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Blame it on Fidel is the story of a 9 year-old girl growing up during the early 70's whose quiet, middle-class life is thrown into chaos when her parents become political activists. (Gaumont)

A tale of the passions and tragic fate of a princess, a rich heiress of a French kingdom under threat in the wars of religion of 1562. In love with the Duke of Guise since she was a child, she is forced to marry the Prince of Montpensier. (New York Times)

A French journalist in Afghanistan is kidnapped by the Taliban.

Al, a young man from a modest background is about to marry his boss' daughter, along with succeeding him as the head of a car dealership. One night, while coming back from his bachelor party, he is guilty of a hit-and-run accident, urged by his two childhood friends present in the car. The next day, gnawed with guilt, Al decides to inquire about his victim. (cannes)

Parisian Thomas Platz is suddenly made the guardian of a baby - then pretends to be its real father in order to win back Marie, the girlfriend who dumped him a year before. Stuck between staying a man-child forever, and proving he is ready to take the next steps of marriage and family with the love of his life, Thomas goes on an unexpectedly hilarious adventure getting the girl of his dreams to believe he has changed.

A political satire about a dashing, globetrotting French foreign minister whose charm and insouciance mask his utter and complete incompetence. (tiff.net)

César runs a bar along Marseilles' port, assisted by his 23 year old son, Marius. Colorful characters abound: M. Panisse, an aging widower and prosperous sail maker; Honorine, a fishmonger with a sidewalk stall near the bar; her daughter, Fanny, who helps her sell cockles; and, various old salts. Friends since childhood, Fanny and Marius love each other, but Marius has a secret wanderlust: every ship's whistle stirs a longing for foreign lands.

"Fanny" is the second part of the "Marseille trilogy", made by Marcel Pagnol with the generic name of "Marius, Fanny and César". Fanny falls in love and is abandoned by Marius. Now she discovers she is pregnant. Her mother and Marius's father, César, persuade her to accept the romantic advances of a much older man. To save face, Fanny accepts to marry Honoré Panisse, a rich merchant of the Vieux Port, 30 years her senior who will recognize her son.

A young woman makes a surprising discovery about the husband of her late best friend. (TIFF)

There is something strange - some would even say abnormal - about the Malaussène family. But if you take a closer look, no one could be happier than this cheerfully chaotic family, even though their mother is usually off on one romantic adventure or another. Life is never a bore for Benjamin Malaussène, professional scapegoat and the older brother responsible for this horde of kids. But when incidents happen wherever he goes, police and colleagues begin to eye him suspiciously. (imdb)

An investigation by a young inspector who quickly becomes obsessed with stopping a monster.

Before the vastness of the Siberian Taiga, at the shores of the frozen Lake Baikal, a Parisian executive fleeing from the city, will find everything he has ever dreamed of: to profoundly experience the silence, the solitude and the space.

The story of Rudolf Nureyev's defection to the West. (imdb)

Two decades after forging an unlikely alliance in Pol Pot's Cambodia, a French ethnologist and a former Khmer Rouge official meet again after the latter is arrested for crimes against humanity.

In 1960s France, 16-year-old Hannah Goldman is experiencing a painful adolescence. Her Jewish background and plain appearance make her an object of ridicule, but she has a talent for music and is determined to fulfil her ambition to play in the school jazz band.

Nicky Larson, the best private investigator in the business, is called for a high-risk mission: to recover the perfume of Cupid, a perfume that would make irresistible the one who uses it. (imdb)

José Nunes and Maxime Charasse are friends and minority partners in a struggling construction company. Faced with the need to protect their interests, they make a radical decision and find themselves bound by a dark secret. (imdb)

On the night of December 5-6, 1986, Malik Oussekine died following police intervention, while Paris was shaken by student demonstrations against a new education reform. The Ministry of the Interior was all the more inclined to hush up the affair, since another Frenchman of Algerian origin had been killed by a police officer on the same night.

Follows the boundary-pushing Rubinstein as she selects Maurice Ravel to compose the music for her next ballet. Ravel ends up creating his greatest success ever: Boléro.

Set in the shrine of French dance, the Garnier Opera house, L'Opera follows three characters whose dreams clash with reality, whose ambitions collide with expectations, and whose purity faces corruption. (imdb)

About an 80-year old Julia, who reflects on the decisions and circumstances that happened in her life which could have led her down different paths. (imdb)

A nonagenarian's gift of millions to a young artist sparks a scandal, leading her daughter to uncover alleged political corruption involving a former president. (imdb)

A young woman's personal journey through her blossoming career as an artist, dealing with sexual harassment; failing in love; finding her lover is jealous of her success; and wondering what is so great about art and love after all? (imdb)

Paris, at night, a woman meets a man. Julie is beautiful, married, on rails. Guillaume is seductive, impulsive, free. They are clumsy and embarrassed, he does too much, she is scathing, mocks, resists ...Yet, the charm operates, they will cross this night together. (imdb)

George, a furniture salesman, a good husband and father, and a loyal friend, one day kills a man on the motorway in a fit of anger. He now feels responsible for the man's wife, which starts a seemingly never-ending string of problems. (imdb)