Marc Adjadj

Fugitives

Francis Veber

Pierre Richard, Gérard Depardieu

Coming out from jail, Lucas has decided to change his life and behave like a good citizen. But when he is taken hostage in a bank by a hare-brained robber, no cops can believe he is not part of the action.

Les sanguinaires

Laurent Cantet

Frédéric Pierrot, Catherine Baugué

In December of 1999, François organizes a retreat to a small island for himself, some friends, and their children to avoid the craziness of Paris during the turn of the millennium. Things quickly become tense between François and the young man who is the island's caretaker. Boredom and bickering add to the growing foreboding. By the end, will millennial noise in Paris seem mild in comparison to violence in the pastoral retreat?

La Dérobade

Daniel Duval

Miou-Miou, Maria Schneider

Marie is nineteen and bored in her little suburban life with no future. In a café, she meets the charismatic and beautiful Gerard. Blinded by adoration, Mary decides to leave her parents and her clerk job to live with the man she considers as the love of her life. But Gerard is a pimp, who soon forces her into prostitution. From within homes to out on the streets, the young woman gradually discovers a world of decay and violence.

Jacqueline Dans Ma Vitrine

Philippe Pollet-Villard, Marc Adjadj

Philippe Pollet-Villard, Jacqueline Heslo

The story of three characters who lead their lives as if they were running a store, day by day. Three inseparable characters who would not exist if they had not met each other, who make life impossible for themselves and turn their daily lives into a series of improbable numbers.

Un métier de seigneur

Édouard Molinaro

Pierre Arditi, Evelyne Bouix

La vie est un roman

Alain Resnais

Vittorio Gassman, Ruggero Raimondi

In this whimsical fable, Resnais deftly interweaves three story lines: the creation of an early-20th-century utopia; romantic high jinks at a school conference; and a fantasy sparked by F/X pioneer Georges Méliès.