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When the Sea Rises
Yolande Moreau plays a performer with a unique stage show in the odd but touching romance "When the Sea Rises," directed by Moreau and Gilles Porte. Wim Wallaert co-stars as the paper-mache giant carrier who falls for her and follows her through the French countryside.

Changing Times (Les Temps qui Changent)
French superstars Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu come together again in Andre Téchiné's Changing Times. The on-screen lovers are older, sadder and more compelling than ever. Set in Tangiers, Techine's complicated melodrama weaves numerous storylines into a tense, suspenseful film.

Hidden (Cache)
Daniel Auteuil and Juliette Binoche play a successful literary couple that is being terrorized by mysterious video tapes in Michael Haneke's discomfiting drama "Hidden." The film won the 2005 European film award.

Innocence
Lucile Hadzihalilovic's fairy-tale-like "Innocence" is a pedophile's dream come true. Set in the seeming paradise of a secluded boarding school, beatiful little girls parade accross the screen, dressed in white. Read why this film made Marcy squirm.

La Moustache
In Emmanuel Carrère's feature film La Moustache, based on the novel he also penned, a married man (Vincent Lindon) shaves off his mustache. To his pyschic distress, his wife (Emmanuelle Devos) does not notice, propelling the clean shaven hero into an unexpected journey.

Lemming
Dominik Moll returns with an outstanding thriller about a perfect couple whose lives are thrown into chaos when the boss and his bitter wife come over for dinner. With Charlotte Rampling, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and Lucas Laurent.

Amélie
Watching Amélie is like taking a sticky shower in honey. No, wait: Amélie is like a never-ending bowl of filling comfort food. It's like a nougat enema. Like drowning in a lake filled with Grand Manier. Like EuroDisney after a full frontal lobotomy.

Classe Tous Risques
New York's Film Forum unearthed and restored this terrific 1960 thriller by director Claude Sautet, starring Lino Ventura and Jean-Paul Belmondo.

Cote d'Azur (Crustacés et coquillages)
A sexy French summer comedy sounds like a good enough idea, but Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau's "Cote'D'Azur" simply doesn't cut it, not even as a pleasant diversion.

5x2
It's "Memento" reimagined as a love story: Francois Ozon ("Swimming Pool," "8 Women") tells the story of two lovers in five chapters, moving backwards in time from their divorce to the first chance meeting.

High Tension
Alexandre Aja's relentless slasher flick "High Tension," starring Cecile de France and Maiwenn, celebrates the horror genre by heaping cliche upon cliche. The film packs a sharply focused punch – like the quick stab of a razorblade to the jugular. Read Jürgen's review.

Apres Vous
In the slight but charming comedy "Après Vous," Daniel Auteuil stars as Antoine, a headwaiter at a popular Paris restaurant whose life falls apart after he does a good deed.

Kings and Queen
Arnaud Desplechin's "Kings and Queen" stars gorgeous Emmanuelle Devos as cinema's newest femme fatale. Hilarious and moving, this sprawling drama tells the story about a modern Parisan woman and her four great loves.

The Beat My Heart Skipped
French filmmaker Jacques Audiard's adaption of the 1978 James Toback cult classic "Fingers" is an odd, compelling film. Romain Duris stars as Tom, a real estate thug who trains to become a classical concert pianist.

Look At Me
Agnès Jaoui's wonderful second feature "Look At Me" opens this year's New York Film Festival. The film, which already won the best screenplay award at Cannes, is talky but never dull, fluidly crossing over from drama to comedy to social satire.

The Chorus (Les Choristes) - Review
Cute, well-acted and utterly predictable, Christophe Barratier's feature debut "The Chorus" is France's selection for Best Foreign Film.

A Very Long Engagement
Jean-Pierre Jeunet's lavish follow-up to "Amélie" is both a whimsical love story featuring his favorite brown-eyed star Audrey Tautou at her most adorable, and a nitty-gritty depiction of World War One trench warfare.

Who Killed Bambi?
Syringes, botched anesthesia, and cranium saws: Gilles Marchand's taut hospital thriller "Who Killed Bambi?" is not for the squeamish. With Sophie Quinton and Laurent Lucas.

La Petite Lili
Ludivine Sagnier's (Swimming Pool) fans will not be disappointed with the young temptress in Claude Miller's new film "La Petite Lili."

Notre Musique
Jean-Luc Godard's latest film, "Notre Musique," which plays at the New York Film Festival, is a unqiue blend of almost abstract cinema, fiction, and documentary.

Kaena: The Prophecy
"Kaena: The Prophecy," the first CGI-animated fantasy film from France, features the voices of Kirsten Dunst and Anjelica Houston. Jurgen Fauth reviews.

Red Lights
Jean-Pierre Darroussin and Carole Bouquet star in the terrifically tense and equally unpleasant "Red Lights. Directed by Cedric Kahn, the film screened at the Tribeca Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival.

Red Lights
Jean-Pierre Darroussin and Carole Bouquet star in the terrifically tense and equally unpleasant "Red Lights. Directed by Cedric Kahn, the film screened at the Tribeca Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival.

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