Denis Ménochet

Adapted from his own novel, Emmanuel Carrere directs an engrossing existential thriller, a story about a man who inadvertently loses himself. (Cinema Guild)

Jean-Pierre (Lucas) is a troubled hit man starting to realize he has too much conscience to kill. Having recently rekindled his relationship with his childhood soul mate Michelle (Jacob), he sees their love as a way out. But when he learns that she has stolen a mysterious briefcase, Jean-Pierre is forced to walk a fine line between protecting the woman he loves and falling back into the world of crime he just left -- a task that soon unravels in ways that he can neither imagine nor control. (Truly Indie)

In "Red Dragon" we learned who he was. In "Silence of the Lambs" we learned how he did it. Now comes the most chilling chapter in the life of Hannibal Lecter -- the one that answers the most elusive question of all -- why? (MGM)

The life story of singer Edith Piaf. (imdb)

The harrowing true story of how French police rounded up civilian Jews living in Paris in order to send 13,000 men, women and children to their deaths at Auschwitz.

Lily is an imaginative, nature-loving girl romping through the French countryside in a flimsy negligee, unnaturally (and comically) drawn to furry animals and with a humorously creative streak that expresses itself compulsively. When her sweet-tempered mother dies unexpectedly Lily is obviously in no condition to be left to her own devices and, after a disastrous trial period, her older sister Clara moves in to take care of her which puts her marriage to a nice young lawyer at risk. (hollywoodreporter.com)

It may be named after an 850-ton space station that famously spiralled out of control and hurtled back to Earth, but Le Skylab is a lightweight contraption that represents a confidently handled and shrewdly commercial fourth feature from writer-director-star Julie Delpy. (The Hollywood Reporter)

Les adoptés is the story of a family. A family of women often tossed about by life, but who have managed with time to ride out the storms. Men have little place in the women's lives and it's therefore quite natural that when one of the women falls in love, things come asunder. The family equilibrium has to be redefined and everyone strives to do so as best they can. (mubi.com)

Kristin Scott Thomas and Emmanuelle Seigner star in the new film from French auteur François Ozon (Under the Sand, 8 Women), about a high-school student whose essays about a friend's family start to blur the lines between reality and fiction -- and may conceal a dark purpose. (tiff.net)

Tahar Rahim stars as a young man compulsively attracted to danger. He becomes a subcontractor at a French nuclear facility, where he is exposed to deadly radiation levels. He is transformed by his passionate and forbidden affair with a woman he meets at the plant, played by Léa Seydoux. (mubi.com)

France in the early 60s. Simon, a wrestler, wears a white mask. In the ring, he is known as "The Specter". He suggests to his friend Victor who has just returned from combat to be his adversary in the ring and wear a black mask, and be known as "The Slaughterer of Belleville" (semainedelacritique.com)

Miriam, with her two children, escapes her husband, whom she fears. (imdb)

For travelers around the world, the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull is a downer. For Alain and Valerie, it's a catastrophe. For if they are to make it in time to the tiny Greek village where their daughter's wedding is taking place, the two divorcees have to swallow their pathological hatred for each other and hit the road together.

An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong's performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will expose Armstrong. (imdb)

Set in London, SPOTLESS is the story of a troubled crime scene cleaner, Jean, whose tidy life is turned upside down when his outlaw brother Martin crash lands into his world, entangling them in the deadly dynamics of organized crime. (imdb)

When Callum Lynch explores the memories of his ancestor Aguilar and gains the skills of a Master Assassin, he discovers he is a descendant of the secret Assassins society.

Loïe Fuller was the toast of the Folies Bergères at the turn of the 20th century and an inspiration for Toulouse-Lautrec and the Lumière Brothers. The film revolves around her complicated relationship with protégé and rival Isadora Duncan. (imdb)

A broken marriage leads to a bitter custody battle with an embattled son at the centre. (imdb)

In the school-set re-working of Cyrano, an awkward but imaginative pupil helps the handsome but spectacularly dim school-hero pursue the fiery daughter of a visiting French teacher. (imdb)

A French journalist in Afghanistan is kidnapped by the Taliban.

The three men, friends of childhood, will cross, compare their personal experiences and question their life of couple, family and professional. (imdb)

A woman disappeared. After a snowstorm, her car is discovered on a road to a small remote village. While the police don't know where to start, five people are linked to the disappearance. Each one with his or her own secret. (imdb)

Under the reign of Napoleon, François Vidocq, the only man to be escaped of the greatest penal colony of the country, is a legend of the low-Parisian fund. Left for dead after its last spectacular escape, the ex-penal colony prisoner tries to make him forget under the traits of a single trader. (imdb)

The story of Mary Magdalene.

A father has to go and kill one more time; his son has to deal with the consequences.

Mohamedou Ould Salahi fights for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government for years.

Film adaptation of cult play "The Bitter Tears."

A middle-aged French couple moves to a local village, seeking closeness with nature where their presence inflames two locals to the point of outright hostility and shocking violence.

Samuel, a man who lives in the Italian Alps, decides to help Chehreh, an Afghan woman, arrive in France. They will have to face a hostile nature and the cruelty of the men who inhabit this territory. (imdb)

Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home.

The famous detective Sam Spade is now 60 and living as an expat in the south of France in 1963. (imdb)