Directed by Gabriel Axel.
103 minutes; released 1987.
The daughters of a devout Danish clergyman struggle between piety and passion when their father dies and a French gourmet cook comes to town. In English, French, Danish, or Spanish.
Directed by Nicolas Philibert.
104 minutes; released 2002.
In this documentary of life inside a one-room schoolhouse in a rural French village, the centre of the story is Georges Lopez--a remarkably devoted teacher responsible for nurturing a dozen children ages 3-11 in all their school subjects and life lessons. In French with optional English subtitles.
Directed by Agnès Varda.
82 minutes; released 2000.
Starting with a painting of women gathering wheat left over from a harvest, film-maker Varda explores the lives of modern-day gleaners--people who insist on finding a use for things that others throw away. The journey takes her from the French countryside to the streets of Paris. In French with optional English subtitles.
Directed by Peter Brook.
120 minutes; released 1967.
The inmates of an asylum stage a play about the murder of the French Revolution's Jean-Paul Marat. In English or Spanish, with optional French and Spanish subtitles.
Directed by Otto Preminger.
111 minutes; released 1957.
Otto Preminger's feature-length movie adaptation of the play by George Bernard Shaw about the life of St. Joan of Arc. Starring Jean Seberg.
Directed by Henry King.
156 minutes; released 1943.
A dramatization of Franz Werfel's novel about the young French girl who sees a vision of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes.
Directed by Roland Joffé.
103 minutes; released 2000.
A servant becomes attracted to the mistress of King Louis XIV. Starring Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Julian Sands and Gerard DePardieu.
Directed by Olivier Dahan.
141 minutes; released 2007.
A feature film on the remarkable life of Edith Piaf, who in spite of her difficult childhood and life-long battle with substance abuse would go on to become one of France's most beloved singers. In French with optional English subtitles.
Directed by Erick Zonca.
113 minutes; released 1998.
Tragedy strikes when a handsome young man comes between two friends. In French with optional English subtitles.
Antigone.
Babette's Feast.
Etre et avoir = To Be and To Have.
Les glaneurs et la glaneuse = The Gleaners and I.
Joan of Arc.
Marat / Sade.
Saint Joan.
Song of Bernadette.
Vatel.
La vie en rose.
La vie rêvée des anges = The Dreamlife of Angels.