It All Starts Today
(1998) [M]

Based upon the experiences of director Bertrand Travernier's screenplay collaborator, Dominique Sampiero, 'It All Starts Today...' revolves around Daniel Lefebvre, the director of a kindergarten in Hernaing, a poor area in Northern France. Appalled by the deprivation that his pupils must endure,...  More

Laissez-passer (Safe Conduct)
(2002) [PG]

In occupied France, German-run Continental Films calls the shots in the movie business. Assistant director and Resistance activist Jean Devaivre works for Continental, where he can get "in between the wolf's teeth and avoid being chewed up". Fast-living screenwriter Jean Aurenche uses every...  More

The Princess of Montpensier
(2010) [M]

Bertrand Tavernier is in top form with this gripping, superbly mounted drama set against the savage Catholic/Protestant wars that ripped France apart in the 16th century. Based on a novella by the celebrated Madame de Lafayette, the action centers on the love of Marie de Mezières for her dashing...  More

The French Minister (Quai d'Orsay)
(2013) [M]

Enter the young Arthur Vlaminck,graduate of the elite National School of Administration, who is hired as head of language at the foreign ministry. In other words, he is to write the ministers speeches. But he also has to learn how to deal with the sensibilities of the boss and his entourage, and...  More