Girl On The Bridge (1999)
A girl becomes the 'target' for a knife thrower after he talks her out of suicide.
Intimate Strangers (2004)
A woman mistakes a tax adviser for a psychiatrist and begins to reveal her marital problems.
L'Homme Du Train (2002)
A bank robber and a retired schoolmaster become friends in a small French town.
Maigret (2022)
In 1950s Paris, the body of a young woman is found dressed in an evening gown and holding no I.D. When nobody claims the body, Detective Jules Maigret is brought onto the case.
Monsieur Hire (1989)
A middle-aged outsider becomes obssessed with a woman.
My Best Friend (2006)
A successful antiques dealer, challenged by his dinner companions to introduce his best friend for a bet, realises he doesn’t have one.
Le Parfum d'Yvonne (1994)
A Fifties summer love story, French style.
The Suicide Shop (2012)
In a town of depressives, one family has found a suicidal niche.
Tango (1993)
Darkly comic road movie takes in such detours as blackmail, murder and sexual politics.
The Widow of Saint-Pierre (1999)
Repressed passions flare in French island off Nova Scotia in mid 19th century.
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