| 2012 – 105′ – Drama –
Written by Nathalie Saugeon, Lorraine Lévy, Noam Fitoussi.
Directed by Lorraine Lévy.
Starring Pascal Elbé, Jules Sitruk, Mehdi Dehbi, Emmanuelle Devos.
In French with English subtitles.
A Cohen Media Group Release |

When getting ready to join the Israeli army to carry out his military service, Joseph discovers that he is not his parents’ biological son and that he was exchanged at birth with Yacine, a child from a West Bank Palestinian family.

The lives of these two families are abruptly turned upside down by this revelation, which obliges everyone to reconsider their respective identities, values and convictions.

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| 2002 – 132′ – Drama  –
Directed by Costa-Gavras
Written and directed by Costa-Gavras & Jean-Claude Grumberg
Starring Ulrich Tukur, Mathieu Kassovitz, Ulrich Mühe
In German,French, English & Italian with English subtitles.
A Cohen Media Group release |

Kurt Gerstein—a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS—is horrified by what he sees in the death camps. he is then shocked to learn that the process he used to purify water for his troops by using Zyklon-B, is now used to kill people in gas chambers.

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| 1985 – 107′ – Classic – Drama  –
Written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard.
Starring Myriem Roussel, Thierry Rode, Juliette Binoche, Jean-Luc Godard.
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival.
In French with English subtitles.
A Cohen Media Group release |

Denounced by the Pope and banned and boycotted worldwide, this surprisingly serene and lyrical work translates the Virgin Birth into tangible contemporary terms, with Mary as a teenage basketball-playing gas-station attendant who receives the Annunciation by jetliner. Mary is a beautiful yet ordinary teenager who vows to maintain her chastity. Following a warning from an angel, a confused and innocent Mary unexpectedly falls pregnant and is forced to wed her taxi-driving boyfriend Joseph. He, in turn, must love his virgin bride from a distance, revering her without touching her. Forced to face a shocking reality, Mary and Joseph along with their family and friends must struggle to cope as the provocative theme unfolds. HAIL MARY is a sensational and bold work from French master director Jean-Luc Godard which touched off an uproar of protest heard around the world.

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| 1987 – 100′ – Classic – Drama  –
Written by Sylvie Danton, Maurice Pialat.
Based on a Novel by: Georges Bernanos.
Directed by Maurice Pialat.
Starring Gérard Depardieu, Sandrine Bonnaire, Maurice Pialat, Alain Artur, Yann Dedet
Winner Palme D’Or Cannes International Film Festival.
In French with English subtitles.
A Cohen Media Group release |

Donissan, a mediocre seminarist, haunted by Evil and the failure of his divine mission, mortifies his body and is unable to establish any rapport with his parishioners…until the day the abbot meets young Mouchette, who has just committed a mortal sin. Based on Georges Bernanos’s novel.

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YOU WILL BE MY SON

| 2013 – 102′ –  Drama  –
Written by Gilles Legrand, Delphine Le Vigan.
Directed by Gilles Legrand.
Starring Neils Arestrup, Lorànt Deutsch, Anne Marivin, Nicolas Bridet, Patrick Chesnais.
In French with English subtitles.
A Cohen Media Group release |

Paul de Marseul (Niels Arestrup) is the passionate, demanding proprietor of his prestigious family wine estate. But he has no faith in his son, Martin (Lorànt Deutsch), who works at the vineyard. Paul dreams of a harder-working, successful son—a dream that one day seemingly materializes when he meets Philippe (Nicolas Bridet), the son of his dying estate manager (Patrick Chesnais). Can Paul turn against his own blood and turn Philippe into the rightful heir of his family estate? Shot on location in the French region of Saint-Émilion at the Château Clos Fourtet, You Will Be My Son deeply explores the meaning of work, love, and family..

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| 1967 – 105′ – Classic –  Mystery, Action, Comedy  –
Written by Pierre Foucaud, Jean Halain.
Directed by Andre Hunebelle.
Starring Jean Marais, Louis de Funès, Mylène Demongeot, Jacques Dynam, Jean-Roger Caussimont.
In French with English subtitles.
A Kino Lorber release |

In the third and final episode of the trilogy, Fantômas imposes a head tax on the rich, threatening to kill those who do not comply. Journalist Fandor and commissaire Juve are invited to Scotland by Lord McRashley (played by Jean-Roger Caussimon). Lord McRashley, one of Fantômas’ potential victims, uses his castle as the headquarters to set up a trap for the menace called Fantômas.

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| 1965 – 104′ – Classic –  Mystery, Action, Comedy  –
Written by Pierre Foucaud, Jean Halain.
Directed by Andre Hunebelle.
Starring Jean Marais, Louis de Funès, Mylène Demongeot, Jacques Dynam.
In French with English subtitles.
A Kino Lorber release |

In the second episode of the trilogy Fantômas kidnaps distinguished scientist professor Marchand with the aim to develop a super weapon that will enable him to menace the world. Fantômas is also planning to abduct a second scientist, professor Lefebvre. Journalist Fandor develops an ingenious scheme whereby he disguises himself as Lefebvre and attends a scientific conference in Rome, Italy to lure Fantômas into attempting to kidnap him.

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| 1964 – 104′ – Classic –  Mystery, Action, Comedy  –
Written by Pierre Foucaud, Jean Halain.
Directed by Andre Hunebelle.
Starring Jean Marais, Louis de Funès, Mylène Demongeot.
In French with English subtitles.
A Kino Lorber release |

Based on the phenomenally popular French pulp novellas, Louis Feuillade’s outrageous, ambitious FANTÔMAS series became the gold standard of espionage serials in pre-WWI Europe, and laid the foundation for such immortal works as Feuillade’s own Les Vampires and Fritz Lang’s Dr. Mabuse films.René Navarre stars as the criminal lord of Paris, the master of disguise, the creeping assassin in black: Fantômas. Over the course of three feature films (which combined to form a 5 1/2-hour epic), Fantômas, along with his accomplices and mistresses, are pursued by the equally resourceful Inspector Juve (Louis de Funès) and his friend, journalist Jerôme Fandor (Jean Marais).

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| 2020 – 99′ – Drama  –
Written and directed by Yanina Benguigui.
Starring Isabelle Adjani, Rachida Brakni, Maïwenn, Hafsia Herzi.
In French with English subtitles.
A Distrib Films US release|

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For thirty years, French-Algerian sisters Zorah, Nohra and Djamila have been living in the hope of finding their brother Rheda, abducted by their father, and hidden in newly decolonised Algeria.
Their relationship is shaken when Zorah, the eldest sister, decides to write a play based on the traumatizing events of their childhood that haunted them their whole life. But when they learn that their father is dying, the three sisters decide to go to Algeria to seize their last opportunity to have him reveal where their brother is. When the past catches up, the three sisters have no choice but to put their differences aside.

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| 2021 – 101′ – Drama  –
Written and directed by Olivier Peyron.
Starring Karine Viard, Stéphane Bak, Yuri Narita.
In French with English subtitles.
North American Premiere Cinemania Film Festival 2021
A Distrib Films US release|

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March 11, 2011. The biggest tsunami Japan has ever experienced triggers the Fukushima disaster.
Risks are being downplayed but the foreign community in Tokyo is terrified by this tragic event and the fact that no one is capable of assessing its scope. Among them, Alexandra, a French executive newly arrived from Hong Kong to work in a bank, has to face this nuclear crisis. Torn apart between following the company’s instructions and going back to her husband and children who are still in Hong Kong, she will find herself defending honor and given word, despite the pervading terror and chaos.

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