La Vie Promise
A film by Olivier Dahan. Isabelle Huppert stars as Sylvia, a weary prostitute who re-connects with her estranged teenage daughter. Fleeing the French Mediterranean, they head north. Desperate not to see her daughter repeat her own mistakes, Sylvia tries to re-discover her once promising past. "La Vie Promise reminds us that Isabelle Huppert is is contestably one of the very great screen actresses." -Los Angeles Times

La Petite Lili
A film by Claude Miller. Ludivine Sagnier (star of Swimming Pool), is the love and muse of an idealistic young filmmaker in this modern adaptation of Chekov's classic play The Seagull. Beginning with its steamy opening scene, this provocative reinvention of Chekov is "a first-rate piece of cinema" (Chicago Tribune). "A work of whimsy, passion and visual lushness!" -Hollywood Reporter

La Désenchantée
A film by Benoit Jacquot. Judith Godreche plays an enchanting young Parisian girl whose boyfriend, in the middle of a petty argument, dares her to bed the ugliest man she can find, to test her love for him. Taking a simple premise and a beautiful young woman, Benoit Jacquot has created a masterpiece of French cinema. "A very sexy movie!" -Detroit Free Press

Seaside
A film by Julie Lopes-Curval. Winner of the prestigious Camera d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, Seaside is set in a once-fashionable seaside resort town, and revolves around the beautiful Marie. Marie, bored with her life and her clumsy boyfriend, begins to look for romance elsewhere. "An excellent cast makes Seaside pleasurable viewing!" -New York Post