Arielle Dombasle

The summertime romantic entanglements of two women are beautifully drawn in this witty tale. Divorced Marion invites cousin Pauline to spend the summer at her beach house. Then Marion falls for Henri, the friend of Pierre, her ex, but Pierre's jealous and declares his love.

Eric Rohmer's pleasingly precise portrait of obstinately perverse longing, with Béatrice Romand as the student determined to marry a uninterested lawyer.

An experimental travelogue, Sans soleil weaves together footage from all over the world to take the viewer on a philosophical journey into the nature of time and memory.

Japanese avant-garde filmmaker Shūji Terayama is known for his visually striking and highly provocative works, from which Fruits of Passion is one of the most controversial. Presented at the Directors’ Fortnight in 1981, this is a sexually abrasive and disturbingly powerful tale.

Julien, on a fixed-term contract in a delivery company, gets permission from his ex-wife to spend Christmas Eve with his two children, Alice and Théo. It's the first time he's looked after them all night.

France, late 18th Century. The State and the Church have forbidden the publication of Diderot's encyclopaedia. As he struggles with the "Morality" chapter of the illicit book, Diderot juggles his mistresses and his daughter's libertarian tendencies.

Alain Robbe-Grillet’s erotically-charged film portrays a married man’s obsession with a mysterious woman who steps out of his fantasies.