In medieval France, young lawyer Richard Courtois leaves Paris for the simpler life in the country. However, he is soon drawn into amorous and political intrigues. At the same time, he is pushed to defend a pig, owned by the mysterious gypsy Samira. The pig has been arrested for the murder of a young boy.

Sincerely Charlotte

1985

French

5.2

♡ 2

Caroline Huppert Director

Isabelle Huppert as Charlotte

François Berléand as Le préposé PTT soupçonneux

Niels Arestrup as Mathieu

Michel Fortin as Un inspecteur

In a most unusual, near menage a trois, Charlotte is a terrified young singer who is forced to hide out at the home of her ex-boyfriend -- her current male companion has been murdered in his apartment, and she fears the worst. The trouble is that Mathieu, her ex, is happily living with his new love Christine.

Dealer

2021

Dutch

6.5

♡ 2

Jeroen Perceval Director

Anniek Pheifer as Esther

Veerle Baetens as Eva

Ward Kerremans as Mathieu

Hannah MacPherson as Yousra

Fourteen-year-old drug dealer Johnny is in a home for young people. When he learns that he cannot go home at weekends any longer, he asks one of his customers, famous successful actor Antony, to be his weekend guardian.

Come Undone

2000

French

6.7

♡ 9

79%

relationship problems

Romance

southern france

summer vacation

Sébastien Lifshitz Director

Salim Kechiouche as

Valérie Donzelli as (as Valerie Donzelli)

Anne-Sophie Bozon as Figurant

Jérémie Elkaïm as Mathieu

Story of two gorgeous, young French boys who begin a passionate relationship that boils over and threatens to destroy both their lives. Shy 18-year-old Mathieu is on summer vacation in the south of France. He spends his days lazily sunning himself at the beach, until he spies the handsome Cédric and falls in love.

Nelly

2016

French

5.7

70%

Anne Émond Director

Jason Cavalier as Client Toronto

Martin Boily as Isabelle's father

Francis Leplay as Mathieu

Simon Alain as (uncredited)

A high-class prostitute by choice, Nelly Arcan’s colorful life is recreated in a multi-layered and stylish mix of make-believe and memoir, revealing Nelly’s alter egos: the neurotic writer, the vulnerable lover, the call girl and the star. Nelly shocked the literary world with her elegant writing and the lurid details of sex work in her autobiographical first novel, Whore, which became a critically acclaimed bestseller. Despite unprecedented success, Nelly’s remarkable life ended in tragedy.

Una relazione

5.8

Stefano Sardo Director

Luigi Diberti as Giorgio Scorza

Francesco La Mantia as Maestro Aikido

Jalil Lespert as Mathieu

Francesca Chillemi as Nicole Santini

Alice and Tommaso have been together for fifteen years; they don’t have children, he‘s a musician, she’s an actress. Invited to dinner for an announcement, their friends think it’s going to be a marriage announcement, but instead discover that decided to break up: but without drama or emotional rifts, staying friends with each other. A legitimate but naive ambition. Love stories end, because people change. And no change is, nor can it be, painless.

Tranches de Vi

2018

French

4.3

♡ 1

Drama

Horror

Julien Botzanowski Director

Tanguy Mendrisse as Lionel

Jade Barbarin as Marie

Olivier Bureau as Mathieu

Fabien Ara as Victor

Victor, an aimless womaniser seen as a burden by friends and family begins to experience disturbing hallucinations in the wake of a new romantic relationship with a man, Lionel. These apparitions become more visceral as the two become more emotionally attached until it all reaches a breaking point.

A Breath Away

2018

French

5.9

♡ 5

23%

Action

Drama

father daughter relationship

struggle for survival

Thriller

Daniel Roby Director

Olga Kurylenko as Anna

Margot Maricot as La voisine

Romain Duris as Mathieu

Rémy Steelcox as Une victime

When a deadly mist engulfs Paris, people find refuge in the upper floors of the buildings. With no information, no electricity and hardly any supplies, Mathieu, Anna and their daughter Sarah try to survive the disaster.

Tomorrow at Dawn

2009

French

6.6

♡ 2

36%

Drama

Denis Dercourt Director

Françoise Lebrun as Claire Guibert

Gabriella Wright as La comtesse

Vincent Perez as Mathieu

Jérémie Renier as Paul

Mathieu, a piano virtuoso, goes home to help his brother Paul to take care of their sick mother. Paul is into reenacting old battles, dressing up and getting into character, even dueling if necessary. Mathieu gets involved in this world and play becomes real.

That Obscure Object of Desire

1977

French

7.8

♡ 18

97%

parent child relationship

paris, france

Romance

Luis Buñuel Director

Ángela Molina as Conchita

Carole Bouquet as Conchita

Fernando Rey as Mathieu

Michel Piccoli as Mathieu Faber

After dumping a bucket of water on a beautiful young woman from the window of a train car, wealthy Frenchman Mathieu, regales his fellow passengers with the story of the dysfunctional relationship between himself and the young woman in question, a fiery 19-year-old flamenco dancer named Conchita. What follows is a tale of cruelty, depravity and lies -- the very building blocks of love.

Sorry Angel

2018

French

6.8

♡ 11

82%

older man younger man relationship

paris, france

romance

Romance

Christophe Honoré Director

Vincent Lacoste as Arthur Prigent

Rio Vega as Fabrice

Denis Podalydès as Mathieu

Tibo Drouet as Mathieu's Date

At once an intimate chronicle of a romance and a sprawling portrait of life in early 1990s France following the intertwining journeys of Jacques, a worldly Parisian writer, and Arthur, a curious, carefree and much-younger university student who is just beginning to live. Brought together by chance, the two men find themselves navigating a casual fling that gradually deepens into a tender, transformative bond.

Laurence Anyways

2012

French

♡ 18

84%

Xavier Dolan Director

Jacob Tierney as Alexandre

Bronwen Mantel as Antiquaire

Emily Hampshire as Femme assise avec Laurence sur le plateau

Éric Bruneau as Mathieu

The story of an impossible love between a woman named Fred and a transgender woman named Laurence who reveals her inner desire to become her true self.

Out of Season

2023

French

6.4

♡ 2

Drama

nostalgic

Stéphane Brizé Director

Alba Rohrwacher as Alice

Cédric Hedont as Invité repas 2

Marie Drucker as L'épouse de Mathieu

Guillaume Canet as Mathieu

Mathieu lives in Paris, Alice in a small seaside resort in Western France. He is a famous actor, about to turn fifty. She is a piano teacher in her forties. They were in love fifteen years ago, then separated. Time has passed. They each went their ways and slowly healed. When Mathieu goes try to overcome his melancholia in a thermal spa, he stumbles upon Alice.

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Dealer

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Una relazione

Tranches de Vi

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That Obscure Object of Desire

Sorry Angel

Laurence Anyways

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