Anna, Joyce, Claude and Lucia are all students under the tutelage of Constance Dumas, a renowned film instructor. Lucia moves in with the other girls. Soon after, she is attacked on the street outside her home and saved by a mysterious stranger.

Eternity

2016

French

5.5

♡ 5

80%

38%

based on novel or book

Drama

Anh Hung Tran Director

Anamaria Vartolomei as Margaux

Mélanie Laurent as Mathilde

Irène Jacob as Mère de Gabrielle

Audrey Tautou as Valentine

Valentine marries at the end of the 19th century, and love passes through her family from generation to generation.

Dying of the Light

2014

English

4.5

♡ 27

13%

15%

Action

central intelligence agency (cia)

Paul Schrader Director

Nicolas Cage as Evan Lake

Elias Ferkin as Kazbeck

Irène Jacob as Michelle Zubarain

Ovidiu Niculescu as Policeman 2

Evan Lake, a veteran CIA agent, has been ordered to retire. But when his protégé uncovers evidence that Lake's nemesis, the terrorist Banir, has resurfaced, Lake goes rogue, embarking on a perilous, intercontinental mission to eliminate his sworn enemy.

Au Revoir les Enfants

1987

French

8.0

♡ 32

97%

parent child relationship

resistance

vichy regime

War

Louis Malle Director

Stanislas Carré de Malberg as François Quentin

Sergio Kato as Jean-Pierre

Irène Jacob as Mlle Davenne, piano teacher

François Berléand as Père Michel

Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.

The Double Life of Véronique

1991

French

7.6

♡ 51

Krzysztof Kieslowski Director

Sandrine Dumas as Catherine

Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus as Jean-Pierre

Aleksander Bardini as Le chef d'orchestre

Irène Jacob as Weronika / Véronique

Véronique is a beautiful young French woman who aspires to be a renowned singer; Weronika lives in Poland, has a similar career goal and looks identical to Véronique, though the two are not related. The film follows both women as they contend with the ups and downs of their individual lives, with Véronique embarking on an unusual romance with Alexandre Fabbri, a puppeteer who may be able to help her with her existential issues.

The Secret Garden

1993

English

7.3

♡ 49

89%

80%

Action

based on novel or book

Agnieszka Holland Director

Andrew Knott as Dickon

John Lynch as Lord Archibald Craven

Irène Jacob as Mary's Mother / Lilias Craven

Maggie Smith as Mrs. Medlock

A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's castle. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife ten years before. Neglected once again, she begins exploring the estate and discovers a garden that has been locked and forgotten. Aided by one of the servants' boys, she begins restoring the garden, and eventually discovers some other secrets of the manor.

American Cuisine

1998

French

6.1

♡ 4

39%

Comedy

Jean-Yves Pitoun Director

Irène Jacob as Gabrielle Boyer

Heather Matarazzo as Kerry

Jason Lee as Loren Collins

Suzanne Shepherd as Martha

Following his discharge from the Navy for hitting a superior officer, Loren takes a chance and moves to France, to learn haute cuisine under a four star chef...

The Inner Life of Martin Frost

2007

English

5.1

10%

Paul Auster Director

Irène Jacob as Claire Martin

Michael Imperioli as Jim Fortunato

David Thewlis as Martin Frost

Paul Auster as Narrator

A writer awakens one day to find a strange but beautiful woman in bed with him. He quickly falls in love with her, thinking he has found his muse, but as time passes she becomes more and more unattainable.