Pierre Perdrix has been enjoying an enchanted though restless existence since the enigmatic Juliette Webb burst into his life, a stranger who landed in his family's unique world like a meteorite, and who by her presence alone will force this tight-knit microcosm to redefie their boundaries and finally begin to fully live their lives.

Le temps des porte-plumes

2006

French

6.1

♡ 5

33%

Action

Drama

Daniel Duval Director

Annie Girardot as Alphonsine

Emylou Brunet as Bernadette

Swann Arlaud as Étienne

Raphaël Katz as Pippo

In 1950s France, a young boy is taken in by a couple after spending a few months in the care of social service.

Get Well Soon

2014

French

5.9

♡ 1

29%

Action

Comedy

Jean Becker Director

Swann Arlaud as Camille

Anne-Sophie Lapix as Florence

Louis-Do de Lencquesaing as Le chirurgien

Gérard Lanvin as Pierre Laurent

After an accident, Pierre, a sixty years old grumpy man, ends up stuck on an hospital bed with a cast. While Pierre dreams of silence and solitude with his strong character, the whole world seems to invite himself to his hospital bed. Powerless, he has to support the daily visits of doctors,nurse and hospital staff then his closes including his brother Herve. Visits after visits, funny or touching, Pierre starts to reconsider some people and reexamine his environment. And after all, his stay becomes a second chance ...

Les anarchistes

2015

French

5.7

♡ 6

1890s

Action

anarchist

assassination attempt

Elie Wajeman Director

Swann Arlaud as Elisée Mayer

Guillaume Gouix as Eugène Levèque

Tahar Rahim as Jean Albertini

Adèle Exarchopoulos as Judith Lorillard

Set in 1899 Paris, a young police sergeant is chosen to infiltrate a group of anarchists, an opportunity he sees to rise through the ranks. However, he soon finds himself becoming attached to the group.

I Want to Talk About Duras

5.9

Claire Simon Director

Christophe Paou as Le compagnon de Michèle Manceaux

Philippe Minyana as L'homme du bois

Emmanuelle Devos as Michèle Manceaux

Swann Arlaud as Yann Andréa

In 1982, Yann Andréa and Marguerite Duras have been living together for two years. She is almost 70 years old, while he is 38 years her junior. Andréa asks journalist and writer Michèle Manceaux to interview him about his life with Duras, an obsession that both impassions him and drives him mad. He believes by entrusting their story to Manceaux, he may gain more clarity of the relationship. What follows is an intense and compelling conversation delving into the deepest recesses of modern love.

The Last Flight

2009

French

5.4

♡ 6

Karim Dridi Director

Guillaume Canet as Antoine

Swann Arlaud as Duclos

Marion Cotillard as Marie

Hassan Foullane as Moussa

Aviator Marie Vallières de Beaumont goes on a journey to find her lover Bill Lancaster after his plane disappears in the Sahara. After her plane is forced down in the Ténéré she meets Lieutenant Antoine Chauvet of the French Camel Corps who joins in the hunt for Lancaster. As the two endure hardships in the desert, they begin to develop feelings for each other.

The Swallows of Kabul

2019

French

7.5

♡ 9

89%

Zabou Breitman Director

Simon Abkarian as Atiq

Swann Arlaud as Mohsen

Hiam Abbass as Mussarat

Zita Hanrot as Zunaira

Summer 1998—Kabul under Taliban rule. Zunaira and Mohsen are young and in love. Despite the daily violence and misery, they hope for a better future. One day, a foolish gesture causes life to take an irrevocable turn.

The Wakhan Front

2015

French

6.3

♡ 2

afghanistan war (2001- )

afghanistan war (2001-2021)

Clément Cogitore Director

Jérémie Renier as Capitaine Antarès Bonassieu

Swann Arlaud as Jérémie Lernowski

Patrick Ligardes as Officier E.M. Armenet

Michaël Vander-Meiren as Philippe Le Thieur

Afghanistan, 2014. As the withdrawal of troops approaches, Captain Antarès Bonassieu and his squad have been assigned a surveillance mission in a remote valley of Wakhan, on the border of Pakistan. Despite Antarès and his men’s determination, control of the secluded valley will slowly fall out of their hands. One dark night, soldiers begin to mysteriously disappear in the valley.

Black Heaven

2010

French

5.5

♡ 10

29%

Gilles Marchand Director

Swann Arlaud as Dragon

Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet as Gaspard

Melvil Poupaud as Vincent

Pierre Niney as Yann

An innocent young man becomes enamored with a mysterious girl. He is lured into "Black Hole" - a dark, obscure video game world of avatars with deadly serious intentions in the real world.

Baden Baden

2016

French

6.5

♡ 3

95%

Rachel Lang Director

Sonia Hell as Médecin hôpital

Thomas Silberstein as Samson

Swann Arlaud as Simon

Martin Berg as Vieil homme assis

Charts the trials and tribulations of Ana, a free-spirited 26 year-old returning home to Strasbourg for the summer after living abroad for long enough to feel out of place everywhere.

Beating Sun

5.7

Philippe Petit Director

Sarah Adler as Alma

Désiré Bonaventure as DJ soirée du parc

Swann Arlaud as Maxime Laborit, dit Max

Florence Guérin as Mme Lazorthes, la présidente du concours

Max is preparing an architecture and landscape competition for the city of Marseille. He is confident, his project is daring but pioneering. The oral is going well. The garden on this square is finally emerging and with it radical changes for the inhabitants as well as for Max whose career is stalling dangerously.

Romantics Anonymous

2010

French

6.9

♡ 8

85%

Jean-Pierre Améris Director

Swann Arlaud as Antoine

Juan Vega Correa as Groupe mariachi Salon du chocolat

Benoît Poelvoorde as Jean-René Van Den Hugde

Pierre Niney as Ludo

What happens when a man and a woman share a common passion? They fall in love. And this is what happens to Jean-René, the boss of a small chocolate factory, and Angélique, a gifted chocolate maker he has just hired. What occurs when a highly emotional man meets a highly emotional woman? They fall in love, and this is what occurs to Jean-René and Angélique who share the same handicap. But being pathologically timid does not make things easy for them. So whether they will manage to get together, join their solitudes and live happily ever after is a guessing matter.

A Woman's Life

2016

French

6.4

♡ 3

82%

50%

19th century

based on novel or book

Drama

normandy, france

period drama

Stéphane Brizé Director

Clotilde Hesme as Gilberte de Fourville

Swann Arlaud as Julien de Lamare

Rémi Bontemps as Paul

Nina Meurisse as Rosalie

Normandy, 1819. Jeanne is a young woman full of childish dreams and innocence when she returns home after finishing her schooling in a convent. She marries a local Viscount, Julien de Lamare, who soon reveals himself to be a miserly and unfaithful man. Little by little Jeanne’s illusions are stripped away.

Bloody Milk

2017

French

7.0

♡ 2

75%

Hubert Charuel Director

Géraldine Martineau as Emma

Sara Giraudeau as Pascale Chavanges

Swann Arlaud as Pierre Chavanges

Franc Bruneau as Régis

Pierre, in his thirties, is a breeder of dairy cattle. His life revolves around his farm, his veterinarian sister and his parents whose livestock he took over. As the first cases of a zoonotic outbreak are reported in France, Pierre discovers that one of his animals is infected. He cannot cope with the perspective of losing the whole herd. They are everything he has and he will do whatever it takes to save them.