The Adultress

1953

French

7.4

♡ 4

82%

Marcel Carné Director

Raf Vallone as Laurent

Roland Lesaffre as Riton, le matelot maître-chanteur

Simone Signoret as Thérèse Raquin

Alain Terrane as Un camionneur

Star-crossed lovers Thérèse and Laurent think they've gotten away with murder after Thérèse's weakling husband "falls" from a speeding train. But when forced to contend with a blackmailer's demands and the mute accusations of Thérèse's mother-in-law, it's only a matter of time before the law, their passion or blind chance trips them up.

Guermantes

2021

French

5.5

♡ 3

Christophe Honoré Director

Christophe Honoré as Christophe

Éric Génovèse as Eric

Laurent Lafitte as Laurent Léolo

Léolo as Léolo

Paris, summer 2020. Actors from “la Comédie-Française”, France’s most prestigious theater, rehearse Christophe Honoré’s new play, an adaptation of Marcel Proust’s “The Guermantes Way”. When the show is suddenly canceled, the drama group decides to go ahead with it anyway, in the name of art and for the joy of acting together.

That Old Dream That Moves

2001

French

6.7

♡ 1

Alain Guiraudie Director

Jean-Marie Combelles as Donand

Pierre Louis-Calixte as Jacques

Laurent Lunetta as Laurent

Rui Fernandes as Pierre

A chronicle of queer lust set against a greasy metallic environment of the last days of a factory that is about to shut down. Among the workers forced to idle away until the end of the week, Jacques, a young technician is busy dismantling a machine while, without noticing it, turning on some of the men around him!

English Vinglish

2012

Hindi

7.8

♡ 9

83%

Gauri Shinde Director

Mehdi Nebbou as Laurent

Adil Hussain as Satish Godbole Sridevi

Sridevi as Shashi Godbole

Damian Thompson as Udumbke

In the United States for the first time, an Indian housewife with a limited command of English turns Manhattan into her personal language school.

The Bait

1995

French

6.7

♡ 3

67%

Bertrand Tavernier Director

François Berléand as Insp. Durieux

Christophe Odent as Laurent

Marie Gillain as Nathalie

Clotilde Courau as Patricia

With the ambition to start a boutique overseas but without the means to do so, Nathalie finds herself in a desperate situation, where she would do anything to acquire what she needs. Along with her boyfriend, Eric, and his friend Bruno, she concocts a plan where she seduces clueless men and accompanies them to their places, then allows Eric and Bruno to break in. But the three soon encounter trouble after one of their schemes ends in murder.

Rire et châtiment

2003

French

5.6

♡ 1

Comedy

Romance

woman director

Isabelle Doval Director

Antoine Blanquefort as Laurent

Benoît Poelvoorde as Le prof de secourisme

Philippe Uchan as Pierre

José Garcia as Vincent Roméro

French director Isabelle Doval directs her husband, popular comedic actor José Garcia, in the comedy Rire et Chatiment (Laughter and Punishment). Vincent (Garcia) is a popular physician whose aggressive need to be funny and get people's attention annoys his girlfriend, Camille (Doval), to the point that she leaves him. He begins to suspect she might have been onto something when his behavior begins causing people to die.

One Wild Moment

2015

French

6.2

♡ 21

31%

older man younger woman relationship

parent child relationship

remake

Romance

vacation

Jean-François Richet Director

Vincent Cassel as Laurent

Philippe Nahon as Le voisin d'Antoine / Antoine's neighbor

Noémie Merlant as Linda

Alice Isaaz as Marie

Antoine and Laurent, old friends, spend their vacation in Corsica with their respective daughters: seventeen-year-old Louna and eighteen-year-old Marie. One evening at the beach, Louna seduces Laurent. Louna is in love, but for Laurent it was nothing more than a momentary distraction. Without revealing her lover's name, Louna confides in her father, who tries by any means to discover who his daughter's lover is. How long will the secret be able to be kept hidden?

Victor & Célia

2019

French

5.8

♡ 1

Pierre Jolivet Director

Alice Belaïdi as Célia

Christof Veillon as Laurent

Tassadit Mandi as Mamie Chou

Arthur Dupont as Victor

Victor and Ben, in their thirties, have plans to open their own hairdressing salon. Victor manages to convince Célia, whom he knew while still at the hairdressing school, to follow him on the adventure.