211. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Chantal Akerman
Actors: Chantal Akerman, Delphine Seyrig, Jan Decorte, Henri Storck, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Yves Bical
Plot: A single mother does what she can to take care of her teenage son: housework, cooking and seeing the occasional client on the side. Safe in her routine - that is until something comes along and changes everything.
212. Monsieur Hire
Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Patrice Leconte
Actors: Michel Blanc, Sandrine Bonnaire, Luc Thuillier, André Wilms, Eric Bérenger, Marielle Berthon
213. Napoléon
Year of Release: 1929
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Abel Gance
Actors: Albert Dieudonné, Vladimir Roudenko, Edmond Van Daële, Alexandre Koubitzky, Antonin Artaud, Abel Gance
214. deuxième souffle, Le
Year of Release: 1966
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Actors: Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Raymond Pellegrin, Christine Fabréga, Paul Frankeur, Marcel Bozzuffi
Plot: An escaped gangster heads to Paris where he immediately joins up with some old friends for some gangland-style justice. He plans to leave the country - but first needs some cash - which is not going to be easy with an inspector on his trail and hot on the heels of the shooting.
215. Secret, A ( secret, Un )
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Claude Miller
Actors: Cécile De France, Patrick Bruel, Ludivine Sagnier, Julie Depardieu, Yves Jacques, Mathieu Amalric
Plot: Only child François invented an imaginary brother and imagines his
parents' past when he was little. When François reaches 15 a family friend
reveals a deep and upsetting secret. Will he crumble or will it make him a
man?
216. Barbarian Invastions, The ( invasions barbares, Les )
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Denys Arcand
Actors: Rémy Girard, Stéphane Rousseau, Dorothée Berryman, Louise Portal, Yves Jacques, Dominique Michel
217. Man on the Train ( homme du train, L' )
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Patrice Leconte
Actors: Jean Rochefort, Johnny Hallyday, Jean-François Stévenin, Charlie Nelson, Pascal Parmentier, Isabelle Petit-Jacques
218. Marius
Year of Release: 1933
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alexander Korda, Marcel Pagnol
Actors: Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Orane Demazis, Fernand Charpin, Alida Rouffe, Paul Dullac
219. Golden Age, The ( age d'or, L' )
Year of Release: 1930
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Luis Buñuel
Actors: Gaston Modot, Lya Lys, Josep Llorens Artigas, Lionel Salem, Germaine Noizet, Bonaventura Ibáñez
220. Wasabi
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gérard Krawczyk
Actors: Jean Reno, Ryoko Hirosue, Michel Muller, Carole Bouquet, Yoshi Oida, Christian Sinniger
Plot: A French special ops agent returns to Japan after 19 years to find $200 million a teenaged daughter, and has to deal with the Yakuza, who are all waiting for him.