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Plot Summary:
This European drama, set in Paris, follows a brilliant musician as he suddenly forsakes his career, to live and love amongst the common populace. Armand is the violinist who yearns to experience that life and to share his music with everyone, not just the wealthy and the elite. He leaves the glittering world of classical music without a backward glance and takes up residence in the Paris metro where he is surrounded by beggars and tramps. There he meets and becomes friends with Lydia, a metro employee.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 94 min
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Crazy About Paris (2002)
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 90 min
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Harmony Cats (1992)
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Graham Braithwaite is a violinist in a B.C. symphony. Unfortunately the symphony folds and much to his horror and disdain, he's forced to get a gig with a country band as the bassist. He has to leave the city and his girlfriend, Jane, to tour the B.C. interior with Frank Hay and his band.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Tokyo Taxi (2009)
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Ryo (Yamada Masasi), the lead singer of an amateur rock band at night, owns a Ramen noodle shop. He cannot fly on airplanes because he has a fear of them. Ironically, he finds himself attracted to a stewardess who comes to eat very often at his shop. One day, an opportunity comes knocking on their doors - they are to perform in Seoul. The performance day approaches, but their dream of performing in Seoul is about to be shattered because of Ryo, who cannot fly on an airplane. As a last resort, Ryo decides to take a taxi in Tokyo and fly to Seoul, leaving behind the charming stewardess who makes his heart flutter.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 76 min
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Les Patates (1969)
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In a village in the Ardennes, during the German occupation, finding rations is becoming almost impossible. Clovis, an ordinary labourer, decides to cross the occupied zone to bring back enough potatoes to feed his family. His plan is a success but Clovis rapidly becomes obsessed with storing the precious tubers.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
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Good Posture (2019)
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After breaking up with her boyfriend, Lillian moves in with married couple Julia and Don only to overhear them arguing in the night. The front door slams as Don moves out, and the following days sees Lillian, selfish and irresponsible, having to earn her keep by cooking for Julia, a reclusive, distrustful writer who rarely emerges from her room. Though communicating largely through notes, the odd couple gradually forge a bond and help one another to negotiate the foibles, phobias and obstacles that have long hindered their happiness.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 921
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: touching, melancholic, disturbing, sentimental, light, sincere
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Terezín (2023)
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The story of Antonio, an Italian clarinetist, and Martina, a Czech violinist, who fall in love with each other during the World War II, in Prague.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 110 min
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Chicken with Plums (2011)
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Nasser-Ali, a talented musician, loses the will to live after his wife breaks his beloved violin during an argument. He searches for a replacement, and finding none that sounds quite the same, he vows to die. Eight days later, he does. This is the story of his last week of life, where we see flashbacks and flash forwards of his previous life and his children's futures. We also see appearances of a nude Sophia Loren as well as the angel of death, Azarel. As we see his life, we realize exactly why he chose to end it and the profundity of this choice.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: surreal, sentimental, touching, semi serious, tragicomedy, mind twisting, offbeat, humorous, stylized, non-linear
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Whale Music (1994)
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Shot around the breathtaking coastline of B.C.'s Howe Sound, Whale Music is the triumphant adaptation of Paul Quarringaton's Governor General's Award-winning novel about the redemption of a faded rock star through love and music. Richard J. Lewis' exploration of the reclusive musician's efforts to create a piece of music that will summon the whales is a sensory and emotional tour de force. Written by Vancouver Film Festival, Handbook.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 586
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, sentimental, touching, offbeat, humorous, serious, realistic, gloomy
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The French Woman (1977)
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Based on a true story. Madame Claude, a well connected Parisienne with dark past, runs a network of high-class call girls. She sends her girls to any place in the world to satisfy sexual desires of wealthy and powerful men. Claude's manipulations also involve big business and politics. Meanwhile, photographer David Evans is trying to clear his own criminal record by providing the authorities with pictures of Claude's girls with important clients in compromising positions. But powerful men can do anything to keep their secrets.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 647
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, sensual
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Three Times Nothing (2022)
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Twig, Cap and Rusty live however they can in the Bois de Vincennes, east of Paris. This may completely change the day they learn they are the national lottery winner – though it is less than expected! Yet, they still need to collect the money and share it in equal parts. The hardest part of all will be to resume a “normal” life, filled with surprises and contradictions.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 390
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 94 min
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Orchestra Class (2017)
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A violinist looks to inspire his students at a challenging music school.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 831
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sincere, thought provoking, captivating, entertaining
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Musical Chairs (2015)
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Perrine, a single, slightly awkward musician, loves birthday parties. One day she accidentally causes a man to fall into a skip at the waste disposal centre. When she learns that he´s in a coma, the young woman tries everything to awaken himand starts to meddle in his life.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 361
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: touching, psychological, light, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspenseful, contemplative, tragic
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Our Women (2015)
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Max, Paul and Simon have been friends for 35 years. They take great pleasure in their one vacation a year together without their partners and meet-up regularly to spend evenings drinking or playing cards. Each has a successful career and they all appear to have perfect lives until the night Simon announces to his friends that he has just strangled his wife, Estelle after a blazing row. Max and Paul are horrified by Simon's confession, but worse is to come when Simon asks them to lie and provide him with an alibi for the time Estelle was killed. Both men are torn between lying or turning over their best friend to the police.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 559
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, cynical, semi serious, captivating, realistic, talky
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Forever Young (2022)
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At the end of the 1980s, Stella, Victor, Adèle and Etienne are 20 years old. They take the entrance exam to the famous acting school created by Patrice Chéreau and Pierre Romans at the Théâtre des Amandiers in Nanterre. Launched at full speed into life, passion, and love, together they will experience the turning point of their lives, but also their first tragedy.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: semi autobiographical, interesting
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Montparnasse Bienvenue (2017)
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Broke, with nothing but her cat to her name and doors closing in her face, Paula is back in Paris after a long absence. As she meets different people along the way, there is one thing she knows for sure: she's determined to make a new start and she'll do it with style and panache.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: semi serious, talky, light, uplifting, emotional, sexy
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It Must Be Heaven (2019)
Plot Summary:
Filmmaker Elia Suleiman travels to different cities and finds unexpected parallels to his homeland of Palestine.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Qatar, Germany, Canada, Turkey
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, sincere, melancholic, comedy drama, independent film, cult classic, contemplative, psychological, documentary filmmaking
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A Self-Made Hero (1996)
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Set in France at the end of World War II Albert Dehousse finds out his father wasn't a war hero and his mother is a collaborator.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, biting, suspense
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Au secours, j'ai 30 ans ! (2004)
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Ils sont amis depuis l'enfance et se sont juré de toujours s'entraider. Ensemble, Kathy, Tara et Yann ont quitté leur île bretonne pour s'installer à Paris. Alors que Yann est heureux avec Alfredo, son compagnon, les deux filles connaissent des vies sentimentales plutôt désastreuses. Tara, aussi rieuse que peu sûre d'elle, se fait esclavagiser par Thomas, petit prof égocentrique et mesquin.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 257
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating, disturbing
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Me and My Sister (2004)
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A story of two sisters, one from the country with simpler attitudes who comes to stay for a short while with her sophisticated sister who lives in the big city.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, captivating, entertaining
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Season's Beatings (1999)
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Christmas, family, and infidelity. Yvette's husband has died, and her grown daughters join her at the grave: Sonia, wealthy, bourgeois, and generous; Louba, living with their dad Stanislas, singing at a Russian restaurant, penniless, the mistress for the past 12 years of a man who will never leave his wife; Milla, the youngest, acerbic, lonesome. Christmas was when they learned their parents were divorcing 25 years ago. Over the next few days, yuletide depression, Louba's pregnancy, Sonia's crumbling marriage, Stanislas's overtures to Yvette, and Milla's attraction to the man who's her father's rent-free lodger lead each one to re-examine self, family, and hopes. Is renewal possible?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: sentimental, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, entertaining, masterpiece
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My Father's Violin (2022)
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Through their shared grief and connection to music, an orphaned girl bonds with her emotionally aloof, successful violinist uncle.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: sincere, psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Film to Come (2013)
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At fifty Louis Gravet, a serious actor, would like to become a comedian. His brother Peter, a film director, has the idea of hiring him for the lead role of a comedy. Family circumstances, their wives, their children, niece, lead him to make another film, new and unexpected.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, realistic, talky, semi serious, offbeat
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In the Courtyard (2014)
Plot Summary:
Antoine is a musician. The forties, he suddenly decides to end his career. After a few days of wandering, he gets a job as a janitor. Mathilde lives in the old building in the east of Paris where he takes office. This is a young retiree, generous and involved, who divides his time between his associational activities and the life of the condominium. One night, she discovers a disturbing crack on the wall of his living room. Gradually, his anxiety grew to turn into panic and if the building collapsed ... Slowly, Antoine befriends the woman he feared to see slip into madness. Between slips and concerns, both form an awkward tandem, humorous and solidarity which will, perhaps, through this bad patch.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, semi serious, humorous, realistic
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Photo de famille (2018)
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Gabrielle is a "statue" for tourists, much to the chagrin of her teenage son. Elsa is in angry at the world and desperate to become pregnant. Mao is a chronically depressed video game designer who drowns his melancholy in alcohol and psychoanalysis. They are brother and sisters but do not hang out. Ever. Their parents Pierre and Claudine, separated for a long time, have really done nothing to strengthen the bonds of the family - yet, at their grandfather's funeral, they are going to have to meet, and together answer the question: "What to do with grandma?".
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 861
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
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Maman a tort (2016)
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Do we really know our parents? Fourteen-year-old Anouk suddenly discovers another side to her mother during an observation workshop that she carries out in the insurance company where her mother works. An immersion week in the company's adult world, with its little compromises and many cowardly acts, which soon put a seal on her young life. Between an initiation, rift, and assuming responsibility for the first time, the experience is a form of adieu to childhood.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 262
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: sincere, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous, contemplative
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Wonderful Times (1991)
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Michel Berthier, cadre supérieur d'une entreprise de matelasserie, vient d'être licencié. Comme il n'ose pas avouer la vérité à Juliette, sa compagne, il s'endette pour maintenir le niveau de la famille qu'il couvre de cadeaux. Mais il ne peut bientôt plus mentir et il décide alors de quitter la maison. Après avoir perdu son argent, sa voiture et ses chaussures, il rencontre Toubib, Mimosa et Crayon, trois «Sans Domicile Fixe» qui font leur toilette dans les lavabos de la gare de l'Est. Ils le prennent sous leur aile et l'entraînent à aller cambrioler son ancienne entreprise afin de se munir de duvets et de lits.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic, sexy, cult film
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The Freshmen (2018)
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Antoine is about to start his first year of medical school… for the third time. Benjamin, just out of high school, will make his first try. He soon realizes it's not exactly a walk in the park. In a fiercely competitive environment, with nights dedicated to hard studying rather than hard partying, the two freshmen will have to adapt and find a middle ground between despair for the present and hope for the future.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: realistic, psychological, sincere, captivating
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Among Friends (2015)
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Three longtime friends set off on a boat trip with their romantic partners, but inclement weather, jealousy and confessions, will put to test their friendships.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 766
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, psychological, realistic, talky
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The Concert (2009)
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A former world-famous conductor of the Bolshoï orchestra, known as "The Maëstro", Andreï Filipov had seen his career publicly broken by Leonid Brezhnev for hiring Jewish musicians and now works cleaning the concert hall where he once directed. One day, he intercepts an official invitation from the prestigious Théâtre du Châtelet. Through a series of mad antics, he reunites his old orchestra, now composed of old alcoholic musicians, and flies to perform in Paris and complete the Tchaikovsky concerto interrupted 30 years earlier. For the concerto, he engages a young violin soloist with whom he has an unexpected connection.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: France, Italy, Romania, Belgium
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: touching, melancholic, captivating, sentimental, feel good, breathtaking, sincere, surreal, humorous, realistic
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The Specials (2019)
Plot Summary:
For twenty years, Bruno and Malik have lived in a different world—the world of autistic children and teens. In charge of two separate nonprofit organizations (The Hatch & The Shelter), they train young people from underprivileged areas to be caregivers for extreme cases that have been refused by all other institutions. It’s an exceptional partnership, outside of traditional settings, for some quite extraordinary characters.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: sincere, social, sentimental, touching, disturbing, inspirational, poignant, profound