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Based freely on the best-selling novel The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery, The Hedgehog is a heart-warming story about love, life and the beauty of unexpected friendships.
Renée (Josiane Balasko) is the concierge of a grand Parisian apartment building; reliable, gruff and totally uncultured, she conforms to expectations of what a concierge should be. But beneath this prickly façade lies the real Renée, a woman passionate about literature and the arts, and in many ways more knowledgeable than her outwardly successful but emotionally vapid employers.
Meanwhile, several floors up, precocious eleven-year-old Paloma Josse is determined to avoid the pampered and vacuous future that seems laid out before her. In an effort to show how absurd her life is, she takes up an old camera to film the people around her—her parents, her teenage sister and even their building's grumpy concierge.
But little do either Paloma or Renée know that their lives will change forever with the arrival of an elegant and enigmatic new neighbour, Mr Ozu...

From the imagination of Francois Ozon (Swimming Pool, 8 Women) comes Ricky, a magical and mysterious tale that blends magicrealism and an affecting tale of family. When Katie, an ordinary woman, meets Paco, an ordinary man, they fall in love. After starting a life together, something truly extraordinary is added to the mix: a baby called Ricky. This miraculous creature brings the young family challenges no parent could be prepared for.

Singer. Rebel. Feminist. Lover... Nun.
Cécile de France (Orchestra Seats , The Singer) stars in the true story of Jeannine Deckers, international '60s pop icon Soeur Sourire, or The Singing Nun.
Jeannine’s dull parents want her to marry and take over their bakery, but Jeannine—an aspiring musician—longs for adventure. When she suddenly decides to enter a convent to escape her parents, she is encouraged by her Mother Superior to indulge her dreams of singing for the good of her Order. Jeannine records the song “Dominique”, and becomes an overnight worldwide sensation, outselling even Elvis and the Beatles. But how much can the walls and vows of convent life contain a superstar?

Jean-Pierre Jeunet is one of cinema's most inventive and inspired talents and the creator of Amelie, Delicatessen and A Very Long Engagement. His new film Micmacs, is a dazzling comedy that follows a band of misfits, lead by accidental hero Bazil, who takes revenge on big business. Dany Boon heads a terrific cast in a film that is part comic fable, part caper and always deeply human.

Featuring Jeunet's trademark sense of wonder, Micmacs is full of magical schemes and a chain of fateful events that lead Bazil and his friends through the bewildering mysteries of life - and brings answers to questions such as: Can a woman fit inside a refrigerator? Are zebras white with black stripes or black with white stripes? Is it better to live with a bullet lodged in your brain, or have it removed? The aesthetic sensibility at play in Micmacs is breathtaking, and with its ingenious plot, infectious imagination and sprinkling of romance, promises to delight and entertain audiences.

The Pride of French Intelligence Returns.
The best - if not the brightest - French intelligence officer, Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, returns! He may be older, but Hubert, aka OSS117, is none the wiser...
The year is now 1967 and OSS117 has been sent on a mission to Rio de Janeiro to find a former high-ranking Nazi official who went into hiding after the war. 117 is wryly amused to learn that he has been given a partner, Mossad agent Monot, who - while certainly attractive and intelligent - is also a woman! As the two spies journey across the picturesque Brazilian landscape, the question remains: will 117 be able to keep his sexism, anti-Semitism and libido in check so he can catch the crook and get the girl?
Set to the strains of the Bossa Nova, this calypso caper is one part James Bond and one part Austin Powers served shakin', not stirred.

Introducing Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, French special agent OSS117.

After the mysterious death of his colleague Jack Jefferson while on assignment in Egypt, OSS117 is sent in to find the killers. And monitor the Suez Canal. And the British in Cairo. And the Russians too. In fact, save the entire Middle East. Under cover as a poultry fancier, OSS117-handsome and irresistibly suave, suitably arrogant but culturally clueless-gives his all for his country, in Cairo, in bed and in the dark.

Set to a hip-shaking score of arabesque cocktail music, from the minute the credits roll OSS117: Cairo, Nest of Spies is a side-splitting spoof of the screen's greatest spies from James Bond to Inspector Clouseau, Maxwell Smart to Austin Powers.

A group of forty-something friends, lovers, husbands and wives gather for dinner during the annual 'Fête de la musique' in Paris, and the atmosphere couldn't be friendlier, with great food, wine, and conversation.
...But at a dinner party, appearances rule. People get dressed up, they laugh, tell tales, show off, share memories and plans. Anxiety is hidden behind humour, sorrows smothered by bursts of laughter and, for a few hours, they believe it all! That's the main thing. So long as they follow the right rules of conduct and respect one another, chances are they'll have an enjoyable evening full of cordiality and hypocrisy. But the masks will fall as soon as everyone heads for home.

In text-speak, LOL means "laughing out loud", but in this case it is also the nickname of fifteen year old Lola, who lives with her mum, Anne.
When Lol is reunited with her boyfriend after the summer holidays, he blithely tells her he slept with someone else over the break. Lol responds to this news as any self-respecting modern girl would: she says that she too was unfaithful, dumps his sorry ass and starts cosying up to their mutual best friend, Mael. As her ex becomes nasty, her flirtation with Mael reaches boiling point, and the school trip to England looms ever closer, Lol begins to wonder if she'll make it through year ten in one piece!
To complicate matters even further, Lol finds out that her mum and dad have secretly rekindled their relationship - it seems that Lol and Anne have a lot in common, if they would only confide in each other.

The breakout comedy sensation if the 2009 Cannes International Film Festival!

Hervé and his mulleted best mate Camel are fourteen, covered in zits and in possession of some serious hormones. Although they are forever fantasising over the girls in their class they simply can't work up the guts to talk to them. But when Hervé catches the eye of cool-girl Aurore he's suddenly pushed straight into the strange world of hand-holding, tongue-kissing and heavy petting. But before long Hervé is forced to choose between his first girlfriend, his unquenchable libido, and his best friend.

Fresh, funny and painfully accurate, THE FRENCH KISSERS is an unabashedly zits-and-all portrait of the humiliating, exhilarating and hilarious tribulations of being a teenager.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Gustave Klopp, but around these parts everybody calls me Gus. These parts are nowhere, a dot in the middle of nothingness, a town nobody cares about. Nobody acres about me either. I'm the guy nobody sees. Despite the fact I'm special. I was born with a design flaw, as they say. I'm narcoleptic. And this is my story..."
"So, what is narcolepsy? It's affective or emotional. This heightened sensitivity plunges him into a sudden, deep sleep. It occurs at times of emotional stress. He can just fall alseep for no reason, without any rational explanation. For his whole life, your son will just fall asleep at the drop of a hat. So Narcolepsy describes an irresistible urge to sleep."

December 25, 1960: Zachary Beaulieu comes into the world, fourth in a family of five boys. An ordinary suburban family with a loving mother and a dad who's a bit gruff, but proud of his sons. The beginning of a beautiful childhood, where Christmases and birthdays follow one after the other to the ubiquitous solo of the elder Beaulieu singing Aznavour's Emmène-moi au bout de la terre, washing the car in the fresh air and trips to the snack-bar for Zac, his father's favourite.

But not for long, alas!

That's the lead-in to C.R.A.Z.Y., the story of a special little boy who grows into young manhood and ends up even denying his inner self to attract his father's attention.

A portrait of a family that depicts the often extraordinary lives of ordinary people in search of happiness.
From 1960 to 1980, surrounded by his brothers, Pink Floyd and the Rolling Stones, between motorbike escapades to impress the girls, cigarettes smoked in secret, minor and not-so-minor disagreements and, particularly, a father that he searches desperately to find, Zac relates his story. Through music and rebellion, and also with humour, down to a mystical voyage to Jerusalem-"to the ends of the earth" as his father was always singing-where perhaps in such a far-away place he finally succeeds in finding him...

This totally wild comedy stars famous international actors like Rupert EVERETT (Stardust, Stage Beauty), Ornella MUTI (Flash Gordon), Rossy DE PALMA (The Flower of My Secret, French Spies), José GARCIA (His Majesty Minor) and Elie Semoun (Asterix at the Olympic Games)...In this film, Rupert EVERETT embodies Charles de Poulignac, the Parisian Jet Set's party go-to guy. You want fizz, pizzazz, glitter, glamour and maybe a little Shakira? Call Charles! But a jealous competitor conspires to make him an outcast, snubbed by the snobs. Desperate to get back in the loop, Charles flies to pill-popping, fun-loving, shagadelic Ibiza, where his destiny lies in the hands of John John, King - or should that be Queen? - of the Ibiza night!

A chance meeting, a mutual attraction, dinner, delightful conversation…and perhaps a kiss? Not tonight.

When Gabriel and Emilie meet randomly in the street, it’s the start of a long story, a story used to explain why Emilie must refuse an innocent kiss. She relates the tale of a kiss between two best friends - and how it sparked an emotional chain reaction! And it’s a story that may be about to repeat itself...

As dark and oddball as Woody Allen, as charming as Eric Rohmer, this wonderfully witty tale of star-crossed love comes from acclaimed director, writer and actor Emmanuel Mouret (Change of Address).

Marc and Emma have it all planned. Newly-married and riding the first flush of domestic bliss, they have found the perfect fixer-upper: a charming, derelict house which they snared at a bargain price and are looking forward to restoring to its former glory.

What they don't know, however, is that decades earlier their potential family home was once the location of an underground gay club, where a posse of disco-loving homosexuals would bump and grind the evening away at the famous foam parties. But one fateful night, in the middle of Boney M's "Ra-Ra-Rasputin", a faulty foam machine electrocuted five of the club's most fervent disco divas. They were never seen again...until now. Marc starts to see queer sights in and around his house, and the strains of Boney M ring constantly in his ears. The problem is that his wife, friends, colleagues and family do not see the gay ghosts, and begin to suspect that Marc's visions are manifestations of his own sexual repression.

They're here. They're queer. And Marc had better get used to it.

With an original title named after the French term for male genitalia (LES VALSEUSES), Bertrand Blier's early feature lets viewers know right away what they're getting into. Grard Depardieu and Patrick Dewaere star in Blier's bawdy comedy as Jean-Claude and Pierrot, two drifters who roam about stealing and taking whatever women they want, usually by force. Apparently on a search for nothing in particular except to flout bourgeois values whenever possible, the shameless duo finds targets wherever they turn (including two of France's most prominent actresses, Jeanne Moreau and Isabelle Huppert). Eventually, the two stumble across an unlikely comrade in Marie-Ange (Miou-Miou), a taciturn hairdresser who exerts an oddly calming influence on the rambunctious pair. A daring blend of freewheeling comedy, rampant sex, and unabashed misogyny, Blier's film is not for the timid, but for those who like their humor crude and graphic-and who want to see Depardieu and Dewaere going head-to-head--Les Valseuses certainly won't disappoint.

Desperate Housewives meets Sex and The City in this steamy smash-hit comedy that traces four savvy women and their chaotic lives and loves. Isa, Alice, Lea and Nina are inseparable friends who meet regularly for frank discussions about men, marriage and children. They're bound together not only by the similar rhythm of their lifestyles, but also by their shared Jewish background.

Isa (Michele Laroque) is the owner of a beauty salon and mother of three whose heart melts for a British biker and financial whiz, Paul (Andrew Lincoln - LOVE ACTUALLY, TEACHERS).

Her sister Alice (Valerlie Benguigui) is going through a rough patch with her husband but is soothed by the pleasant presence of the single father of her daughter's schoolmate. Pampered heiress Lea (Aure Atika) cannot forget her ex. Nina (Geraldine Nakache) is a ditzy brunette looking for ways to lose weight and gain a boyfriend. With levity and insight into the daily struggles of family, friendship and love in a uniquely Parisian milieu, director Lisa Azuelos delivers a carefree romantic comedy that's naturally funny and funnily natural.

Endetté jusqu'au cou dans une affaire de water bed, Didier Travolta, 40 ans, vit au Havre dans le quartier populaire du Grand Large chez sa maman : Madame Graindorge. Il reçoit une lettre de la mère de son fils Brian, 8 ans, qui vit en Angleterre, lui signifiant qu'il ne pourra pas recevoir le petit cette année s'il n'est pas capable de lui payer des vacances, des vraies vacances, c'est à dire loin des Docks, des PMU et des grandes surfaces. Jean-François Jackson et son associée "La Baronne" viennent de réouvrir le mythique Gin Fizz et de fonder la "Gin Fizz Academy" afin de relancer ce qui fit sa légende, les concours de danse Disco. Le premier prix : un voyage de deux semaines pour deux personnes en Australie, au pays des kangourous. Didier Travolta décide alors de rechausser les boots et de reformer son trio de danse, celui qui faisait mal dans les années 80 dans la région du Havre : les BEE KINGS. Le disco est de retour ! Après avoir retrouvé et décidé ses anciens partenaires, Neuneuil, vendeur chez Darty et Walter, grutier-docker syndicaliste, de reprendre pour la bonne cause le chemin du Dance Floor, Didier Travolta se lance à fond dans l'aventure. Mais les années ont passé. Les BEE KINGS sont rouillés. Son passeport pour le succès s'appelle France Navarre de retour de New York, professeur de danse classique.

Paris 36 is set in a suburb of north-east Paris between December 1935 and July 1936 during the "revolutionary" period of the Popular Front, the period that introduced the first paid holidays and a shorter working week. Three unemployed performers decide to take over by force the music hall where they worked a few months earlier and stage a show there.

Gilles Gabriel, chanteur des 80's en plein come-back, est tué dans un accident de voiture causé par Jean-Christian Ranu, comptable à la COGIP. Mais Gilles Gabriel n'est pas totalement mort : son esprit bien vivant a atterri dans le corps de Ranu, qui ne comprend pas qui est cette personne qui parle dans sa tête. Gilles, lui, n'a aucun contrôle des mouvements de son hôte. Gilles et Ranu vont vite se rendre à l'évidence : ils n'ont rien en commun, sauf ce corps qu'ils vont devoir partager. C'était déjà compliqué chacun de leur côté... alors maintenant, à deux dans la même personne...

Join Asterix—France's favourite winged-helmet-wearing hero—and his oversized pal Obelix on Mount Olympus in this riotous comedy adventure!

When the starry-eyed peasant Lovesix meets the beautiful Greek princess Irina, he falls desperately, hopelessly in love. But the princess has also captured the attention of Brutus, the ambitious, ruthless son of Julius Caesar. Though she loves Lovesix, Irina says she will give her hand to whichever of the two wins the sports tournament about to take place on Mount Olympus. Enter the zany Asterix and Obelix, who lead a delegation of France's best sporting heroes to help Lovesix—and France—win the Olympics and the Princess' heart!

Featuring an Eiffel Tower-sized stack of French superstars, ASTERIX AND OBELIX AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES is a wild and kooky trip for children and parents alike!