In a rural French village, an old man and his only remaining relative cast their covetous eyes on an adjoining vacant property. They need its spring water for growing their flowers, and are dismayed to hear that the man who has inherited it is moving in. They block up the spring and watch as their new neighbour tries to keep his crops watered from wells far afield through the hot summer. Though they see his desperate efforts are breaking his health and his wife and daughter's hearts, they think only of getting the water.

Lucie Aubrac

1997

French

6.6

♡ 3

74%

occupied france (1940-44)

War

world war ii

Claude Berri Director

Peter Bonke as

Heino Ferch as Barbie

Jean-Roger Milo as Maurice

Daniel Auteuil as Raymond

A love story or a tale of the resistance, this poignant movie tells both the haunting story of a French resistance cell in Lyon but also the love of Lucie Aubrac for her husband...

So Long, Stooge

1983

French

7.3

♡ 5

87%

Claude Berri Director

Agnès Soral as Lola

Vincent Michel Paul Filliatre as Momo

Vincent Martin as Second customer service station

Albert Dray as Sylvio

In the 18th Arrondissement of Paris, Lambert, an aloof garage manager working the night shift at a petrol station spends his time drinking on the job, content in his own company. One night, Bensoussan, a small-time drug pusher in dire straits falls in on a stolen moped pretending to need a spark plug. The two men develop an unlikely friendship.

Hunting and Gathering

2007

French

6.7

100%

grandparent grandchild relationship

Claude Berri Director

Audrey Tautou as Camille

Guillaume Canet as Franck

Françoise Bertin as Paulette

Hélène Surgère as Yvonne

When Camille falls ill, she is forced to live with Philibert and Franck.

Error

♡ 1

Claude Berri Director

Audrey Tautou as Camille

Guillaume Canet as Franck

Françoise Bertin as Paulette

Hélène Surgère as Yvonne

Camille (Audrey Tautou) works evenings as an office cleaning woman, and makes graceful drawings in her free time, living in the attic of a Parisian apartment block. Philibert (Laurent Stocker) is a young, aristocratic history buff living - temporarily - in an apartment lower down, part of the estate of his late grandmother. He has let out part of it to up-and-coming cook Franck (Guillaume Canet), a gruff young loner and womaniser with a genuine love for his frail grandmother, Paulette (Francoise Bertin). When Camille falls ill, Philibert insists she stay with the two of them so he can look after her. And even though she and Franck clash, the trio manage to live together and learn from each other.

Germinal

1993

French

7.1

♡ 23

75%

industrial revolution

Romance

social movement

Claude Berri Director

Jean-Roger Milo as Chaval

Gérard Depardieu as Toussaint Maheu

Bernard Fresson as Victor Deneulin

Jean Carmet as Vincent Maheu dit Bonnemort

It's mid 19th century, north of France. The story of a coal miner's town. They are exploited by the mine's owner. One day the decide to go on strike, and then the authorities repress them.

The Two of Us

1967

French

7.6

♡ 5

94%

Claude Berri Director

Elisabeth Rey as La petite Dinou

Jacqueline Rouillard as L'institutrice

Charles Denner as Monsieur Langmann

Michel Simon as Pépé

A story of the caring friendship formed between a crusty, old anti-Semite and an eight-year-old Jewish boy who goes to live with him during World War II.

Manon of the Spring

1986

French

8.0

♡ 37

81%

93%

Action

based on novel or book

Claude Berri Director

Pierre-Jean Rippert as Cabridan

Yves Montand as Cesar Soubeyran dit 'Le Papet'

Emmanuelle Béart as Manon

Daniel Auteuil as Ugolin

In this, the sequel to Jean de Florette, Manon has grown into a beautiful young shepherdess living in the idyllic Provencal countryside. She plots vengeance on the men who greedily conspired to acquire her father's land years earlier.

In a Wild Moment

1977

French

6.4

♡ 3

father daughter relationship

older man younger woman relationship

parent child relationship

Romance

summer vacation

Claude Berri Director

Peter Bonke as

Jacques Le Breton as

Les Caribes Steel Band as

Marc Racine as

Pierre, 44, contentedly divorced, takes his teen daughter to the Côte d'Azur along with his friend Jacques and Jacques' own teen daughter, Françoise. On the topless beaches of Saint-Tropez, Jacques and Pierre discuss marriage and being parents. Then, in a wild moment at a nighttime party, Françoise starts playing with Pierre, and one thing leads to another: they become lovers. After a couple of trysts, Pierre wants out, but Françoise declares her love for him and wants to tell her father about it. She does, but leaves out Pierre's name, so Jacques enlists Pierre's help in identifying who seduced his daughter. What will Pierre do?

Le maître d'école

1981

French

5.9

♡ 4

Comedy

co-workers relationship

Claude Berri Director

Yvette Petit as Germaine

Josiane Balasko as Jacqueline Lajoie

Christian Bouillette as Le patron du magasin de vêtements

Jean Champion as L'inspecteur

After having lost his job for having saved a child accused of shop lifting, Frédéric Barbier decides to become a school teacher with some funny results.The great comedy actor Coluche is excellent as a simple school teacher.

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Jean de Florette

Lucie Aubrac

So Long, Stooge

Hunting and Gathering

Error

Germinal

The Two of Us

Manon of the Spring

In a Wild Moment

Le maître d'école