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7.0

♡ 18

95%

Sébastien Laudenbach Director

Elina Löwensohn as La déesse de l'eau

Anaïs Demoustier as La jeune fille

Françoise Lebrun as La mère

Sacha Bourdo as Le jardinier

A poor miller gets tricked by the Devil and accidentally sells his daughter for a bit of gold. But Satan can't take her because she's too pure and has wept on her hands. So Satan orders the miller to cut her hands off. It's the beginning of the young girl's journey towards freedom.

Evolution

2015

5.9

♡ 19

83%

Lucile Hadzihalilovic Director

Munia Yasming as

Julie-Marie Parmentier as La mère

Nathalie Legosles as Le docteur

Roxane Duran as Stella

11-year-old Nicolas lives with his mother in a seaside housing estate. The only place that ever sees any activity is the hospital. It is there that all the boys from the village are forced to undergo strange medical trials that attempt to disrupt the phases of evolution.

Ponette

1996

7.5

♡ 11

92%

Jacques Doillon Director

Léopoldine Serre as Ada

Antoine du Merle as Antoine

Marie Trintignant as La mère

Claire Nebout as La tante

After losing her mother in a car accident that leaves her with a broken arm, 4-year-old Ponette struggles with anguish and fear. Left by her father with a caring aunt and her children, Ponette grieves, secretly hoping her mother will somehow come back. Confused by the religious explanations provided by adults, and challenged by the cruel taunts of a few children at school, little Ponette must make her way through her emotional turmoil.

Graduate First

1978

6.9

♡ 6

62%

Maurice Pialat Director

Sabine Haudepin as Élisabeth

Annick Alane as La mère

Christian Bouillette as Le patron

Patrick Lepcynski as Patrick

A slice of life of a group of young working class friends in a Northern French village coming to the end of their school years and embarking upon adult life. The film follows the choices and decisions made for their futures.

Lou! Journal infime

2014

6.1

♡ 2

Comedy

Julien Neel Director

Nathalie Baye as La grand-mère

Ludivine Sagnier as La mère

Kyan Khojandi as Richard

Julie Ferrier as Sophie

Lou, a creative and dreamy 12-year-old girl, lives alone with her mother in an orange building with tons of little balconies that give access to the roof. Mina has been her best friend since kindergarten, and Lou has been in love with Tristan, one of her neighbors, since elementary school. Her mother has relinquished her own personal happiness of late so as to devote herself to her daughter, but their little bubble bursts when Mom meets a man and Lou at last dares speak to Tristan.

Honey Cigar

2020

6.1

♡ 3

67%

woman director

Kamir Aïnouz Director

Amira Casar as La mère

Jud Bengana as Sélim

Axel Granberger as William

Fatima Hachache as Yaya

Paris, 1993. Selma, 17, lives in a bourgeois and secular Berber family. When she meets and is strongly attracted to Julien, a dashing young man, she realizes for the first time the heavy rules of her patriarchal family and how they affect her intimacy. As Islamism takes over her country of origin and her family crumbles, Selma discovers the power of her own desire. She must resist and fight. Through the strength of her people, she starts walking down the path of what it means to become a free woman.

Goddess of the Fireflies

2020

6.6

♡ 3

boyfriend girlfriend relationship

coming of age

divorce

parent child relationship

relationship problems

teenage girl

Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette Director

Caroline Néron as La mère

Emmanuel Bilodeau as Père de Keven

Edith Dandenault as Princesse ballons

Philippe Hartmann as Proprio du condo

Catherine is a teenager going through adolescence just as her parents are getting a divorce. Her social life is no better as bullies and boys add to the pressure of growing up in the chaotic '90s.

Santa Claus!

2014

mother daughter relationship

6.3

♡ 2

christmas

Comedy

Alexandre Coffre Director

Annelise Hesme as La mère

Tahar Rahim as Le Père Noël

Amélie Glenn as Marie

Satya Dusaugey as Sbire Père Noël

One night, a burglar in a Santa Claus costume is surprised by Victor, a young boy who believes he is the real Santa Claus. Victor then follows him, and they embark on an unexpected adventure that will change their lives.

Kung-Fu Master!

♡ 4

older woman younger man relationship

Agnès Varda Director

Léa Drucker as Invitée à la boum de Lucy

Judy Campbell as La mère

Charlotte Gainsbourg as Lucy

Hugh Laurie as Self

A lonely 40-year old woman finds herself shattering taboos by falling in love with the 14-year old Julien – but is it romance, or a desperate attempt to turn back time in the face of middle age?

My Little Loves

1974

7.1

♡ 10

86%

Jean Eustache Director

Maurice Pialat as Ami d'Henri

Martin Loeb as Daniel

Ingrid Caven as La mère

Jean Eustache as Man on bench

Daniel lives with his grandmother and, after a year of high school, goes to live with his mother in the south of France; a harsher environment which rapidly changes his perception of friends, work, and women.

What Every Frenchwoman Wants

1986

5.6

♡ 47

based on novel or book

Gianfranco Mingozzi Director

Virginie Ledoyen as Berta

Alexandra Vandernoot as Elisa

Claudine Auger as La mère

Serena Grandi as Ursule

In 1914, sixteen year old Roger returned home from boarding school during vacation to find his puberty hit hard in a house filled with beautiful women. These women have previous engagements with other men who are away, and during this time, Roger impregnates them all, including his aunt and sister, then devises plans to cuckold the men.

Just the Two of Us

2023

6.6

♡ 5

72%

Valérie Donzelli Director

Virginie Efira as Blanche Renard / Rose Renard

Virginie Ledoyen as Candice

Nathalie Richard as La gynécologue

Marie Rivière as La mère

Dans Paris

2006

6.3

♡ 1

60%

66%

Romance

Christophe Honoré Director

Alice Butaud as Alice

Louis Garrel as Jonathan

Marie-France Pisier as La mère

Romain Duris as Paul

After a love affair ends badly, a young Parisian named Paul sinks into the same kind of deep depression that led his sister to kill herself. He moves back home with his father and aimless brother Jonathan but refuses to get out of bed.

Pickpocket

1959

♡ 26

93%

Robert Bresson Director

Pierre Leymarie as Jacques

Marika Green as Jeanne

Dolly Scal as La mère

Jean Pélégri as L'inspecteur principal

Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only friend, Jacques, and his mother's neighbor Jeanne, Michel teams up with a couple of petty thieves in order to improve his craft. With a police inspector keeping an eye on him, Michel also tries to get a straight job, but the temptation to steal is hard to resist.

The Pimp

2010

6.0

♡ 3

Comedy

Crime

Pascal Bourdiaux Director

José Garcia as Ace / Chapelle

Carmen Maura as La mère

Catalina Denis as Luna

Doudou Masta as Slim le saurien

A mild-mannered banker is forced to masquerade as a notorious gangster and pimp.

Bye Bye Africa

1999

6.4

♡ 1

95%

Documentary

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Director

Garba Issa as Garba

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun as Haroun

Aïcha Yelena as Isabelle

Hadje Fatime N'Goua as La mère

A Chadian film director who lives and works in France returns home upon the death of his mother. He is shocked at the degraded state of the country and the national cinema. The filmmaker decides to make a film dedicated to his mother.

Petite Maman

2021