In French with English subtitles.
A Cohen Media Group release.|

Now in her early sixties, former beauty queen Bettie (Catherine Deneuve) finds herself jilted by her lover and left alone to deal with the financial problems facing her family’s restaurant. What begins as a quick drive to clear her head turns into a full-fledged road trip, and along the way there are chance meetings, an ex-Miss France gala, renewed ties with her estranged daughter and grandson, and possibly, at the end of the road, love.

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| 1979 / 2017   – 97′ – Classic – Digitally restored 40th anniversary – Comedy / Drama –
Written and Directed by Diane Kurys.
Starring Anouk Ferjac, Eléonore Klarwein, Odile Michel, Anouk Ferjac, Yves Rénier, Corinne Dacla, Dora Doll, Tsilla Chelton, Dominique Lavanant, Marthe Villalonga.
World Premiere Digitally Restored Version COLCOA French Film Festival. Official selections: Toronto International Film Festival, New York International Film Festival. Winner Louis Delluc Prize 1977.
In French with English subtitles.
A Cohen Media Group release.|

In the vein of such classic coming of age films as Francois Truffaut’s THE 400 BLOWS, Diane Kurys’s PEPPERMINT SODA captures a particular moment in the tumultuous life and development of young people. Anne (Eléonore Klarwein) and Frederique (Odile Michel) are sisters entering their teen years in 1963 France, torn between divorced parents and struggling with the confines of their strict school. Along the way, they undergo an awakening both political and romantic. Kurys’s celebrated film revels in the comedy and tragedy of the seemingly mundane, weaving a complex tapestry of everyday existence that also touches on the universal.

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| 2015 – 107′ – Drama –
Co-Written by Emmanuelle Jacob and Sarah Léonor.
Directed by Sarah Léonor.
Starring Jérémie Renier, Surho Sugaipov, Ramzan Idiev, Daniel Fassi, Jean-Yves Ruf, Miglen Mirtchev, Sabine Massé.
Official Selection New directors New Films New York.
In French with English subtitles.
A Distrib Films US release.|

Sent to Afghanistan for 6 months, legionnaires Markov and Hamilton are caught in an ambush during an unauthorized expedition.
Markov saves Hamilton, seriously wounded by rebel fire, but leaves the Legion without honors. Once back in Paris, Hamilton, convalescing, hopes to remain a legionnaire, while Markov, now a civilian and without working papers, tries to make ends meet with his son Khadji. Hamilton lends his identity to his Chechen friend, so that he can work legally. But one day, Markov disappears, leaving Hamiltion disoriented and Khadji alone in the world… “An arresting sophomore feature marked by impressive visuals and deep socio-political undertones. ” – The Hollywood reporter.

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| 2015  – 95′ – Drama / Romance – Co- Written by Jacques Fieschi, Nicole Garcia.
Directed by Nicole Garcia.
Starring Déborah François, Dominique Sanda, Louise Bourgoin, Pierre Rochefort, Benjamin Lavernhe, Eric Ruf.
Special Presentation Toronto International Film Festival. César Award nomination for Best Promising Actor (Pierre Rochefort).
In French with English subtitles. A Cohen Media Group release.|

Baptiste is a loner. A gifted primary teacher living in the south of France, he knows how to bring their schoolwork alive for his pupils but never remains in the same job for more than a term. His unremarkable appearance masks cracks, even violence… When he is left unwittingly in charge of Mathias one weekend by the child’s negligent father, the boy takes Baptiste to his mother Sandra, a dazzling but fragile woman who works on the beach near Montpellier. An erratic parent who longs to make amends, she welcomes Baptiste and her son into her bungalow. For one enchanted day, a powerful spell unites them, the beginnings of a family for those who do not have one. But it won’t last. Sandra owes money and her creditors are moving in. She is forced to flee again. To help her, Baptiste must return to the roots of his life, and to the darkest, most painful secrets within him…”Three days, three places, three people… an equation that allows me to orchestrate a minor key score that is all the more intense for being removed from giddy romance in favour of deeper, subtler tones. It’s a chance encounter, an unlikely crossing of paths that different social backgrounds would seem to render incompatible. ”  Nicole Garcia.

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