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Un baiser s'il vous plaît | France
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6.8 (2281 votes)
When Gabriel and Emilie meet by chance, he offers her a ride, and they spend the evening talking, laughing and getting along famously. At the end of the night, Emilie declines Gabriel's offer of "a kiss without consequences". Emilie admonishes him that the kiss could have unexpected consequences, and tells him a story, unfolding in flashbacks, about the impossibility of indulging your desires without affecting someone else's life.

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6.4 (9397 votes)
Paul Giamatti stars as himself, agonizing over his interpretation of "Uncle Vanya." Paralyzed by anxiety, he stumbles upon a solution via a New Yorker article about a high-tech company promising to alleviate suffering by extracting souls. Giamatti enlists their service -- only to discover that his soul is the shape and size of a chickpea.

En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron | France| Germany| Norway| Denmark| Sweden
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7.0 (15395 votes)
An absurdist, surrealistic and shocking pitch-black comedy, which moves freely from nightmare to fantasy to hilariously deadpan humour as it muses on man’s perpetual inhumanity to man.

The Stars at Noon | France| United States of America| Brazil
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5.5 (1939 votes)
Set in 1984 during the Nicaraguan Revolution, the film follows a mysterious English businessman and headstrong American journalist who strike up a passionate romance. They soon become embroiled in a dangerous labyrinth of lies and conspiracies and are forced to try and escape the country, with only each other to trust and rely on.

Le Daim | France
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6.8 (3159 votes)
A man who becomes obsessed with owning the designer deerskin jacket of his dreams. This obsession will lead him to turn his back on his humdrum life in the suburbs, blow his life savings and even turn him to crime.

Du bleu jusqu'en Amérique | France
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5.4 (129 votes)
The victim of a serious accident, Camille finds himself in a strange, huge, rehabilitation centre run by Professor Helpos. He soon teams up with a group calling themselves "the wreckers" and who make their own rules, ignoring those of the medical establishment.

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8.0 (131202 votes)
Budget
10,000,000.00$
A barren soundstage is stylishly utilized to create a minimalist small-town setting in which a mysterious woman named Grace hides from the criminals who pursue her. The town is two-faced and offers to harbor Grace as long as she can make it worth their effort, so Grace works hard under the employ of various townspeople to win their favor. Tensions flare, however, and Grace's status as a helpless outsider provokes vicious contempt and abuse from the citizens of Dogville.

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6.3 (20530 votes)
Budget
15,500,000.00$
A stand-up comedian, and his opera singer wife, have a 2 year old daughter with a surprising gift.

Éternelle Jean Seberg | France
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7 (47 votes)
French documentary about the life of American actress and New Wave icon Jean Seberg.

Teen spirit: Les ados à Hollywood | France
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6.7 (40 votes)
Teen movies have had a great impact on the movie industry - especially in the 80s. This documentary takes a closer look at the genre's origins and the impact it has made up till today.

Personal Shopper | France| Germany| Belgium| Czech Republic
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IMDB
6.1 (33778 votes)
Budget
6,000,000.00$
A personal shopper in Paris refuses to leave the city until she makes contact with her twin brother who previously died there. Her life becomes more complicated when a mysterious person contacts her via text message.

Portrait de la jeune fille en feu | France
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8.2 (18847 votes)
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.

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