271. Something in the Air ( Après mai )
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Olivier Assayas
Actors: Clément Métayer, Lola Créton, Felix Armand, Carole Combes, India Menuez, Hugo Conzelmann
Plot: Paris, in the early 1970s. Gilles is a young high school student completely swept up in the political and creative effervescence of the times. Like his schoolmates, he wavers between radical commitment and more personal aspirations. Passing from sexual relations to artistic revelations on a journey through Italy and ending in London, Gilles and his friends have to make crucial choices in order to find themselves in a tumultuous age.
272. Fat Girl ( À ma soeur! )
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Catherine Breillat
Actors: Anaïs Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Libero De Rienzo, Arsinée Khanjian, Romain Goupil, Laura Betti
Plot: Anaïs Pingot is a young girl who struggles through life - her attractive, older sister gets all the attention from her distant mother. When she begins a relationship with an older boy while on holiday, she must keep their secret while dealing with her own jealousy and desire. It will all come to head and the result will have unforeseen consequences for the entire family.
273. Get Out Your Handkerchiefs ( Préparez vos mouchoirs )
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bertrand Blier
Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Carole Laure, Patrick Dewaere, Michel Serrault, Eléonore Hir, Jean Rougerie
Plot: A man will take any measures necessary to satisfy his glum wife -- including choosing a lover for her and inviting him to move in with them. But it turns out that her true soulmate may be a 13-year-old boy genius.
274. Young Girls of Rochefort, The ( Demoiselles de Rochefort, Les )
Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Musical/Romance
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Jacques Demy, Agnès Varda
Actors: Catherine Deneuve, George Chakiris, Gene Kelly, Françoise Dorléac, Jacques Perrin, Michel Piccoli
Plot: The town of Rochefort - two sisters, a dancer and a musician - two men looking for love - an artist and a music shop owner - will they find each other (and love)?
275. Round Up, The ( rafle, La )
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rose Bosch
Actors: Jean Reno, Mélanie Laurent, Gad Elmaleh, Raphaëlle Agogué, Hugo Leverdez, Sylvie Testud
Plot: In 1942 13,000 Jews were taken from Nazi-occupied Paris to wind up at the terrace at Berghof, La Rafle. The film explores the lives of men, women and children - all real people who lived through these events - on both sides - and how this event changed lives forever.
276. Quay of the Goldsmiths ( Quai des Orfèvres )
Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Actors: Suzy Delair, Bernard Blier, Louis Jouvet, Simone Renant, Jean Daurand, Pierre Larquey
Plot: A jealous pianist married to ambicious singer Jenny Lamour threatens the powerful yet lecherous Georges Brigno after he invites his wife over for dinner and offers her a promising film role. When Brigno winds up dead, Inspector Antoine must piece together the stories and find out who the true culprit is.
277. Our Music ( Notre musique )
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Actors: Sarah Adler, Nade Dieu, Rony Kramer, Simon Eine, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Christophe Bouvet
278. Lumumba
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Raoul Peck
Actors: Eriq Ebouaney, Alex Descas, Théophile Sowié, Maka Kotto, Dieudonné Kabongo, Pascal N'Zonzi
279. Trouble Every Day
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Claire Denis
Actors: Vincent Gallo, Tricia Vessey, Béatrice Dalle, Alex Descas, Florence Loiret, Nicolas Duvauchelle
280. Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec, The ( aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec, Les )
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Luc Besson
Actors: Louise Bourgoin, Mathieu Amalric, Gilles Lellouche, Jean-Paul Rouve, Jacky Nercessian, Philippe Nahon
Plot: As the 20th century arrives, we follow Adèle Blanc-Sec, novelist, as she deals with everything from potential suitors to monsters as she attempts to find a cure to awaken her near-catatonic sister.
