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In Praise of LoveIn Praise of Love (Eloge de L'amour) (2001)
Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Bruno Putzulu, Cecile Camp, Jean Davy
Dir. Godard’s first major film in over a decade presents intellect and filmmaking in full–flight, while stubbornly refusing to provide a…
Me You ThemMe You Them (Eu Tu Eles) (2000) Recommended
Dir. Andrucha Waddington
Feat. Regina Case, Lima Duarte, Stenio Garcia
Set in the arid hinterlands of Brazil, this serio–comic study of rural polyandry has Regina Case (Brazil’s Oprah Winfrey) hitch up three…
Alice Et MartinAlice Et Martin (1998)
Dir. Andre Techine
Feat. Juliette Binoche, Carmen Maura, Mathieu Amalric
A maladjusted young drifter (Alexis Loret) has success as a Paris fashion model and a torrid love affair with his half–brother's…
Love Etc.Love Etc. (1998)
Dir. Marion Vernoux
Feat. Charlotte Gainsbourg, Charles Berling, Yvan Attal
Depicts an infernal love–triangle between three friends – taken from the novel ‘Talking It Over’ by Julian Barnes. Charming comedy…
Kitchen (1997)
Dir. Yim Ho
Feat. Jordan Chan, Yasuko Tomita
Treading the same grungy Hong Kong streets as the films of Wong Kar–Wai, this adaptation of a novel by Banana Yoshimoto concerns a love affair…
GuantanameraGuantanamera (1996)
Dir. Tomas Gutierrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabio
Feat. Carlos Cruz, Mirta Ibarra, Jorge Perugorria
A quirky mix of low–speed road movie and romantic comedy following the unsteady progress of a funeral procession across the length of Cuba…
When the Cat's AwayWhen the Cat's Away (1996)
Dir. Cedric Klapisch
Feat. Garance Clavel, Zinedine Soualem
A movie for cat lovers and young romantics alike, this Latino–tinged, funky, yet alluringly modest French film follows the dowdy–cute…
All Things FairAll Things Fair (1995)
Dir. Bo Widerberg
Feat. Johan Widerberg, Marika Lagercrantz
The late Bo Widerberg's swansong records a bittersweet memoir of his love affair with a teacher 22 years his senior. The casting of his young son in…
French Woman, AFrench Woman, A (Une Femme Francaise) (1995)
Dir. Regis Wargnier
Feat. Emmanuelle Beart, Daniel Auteuil
Emmanuelle Beart stars in this period tale of idyllic romance compromised by the reality of war. The director of INDOCHINE again embraces the…
Especially On a SundayEspecially On a Sunday (1993)
Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore, Giuseppe Bertolucci, Marco Tul
Feat. Jean-Hugues Anglade, Patricia Arquette, Nicoletta Braschi
Three stories of love and loss from the pen of Tonino Guerra brought to screen life by three directing talents. Sublime fare in the finest European…
Conte D'hiverConte D'hiver (A Winter's Tale) (1992)
Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Charlotte Very, Frederic Van Den Driessche
A whirlwind romance ends abruptly for a young woman when she accidentally gives her lover a wrong address. Four years pass and she remains possessed…
La Vie De BohemeLa Vie De Boheme (1992) Recommended
Dir. Aki Kaurismaki
Feat. Matti Pellonpaa, Evelyne Didi, Andre Wilms
An achingly deadpan treatment of the book that served as the basis for Puccini's opera. Ironically romantic portrait of deadbeat, impoverished…
Station, The (1992)
Dir. Sergio Rubini
Feat. Sergio Rubini, Margherita Buy, Ennio Fantastichini
Beguiling film about a disillusioned society woman who becomes drawn to a humble station–master while waiting for the first available train.
Dark EyesDark Eyes (1987)
Dir. Nikita Mikhalkov
Feat. Marcello Mastroianni
The Soviet director ventures to Italy for this exquisite Chekhovian romantic tragedy in which Marcello Mastroianni abandons rationale for the allure…
Man and A Woman: 20 Years Later, AMan and A Woman: 20 Years Later, A (1986)
Dir. Claude Lelouch
Feat. Anouk Aimee, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Richard Berry
Worthy follow–up to Lelouch's seminal 60's romantic drama benefits from appealing performances by it's two leads.
Mauvais SangMauvais Sang (The Night Is Young) (1986)
Dir. Leos Carax
Feat. Michel Piccoli, Denis Lavant, Juliette Binoche
A street–punk joins a gang of hoods intent on stealing a top–secret serum, but complications prevail. Romantic thriller contains…
Eternel Retour, L' (1942)
Dir. Jean Delannoy
Feat. Jean Marais, Madeleine Sologney, Yvonne de Bray
(Love Eternal) A contemporary take on the legend of Tristan and Isolde, lovers united after death. Jean Cocteau's script is realised with the…
Jour Se Leve, LeJour Se Leve, Le (Daybreak) (1939) Recommended
Dir. Marcel Carne
Feat. Jean Gabin, Arletty
A renowned example of 'poetic realism', Jean Gabin gives another consummate performance as a doomed anti–hero. His tragic story is told in…
LiebeleiLiebelei (1933)
Dir. Max Ophuls
Feat. Arthur Schnitzler
An early work from the German maestro of the tracking shot, whose tale of doomed romance between a young soldier and fraulein (taken from a play by…

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