Odysseus (Ralph Fiennes) returns to Ithaca, washed up on the shore and naked, twenty years after leading the armies in the Trojan War. In his absence, his wife, Penelope (Juliette Binoche), has stayed faithful to her husband, refusing to remarry any of the various suitors who have made their offerings. As life on the island…
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The Taste of Things
Eugénie (Juliette Binoche) is a cook who is under the employ of Dodin Bouffant (Benoît Magimel), a gourmand with a lovely estate in the French countryside. Through their many years together, Dodin has fallen in love with Eugénie, though she continually rejects his proposals of marriage but will sometimes entertain his nightly advances. One summer,…
Winter Boy
Lucas’ (Paul Kircher) world is turned upside down after the sudden death of his father (Christophe Honoré) in a car accident. After the funeral, he goes to live with his older brother Quinten (Vincent Lacoste) in Paris for a few weeks before starting up a new school closer to home to help support his mother,…
The Marquee Topic 