Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet

A breakout selection of the midnight section of Cannes in 2010, BLACK HEAVEN is directed by an exciting new French filmmaker called Gilles Marchand.

Léa Seydoux stars in Amos Gitai's adaptation of Elsa Triolet’s 1959 novel. A young couple marry in 1940s France and we follow the arc of their marriage over the next decade. As France recovers from the trauma of the war, salon manicurist Marjoline finds herself increasingly caught up in acquiring material possessions while horticultural researcher Daniel prefers a more traditional lifestyle.

In sixteenth Century France a savage religious war is ripping the country apart. Carnage, corruption and mayhem stalk the land, taking lives and shaping history. Amidst the tragedy, loss and power struggles of war, a young aristocratic heiress by the name of Marie DeMezieres has fallen passionately in love with the dashing Henri DeGuise. But due to the political ambitions of her manipulative and controlling father Marie has been forced into an arranged marriage to the prince of Montpensier. Between duty and passion can Marie fight her fate to reclaim her destiny? Directed by the legendary film maker Bertrand Tavernier (The Watchmaker Of St Paul, Coup De Torchon, Round Midnight), The Princess Of Montpensier is a vivid and compelling historic drama. A sweeping epic of love, rivalry, intrigue and conflict, told in a language that can only be described as pure cinema.

THE JEWISH CARDINAL tells the amazing true story of Jean-Marie Lustiger, the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants, who maintained his cultural identity as a Jew even after converting to Catholicism at a young age, and later joining the priesthood. Quickly rising within the ranks of the Church, Lustiger was appointed Archbishop of Paris by Pope Jean Paul II - and found a new platform to celebrate his dual identity as a Catholic Jew, earning him both friends and enemies from either group. When Carmelite nuns settle down to build a convent within the cursed walls of Auschwitz, Lustiger finds himself a mediator between the two communities - and may be forced at last to choose his side.

1944. In this adaptation of her autobiographical novel, Marguerite Duras shrewdly navigates German-occupied France to find her imprisoned husband.

Francois, 21-years-old, lives in his native Luxembourg occupied by the Nazis. He faces a life-altering choice: to leave for the Russian front to fight the Allies or become a draft dodger; go into hiding and live imprisoned in the cold and damp mines for months on end to take part in the underground struggle for the liberation of his country.

In spite of emotive bursts into song, this throwback to the 1960s musical is a personal, deeply felt film for its director. An intriguing, bold work at the same time self-conscious and sincere—with an ensemble cast that includes Honoré’s regular collaborators Louis Garrel and Chiara Mastroianni.

A peasant maid and the young orphan in her charge, both with mysterious pasts, navigate the shifting social landscapes of late-18th century Europe.