La maison / The House (2022)
Drama
Emma sets out to write a book about the world of sex workers and is hired as a sex worker at La Maison. Emma discovers the dangers and feelings of alienation and isolation, as well as the difficulties in forging romantic bonds.
Starring: Ana Girardot, Aure Atika, Rossy de Palma, Yannick Renier, Philippe Rebbot, Gina Jimenez, Nikita Bellucci
Director: Anissa Bonnefont
The Beat That My Heart Skipped / De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté (2005)
Action | Crime | Drama | Music | Romance | Thriller
Twenty-eight-year-old Tom leads a life that might be termed as criminal. In doing so, he follows in the footsteps of his father, who made his money from dirty, and sometimes brutal, real estate deals. Tom is a pretty hard-boiled guy but also strangely considerate as far as his father is concerned. Somehow he appears to have arrived at a critical juncture in his life when a chance encounter prompts him to take up the piano and become a concert pianist, like his mother. He senses that this might be his final opportunity to take back his life. His piano teacher is a Chinese piano virtuoso who has recently come to live in France. She doesn't speak a lick of French so music becomes the only language they have in common.
Starring: Romain Duris, Aure Atika, Emmanuelle Devos, Niels Arestrup, Linh Dan Pham, Mélanie Laurent
Director: Jacques Audiard
