List of the best Laurent Cantet movies: The Class(2008), Time Out(2001), Human Resources(1999), The Workshop(2017), Heading South(2005), Foxfire(2012), 7 Days in Havana(2012) ... ...
Drama
France
2008
129 Minutes
Director
François Bégaudeau Esmeralda Ouertani Rachel Regulier Franck Keita Wei Huang Agame Malembo-Emene Angélica Sancio Arthur Fogel
principal teacher student parent school principal engaging gripping profound spirited inspiring powerful school paris classroom playground education ethnic tension french language and literature connections leadership
Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.
Drama
France
2001
134 Minutes
Director
Aurélien Recoing Karin Viard Serge Livrozet Jean-Pierre Mangeot Monique Mangeot Nicolas Kalsch Marie Cantet Felix Cantet Maxime Sassier Nigel Palmer Christophe Charles
unemployed person businessman wife son father bleak gripping geneva car apartment family home france unemployment lie money family fear investment fall wretched excess
An unemployed man finds his life sinking more and more into trouble as he hides his situation from his family and friends.
Drama
France|UK
1999
103 Minutes
Director
Jalil Lespert Jean-Claude Vallod Chantal Barré Véronique de Pandelaère Michel Begnez Lucien Longueville Danielle Melador Pascal Sémard Didier Emile-Woldermard Francoise Boutigny Felix Cantet
student factory worker father dark emotional paris factory household politics communism courage class distinctions social change teamwork pursuit sacrifice 1990s
The 35-hour work week has all of France in its thrall. This film turns it into a feature about economic and familial politics. Frank, a business school graduate, returns to his provincial ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France
2017
113 Minutes
Director
Marina Foïs Matthieu Lucci Florian Beaujean Mamadou Doumbia Mélissa Guilbert Warda Rammach Julien Souve Issam Talbi
novelist aspiring writer young man loner brooding disturbing solemn sultry intense disheartening south of france town creative process social issues industrial landscapes growing up underdog mystery 2010s
The scene is set one Summer in La Ciotat, a town near Marseille which used to be prosperous thanks to its huge dockyard but has been in decline since its closing 25 years before. It is in ... See full summary »
Drama
France|Canada|Belgium
2005
107 Minutes
Director
Charlotte Rampling Karen Young Louise Portal Ménothy Cesar Lys Ambroise
tourist professor housewife blue-collar worker hotel manager gigolo hedonistic intricate powerful haiti beach resort bedroom sex tourism love triangle prostitution cross-cultural relations aging adventure
Three female tourists have their eyes opened while visiting the poverty-stricken and dangerous world of 1980s Haiti.
Drama
France|Canada
2012
143 Minutes
Director
Ali Liebert Raven Adamson Katie Coseni Madeleine Bisson Claire Mazerolle Paige Moyles Rachael Nyhuus Lindsay Rolland-Mills Alexandria Ferguson
Set in the 1950s, a a group of young girls in upstate New York form their own gang.
Drama
2012
129 Minutes
Director
Juan Carlos Tabío Pablo Trapero Josh Hutcherson Gaspar Noé Daniel Brühl Emir Kusturica Jorge Perugorría Luis Alberto Garcia
american boy tourist engaging havana film festival acting time prize transformation