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Oxygen (2021)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:59:21 +0000

Having no recollection of how she ended up there, Liz Hansen wakes up from her deep hypnosis in an air-sealed cryogenic unit the size of a coffin. With the oxygen resources steadily depleting, Liz must remain composed to piece together her fragmented memories and reconstruct her opaque identity with the help of M.I.L.O., the pod’s state-of-the-art A.I. However, trapped Liz can’t move, she can’t get out, and her oxygen levels can only last ninety short minutes. Does Liz have a fighting chance of surviving? Is there an escape from this claustrophobic nightmare?

Oxygène

No escape. No memory. 90 minutes to live.

Alexandre Aja

France

6.5

IMDb

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Mustang, The (2019)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:59:21 +0000

While participating in a rehabilitation program training wild mustangs, a convict at first struggles to connect with the horses and his fellow inmates, but he learns to confront his violent past as he soothes an especially feisty horse.

Untamed Souls. Kindred Spirits.

Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre

France

6.9

IMDb

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Monsieur Hire (1989)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:59:12 +0000

Monsieur Hire is a maladjusted, balding, middle-aged man living in France. He doesn’t like to talk to people. A young woman is murdered and a police detective suspects M. Hire, just because his neighbors think he is strange.

Patrice Leconte

France

7.6

IMDb

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In The Shadow Of Iris (2016)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:55:23 +0000

Iris, the statuesque dark-haired wife of the wealthy Parisian banker, Antoine Doriot, vanishes into thin air while the latter settles the bill at an elegant restaurant downtown. Furthermore, things will take a turn for the worse, when only a few hours later, much to his surprise, Antoine will receive a disturbing call from a merciless kidnapper demanding half a million euros in ransom in exchange for his abducted wife. As a result, under police surveillance, Antoine will follow to the letter the kidnapper’s instructions with the intention to deliver the money, nevertheless, nothing will go as planned. By now, not much is making sense, while the helpless Iris is still missing. What has really happened to her?

Iris (original Title)

Jalil Lespert

France

6.1

IMDb

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Grande Bouffe, La (1973)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:55:16 +0000

Four middle-aged friends and members of the professional bourgeoisie, Ugo, a chef and restaurant owner, Marcello, an incorrigible womanizer and Alitalia pilot, Michel, a delicate television producer, and Philippe, a venerable magistrate, gather for a debaucherous weekend at the latter’s Parisian villa. There, as the four men prepare for a Romanesque feast, truckloads of fine food and wine arrive, accompanied by three elegant and lithe prostitutes. Without a doubt, the rapacious and degraded hedonists are determined to eat themselves to death, one elaborate morsel after another, nevertheless, for what reason?

Grande Bouffe (original Title), La

An Experience That Hammers Your Sensibilities.

Marco Ferreri

France

7.2

IMDb

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Based On A True Story (2017)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:55:15 +0000

Basking in the tremendous success of her debut autobiographical novel dedicated to her late mother, suddenly, the lonely Parisian author, Delphine Dayrieux, realises that there are cold and unrelenting haters among a sea of worshippers. On the other hand, though, there’s Elle–the passionate admirer, and cryptic new friend–who takes Delphine by surprise, and just like that, worms her way into the unsuspecting writer’s life. However, who is truly this elusive and alluringly enigmatic woman who is bent on helping Delphine break through a persistent writer’s block? More and more, Elle becomes designingly indispensable. Can she jolt Delphine out of her torpor?

D’après Une Histoire Vraie

Roman Polanski

France

5.7

IMDb

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Caché (2005)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:52:42 +0000

Michael Haneke

France

7.3

IMDb

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Anything For Her (2008)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:52:23 +0000

With no legal means left to him, a high school teacher devises a daring plan to rescue his wrongfully imprisoned wife from jail.

Pour Elle

Fred Cavayé

France, Spain

7.2

IMDb

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Transporter 2 (2005)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:50:20 +0000

Mercenary Frank Martin, who specializes moving goods of all kinds, surfaces again this time in Miami, Florida when he’s implicated in the kidnapping of the young son of a powerful USA official.

Transporter 2

The Best In The Business Is Back In The Game.

Louis Leterrier

France, USA

6.3

IMDb

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Transporter 3 (2008)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:50:20 +0000

Frank Martin puts the driving gloves on to deliver Valentina, the kidnapped daughter of a Ukranian government official, from Marseilles to Odessa on the Black Sea. En route, he has to contend with thugs who want to intercept Valentina’s safe delivery and not let his personal feelings get in the way of his dangerous objective.

Transporter 3

Do not step away from the vehicle.

Olivier Megaton

France, UK, USA

IMDb

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