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1) Ratatouille
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unwanted visitor in the kitchen of one of Paris' most exclusive restaurants, Remy forms an unlikely partnership with Linguini, the garbage...
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A European vacation intended to repair the tattered relationship between Jack, an American, and Marion, a French native, only dismantles further by the time they arrive in Paris to visit Marion's family. The city brings out aspects of Marion that only alienates the neurotic Jack further. From her in-your-face politics to the former boyfriends who seem to surface at every cafe they visit. The most romantic city in the world could possibly mean the...
4) Charade
Publisher
NYX Channel
Pub. Date
1963.
Language
English
Description
In this equally thrilling and romantic classic, Regina Lampert (Audrey Hepburn) falls for the dashing Peter Joshua (Cary Grant) while on holiday in the French Alps. Her newfound romance is interrupted, however, upon her return home, when it is revealed that her husband has been murdered. Regina and Peter soon find themselves pursued by her husband's World War II cronies, Tex (James Coburn), Scobie (George Kennedy) and Gideon (Ned Glass), who are after...
6) Samba
Publisher
Broad Green Pictures
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Français
Description
A richly entertaining chronicle of an undocumented kitchen worker battling deportation from his adopted home in Paris.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jerry Mulligan is an ex-G.I. and a struggling American painter in Paris. He is 'discovered' by an influential heiress with an interest in more than Jerry's art. Jerry in turn falls for Lise, a young French girl already engaged to a cabaret singer. Jerry jokes, sings and dances with his best friend, an acerbic would-be concert pianist. Romance between Jerry and Lise becomes complicated.
10) Mood indigo
Series
Drafthouse Films volume no. 22
Language
Français
Formats
Description
Set in a surreal Paris, Duris plays wealthy bachelor Colin, whose hobbies include developing his pianocktail (a cocktail-making piano) and devouring otherworldly dishes prepared by his trusty chef Nicolas. At a party, Colin meets Chlo ̌and, before they know it, they're plunging headfirst into a romance that is tested when an unusual illness plagues Chlo.̌
13) Eden
Publisher
Broad Green Pictures
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Français
Description
A trip into the '90s Parisian electronic dance movement experienced through the eyes of DJ groups Cheers and Daft Punk, who, together with their friends, plunge into the ephemeral nightlife of sex, drugs, and endless music.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Français
Description
Suave, smart, and somewhat strange, Raphael Balthazar can make the dead speak like no one else, as a forensic pathologist in Paris.
"Seven months after his life was upended, Balthazar (Tomer Sisley) is still dealing with the fallout from his partner leaving and the revelations about his wife. Then Captain Camille Costes (Constance Labbé) steps in to work with the troubled forensic pathologist. Outspoken and boundlessly energetic, she has a bone...
15) Love locks
Publisher
Hallmark Channel
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A woman returns to Paris after 20 years and begins a journey of romance and rediscovery when she reconnects with her college boyfriend and first love.
16) La rafle
Publisher
Menemsha Films
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Language
Français
Description
Dramatizes the true experiences of individuals caught up in the Vel' d'Hiv roundup. In the summer of 1942 the French government, on the orders of the Nazi occupiers, conducted mass arrests of Jews in Paris and herded them into the Velodrome d'Hiver and a nearby internment camp from which they were ultimately shipped to Auschwitz and executed. Over 13,000 victims, including over 4000 children, were subjects of this atrocity.
18) Victory
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
50,000 fans are on hand for a match in occupied Paris between German all-stars and a pick-up team of Allied POWs. In an attempt to demonstrate the Aryan superiority, the Germans unwittingly set up a means of prisoner escape.
19) The hedgehog
Publisher
Neo Classics Films Ltd
Pub. Date
2012
Language
Français
Description
The timely story of a girl bent on ending it all on her upcoming twelfth birthday. Using her father's old camcorder to chronicle the hypocrisy she sees in adults, Paloma begins to learn about life from the grumpy building concierge, Renee Michel. When Paloma's camera reveals the extensive secret library in Renee's back room, and that the often gruff matron reads Tolstoy to her cat, Paloma begins to understand that there are allies to be found beneath...
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Français
Description
Director Jacques Rivette, in close collaboration with stars Juliet Berto and Dominique Labourier, rewrote the rules of cinema in the spirit of pure play and the result is one of the most inventive and utterly enchanting films of the French New Wave.
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