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- DirectorArnaud DesplechinStarsEmmanuelle DevosGeoffrey CareyThierry BoscParallel storylines tell the current state of affairs for two ex-lovers: Nora's a single mother who comes to care for her terminally ill father; holed in up in mental ward, Ismael, a brilliant musician, plots his escape.
- DirectorBarbet SchroederStarsGérard DepardieuBulle OgierAndré RouyerA common thief (Depardieu) breaks into the house of a professional dominatrix (Ogier), and begins to help her "train" her clients. Though this world is alien to his experience, he finds himself falling in love with her. Eventually he discovers that she does this in order to support her son, and he attempts to help her out of this life, which she is not sure she really wants to leave.
- DirectorAgnès MerletStarsValentina CerviMichel SerraultPredrag 'Miki' ManojlovicArtemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653) was one of the first well-known female painters. The movie tells the story of her youth, when she was guided and protected by her father, the painter Orazio Gentileschi. Her professional curiosity about the male anatomy, forbidden for her eyes, led her to the knowledge of sexual pleasure. But she was also well known because in 1612 she had to appear in a courtroom because her teacher, Agostino Tassi, was suspected of raping her. She tried to protect him, but was put in the thumb screws...
- DirectorArnaud SélignacStarsSylvie VartanFrancis HusterJacques WeberAgnes Taride has a closet full of skeletons. A beautiful woman accustomed to using her body to get what she wants, she persuades her lover to murder her ex-husband for the life-insurance money that would otherwise go to her daughter when she reaches her upcoming 18th birthday. The murder attempt goes awry: not only does the ex survive, but a witness calls on his underworld connections to avenge the attack on his friend. From there, the plot and counterplot become more and more complicated, with blackmail, kidnapping, murder, seduction, and suicide on the agenda and a surprise twist in the ending. Adapted from the best-selling novel by Frederic Dard.
- DirectorGérald Hustache-MathieuStarsJean-Paul RouveSophie QuintonGuillaume GouixA bestselling crime novelist who is desperately looking for a new story hones his focus on the apparent suicide of a small-town woman, an aspiring model who thought she was the reincarnation of Marilyn Monroe.