Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Foreign Cinema: 606 Films to Buy & Rent
Perfumes (2019)
- Dir. Gregory Magne
Feat. Emmanuelle Devos, Gregory Montel
- Anne (Emmanuelle Devos) was once the star of her industry – a perfumer whose ability to produce enticing new fragrances was second to none. She…
Room 212 (Chambre 212, On a Magical Night) (2019)
- Dir. Christophe Honore
Feat. Chiara Mastroianni, Vincent Lacoste, Camille Cottin…
- Playful French rom–com from acclaimed writer–director Christophe Honore (MA MERE, DAN PARIS).
Set over the course of one night, where…
Truth, The (2019)
- Dir. Kore-eda Hirokazu
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke…
- Dazzling modern family drama from master auteur Kore–eda Hirokazu (SHOPLIFTERS), pairing French screen icons Catherine Deneuve and Juliette…
A Man in a Hurry (Un homme pressé) (2018)
- Dir. Hervé Mimran
Feat. Fabrice Luchini, Leïla Bekhti
- French comic–drama based on the life of the former head of Peugeot, Christian Stieff, a high profile businessman who has let his personal life…
My Big Gay Italian Wedding (2018)
- Dir. Alessandro Genovesi
Feat. Cristiano Caccamo, Salvatore Esposito, Monica Guerritore…
- Enjoyable silly comedy adaptation of the off–Broadway play about a gay couple in Berlin who decide to get married in a small village in Italy,…
Normandy Nude (Normandie nue, Naked Normandy) (2018)
- Dir. Phillippe Le Guay
Feat. Francois Cluzet, Toby Jones, François-Xavier Demaison…
- Francois Cluzet leads a sizeable cast of mostly non–actors in this warm–hearted French comedy from the dir. of THE WOMEN ON THE 6TH FLOOR…
Sink or Swim (Le grand bain) (2018)
- Dir. Gilles Lellouche
Feat. Mathieu Amalric, Guillaume Canet, Benoit Poelvoorde…
- A group of 40–something guys, all on the verge of a mid–life crisis, decide to form their local pool's first ever synchronized swimming…
Trouble With You, The (En liberté!) (2018)
- Dir. Pierre Salvadori
Feat. Adele Haenel, Pio Marmaï, Audrey Tautou
- Sparkling, action filled rom–com from director Pierre Salvadori (PRICELESS, WILD TARGET) where a principled detective on the French Riviera is…
Woman at War (2018)
- Dir. Benedikt Erlingsson
Feat. Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir
- A droll yet heroic tale of a fifty–year–old environmental activist who is secretly waging a one–woman–war on the local…
World Is Yours, The (Le monde est à toi) (2018)
- Dir. Romain Gavras
Feat. Karim Leklou, Isabelle Adjani, Vincent Cassel…
- French comedy thriller about a small time drug dealer who attempts to go straight by becoming the official distributor of Mr. Freeze ice pops in…