150 Milligrams
A lung specialist discovers a direct link between suspicious deaths and state-approved medicine. She fights single-handedly for the truth to come out.
Barbara
Filmmaking and real life start to blur for a director making a biopic about female singer Barbara.

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The Fire Within
A suicidal man struggling to avoid sliding back into alcoholism visits former friends and lovers to say goodbye.
Félicité
Story of a singer who finds herself in desperate circumstances after her son has an accident.

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Ismael's Ghosts
A filmmaker's life becomes complicated by the return of a former lover.
Ivan Tsarevitch and the Changing Princess: Four Enchanting Tales
Four animated tales give a twist to tradition.
I Got Life!
A woman embraces a new phase in her life.
Indochine
A plantation owner in Indochina finds herself in a love rivalry with her adopted daughter as France's colonial strength wanes.
L'Amant Double
A fragile young woman falls for her psychotherapist... and his twin.
The Lovers
Controversial drama about a married mum who walks out on her husband.

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Mr Klein
A man who is taking advantage of his fleeing Jewish neighbours in the Second World War becomes obsessed with his Jewish 'double'.

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Redoubtable
Paris 1967. Jean-Luc Godard, the leading filmmaker of his generation, is shooting La Chinoise with the woman he loves, Anne Wiazemsky, 20 years his junior. They are happy, attractive, in love, they marry. But the film’s reception unleashes a profound self-examination in Jean-Luc.

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The Workshop
An exploration of group dynamics in a young people’s writing workshop.
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