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Diaz: Don't Clean Up This Blood (2012)

Actors: Mattia Sbragia (actor), Rolando Ravello (actor), Renato Scarpa (actor), Elio Germano (actor), Domenico Procacci (producer), Claudio Santamaria (actor), Pietro Ragusa (actor), Fabrizio Rongione (actor), Teho Teardo (composer), Ignazio Oliva (actor), Jean Labadie (producer), Silvio Berlusconi (actor), Paolo Calabresi (actor), Christian Blümel (actor), Mihai Mitrea (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: July 2001. 200,000 protesters, consisting mainly of anti-globalization activists and anarchists of the Black Bloc) try to prevent the G8 summit from taking place in Genoa. The authorities, determined not to let them achieve their aim, give a free hand to the anti-riot police in the matter of repression. The Police superintendent decides a nighttime raid upon the Diaz school, used as a sleeping quarter and a center for those providing media, medical, and legal support work. The film tells about the ordeal put through by all those who slept or worked there, courtesy of the barbarous Police forces, complete with furious baton attacks and shameless humiliation following arrests.

What a Man (2011)

Actors: Thomas Kretschmann (actor), Matthias Schweighöfer (actor), Antoine Monot Jr. (actor), Pasquale Aleardi (actor), Matthias Schweighöfer (producer), Matthias Schweighöfer (director), Matthias Schweighöfer (writer), Katharina Schüttler (actress), Mavie Hörbiger (actress), Nora Tschirner (actress), Sibel Kekilli (actress), Axel Schill (miscellaneous crew), Gitta Schweighöfer (actress), Luise Schmidt (actress), Florence Larsonneur (miscellaneous crew),

Croisière (2004)

Actors: Caroline Ducey (actress), Jérémie Covillault (actor), Mika Tard (actress), Jean-Pascal Abribat (actor), Patrick Guérineau (actor), Franck Lorrain (actor), Catherine Lefroid (actress), Mahemiti Deregnaucourt (costume designer), Michelle Cagnard (producer), Natacha Cagnard (writer), Natacha Cagnard (editor), Natacha Cagnard (director), Aurélia Bernard-Moulin (writer), Dumb (composer), Bertrand Soupey (editor),

Les blessures assassines (2000)

Actors: François Levantal (actor), Nadia Barentin (actress), Isabelle Renauld (actress), Sylvie Testud (actress), Dominique Labourier (actress), Jean-Gabriel Nordmann (actor), Michaël Abiteboul (actor), Blanche Raynal (actress), Alain Rimoux (actor), Michèle Pétin (writer), Michèle Pétin (producer), Laurent Pétin (producer), Sylvie de Segonzac (costume designer), Danielle Dumanoir (miscellaneous crew), Marie-Hélène Dozo (editor),

Plot: On February 2nd 1933, in the town of Le Mans, in the West of France, two sisters, Christine Papin, 27, and her younger sister Léa Papin, 21, brutally killed their employer Mrs. Ancelin and her daughter Geneviève. Why did they commit this horrifying murder? As a result of an unhappy childhood? Because they could no longer stand being commanded and exploited by arrogant bourgeois employers? Because their incestuous relationship had been exposed? The film tries to answer these questions and make us understand why and how the two sisters turned from meek sheep to bloody monsters.

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Sac de noeuds (1985)

Actors: Josiane Balasko (director), Howard Vernon (actor), Daniel Russo (actor), Josiane Balasko (writer), Coluche (actor), Mario Luraschi (miscellaneous crew), Isabelle Huppert (actress), Jean Carmet (actor), Josiane Balasko (actress), Yves Elliot (actor), Dominique Lavanant (actress), Jim Adhi Limas (actor), Michel Flaesch (miscellaneous crew), Jacques Audiard (writer), Catherine Kelber (editor),

Le destin de Juliette (1983)

Actors: Véronique Silver (actress), Laure Duthilleul (actress), Hippolyte Girardot (actor), Richard Bohringer (actor), Pierre Forget (actor), Dominique Auvray (editor), Didier Agostini (actor), Camille Cotte (actress), Michel Amphoux (actor), Aline Issermann (writer), Aline Issermann (director), Bernard Lubat (composer), Marie-Paule André (actress), Michel Dufresne (actor), Michel Dufresne (writer),

Les oiseaux de lune (1974)

Actors: Madeleine Barbulée (actress), Marcel Aymé (writer), Claude Jade (actress), Henri Lambert (actor), Jean-Gabriel Nordmann (actor), Pierre Arditi (actor), Marcel Cuvelier (actor), Jacques Duby (actor), Pascale de Boysson (actress), Marius Balbinot (actor), Jean Péméja (actor), Philippe Noël (actor), Daniel Rivière (actor), Luce Garcia-Ville (actress), André Barsacq (director),

Féminin-féminin (1973)

Actors: Marie-France Pisier (actress), Pierre Brice (actor), Jean Wiener (composer), Henri Calef (editor), Henri Calef (director), Henri Calef (writer), Olga Georges-Picot (actress), François Leccia (actor), Carlos (actor), Etienne Samson (actor), João Correa (director), João Correa (writer), Madeleine Bagiau (editor), Werner Degan (actor), Marc Audier (actor),

Plot: Marie-Hélène lives in a manor but is not happy. Georges, her husband, is gentle to her but she feels stifled by the constant presence of Cécile, her intrusive mother-in-law. One day, Jacques, a friend of George's comes to visit him. He is in the company of a beautiful woman, Françoise. Marie-Hélène, who feels ill-at-ease in her new environment, gets more and more attracted to Françoise. To such an extent that the two women fall in love. The lovers run away to the city but their affair will prove short-lived.

La chamade (1968)

Actors: Amidou (actor), Michel Piccoli (actor), Jacques Sereys (actor), Jean-François Stévenin (actor), Roger Van Hool (actor), Catherine Deneuve (actress), Alain Cavalier (writer), Alain Cavalier (director), Pierre Gillette (editor), Élisabeth Rappeneau (miscellaneous crew), Jean-Pierre Castaldi (actor), Françoise Sagan (writer), Françoise Sagan (writer), Irène Tunc (actress), Monique Lejeune (actress),

Plot: Lucile, 25, is the beautiful mistress of Charles, a rich, good-hearted businessman. Being a kept woman suits her as she refuses to work. She is grateful to Charles for that but she does not feel true love for him. When she meets Antoine, a charming young man of her age, it is love at first sight. But living with Antoine is not as easy as it was with Charles: Lucile is forced to find a job, which she hates. Moreover, she gets pregnant and has to ask Charles for help. After having an abortion, her love for Antoine gradually fades. That is the reason why she comes back to Charles who, full of indulgence, has patiently waited for her.

La dame de chez Maxim (1950)

Actors: Amédée (actor), Luc Andrieux (actor), Jacques Beauvais (actor), Jacques Fabbri (actor), Saturnin Fabre (actor), Jacques Morel (actor), Robert Vattier (actor), Marcelle Monthil (actress), Marcelle Praince (actress), Georges Feydeau (writer), Colette Ripert (actress), Paul Durand (composer), Jean Marsan (actor), Robert Beauvais (writer), Pierre Flourens (actor),