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Certified Copy
France, 2010, 106 min.
A beguiling drama about the ambiguous relationship between a French gallery owner as she accompanies an art historian on a promotional book tour of Tuscany. Have they met before? Are they lovers, or merely fan and author? Winner, Best Actress, Cannes Film Festival.... more
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Copacabana
France, 2010, 105 min.
Stung by the criticisms of her straitlaced daughter (Chammah), a footloose-and-fancy-free mom (Huppert) takes a job selling timeshares in Belgium… Fitoussi’s bright comedy is a charmer, and the real-life mother-daughter Huppert and Chammah are a delight.... more
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Family Tree
France, 2009, 105 min.
A half-century-old secret casts its shadow over a French family. When patriarch Frédérick chooses not to attend the funeral of his son Charles, the fall-out reveals the damage to a family that decades of living a lie can cause.... more
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Gainsbourg
France, 2010, 122 min.
For the French, self-destructive singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg was a combination of Frank Sinatra, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, and Jim Morrison, all rolled into one. Sfar’s larger-than-life biopic traces the icon’s life from childhood in Nazi-occupied Paris through to his death in 1992.... more
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The Hedgehog
France, 2010, 98 min.
Disenchanted with life’s hypocrisies, 11-year-old Paloma plans to end it all on her next birthday. But while filming her gilded Parisian apartment building, she discovers that some of its inhabitants are not who she believed them to be. An unlikely trio of friendships develops and hopes bloom in Mon... more
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Mammuth
France, 2010, 92 min.
Anchored by a tour-de-force performance from Depardieu, this offbeat, affectionate and frequently very funny road movie has the French icon playing newly retired slaughterhouse worker Serge, who takes his rusty motorcycle and hits the highway, where adventure awaits. A delight.... more
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Mozart’s Sister
France, 2010, 115 min.
A treat for classical music lovers and cinephiles alike, this lively, fascinating costume drama rescues Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s talented older sister Nannerl from the dustbins of history. Beginning in 1763, it follows the Mozart family’s exhausting life on the road, traveling by coach from one roy... more
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The Names of Love
France, 2010, 102 min.
Young extrovert Bahia Benmahmoud lives by the classic motto: "Make love, not war." In order to convert them to her cause, she sleeps with her political enemies - which means a lot of men, because every conservative is her enemy. But when she meets middle-aged Jewish scientist Arthur, sparks unexpect... more
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Next Year in Bombay
France, 2010, 55 min.
The Jewish community “Bene Israel” settled in India 2000 years ago. Although they never faced anti-Semitism, most moved to Israel in the 1950s and today barely 4000 are left. Indian-Jewish culture could evaporate within one generation. Preceded by short animation I Was A Child Of Holocaust Survivors... more
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Of Gods and Men
France, 2010, 120 min.
Rising fundamentalist violence in Algeria forces a band of French monks to decide whether to flee or remain at the monastery where they have been for many years. A compassionate plea for understanding between cultures in a violent world. Winner, Jury Prize, Cannes Film Festival.... more
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Potiche
France, 2010, 103 min.
Catherine Deneuve commands the screen with a regal wink as Suzanne Pujol, a trophy wife (“potiche”) whose mettle is tested when catastrophe strikes in her husband’s umbrella factory. Under the assured direction of prolific French filmmaker François Ozon, this stylish French farce is an irresistible ... more
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The Princess of Montpensier
France, 2010, 135 min.
A lavish, swashbuckling drama set in war-torn 16th century France. To satisfy her father’s political ambitions, the titular princess is forced to marry a man she has never met rather than her true love, her dashing cousin Henri de Guise.... more
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Special Treatment
France, 2010, 95 min.
Huppert (resplendent in a Louise Brooks-style black wig) and Lanners—she a disaffected prostitute, he an unhappy psychiatrist—are both superb in a drama that skewers bourgeois mores while drawing intriguing parallels between the two professions.... more
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