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Road Games Trailer

Despite warnings, Veronique has always known the dangers of hitchhiking but reasoning with herself that she's in a sleepy countryside town in France, she and her new travel companion, Jack, decide to take a risk and take a ride from an old man.

Claiming he's local to the area, Grizard offers the pair a place to stay for the night. They arrive back and his house which is larger and more extravagant than they expected and they're welcomed in by his British wife. Jack soon finds himself becoming uneasy when he finds out that Veronique has 'gone'. Grizard isn't forthcoming with any of Jacks questions and as night falls the Irishman begins to search for his partner.

No one can be trusted and now Jack and Veronique must fight for their survival in a wicked game of cat and mouse.

Young & Beautiful [Jeune & Jolie] Review

By Rich Cline

Very Good

French filmmaker Francois Ozon continues to explore transgressive aspects of sexuality (see In the House) with this deliberately controversial drama about a teen prostitute. But since he refuses to indulge in the usual cliches, we don't react the way we think we should, so the film forces us to think about the story in a surprisingly fresh way.

The teen in question is Isabelle (Vacth), who in the summer of her 17th birthday orchestrates the loss of her virginity to a cute stranger. When she tells her little brother Victor (Ravat), he can't understand how Isabelle could so casually dump this boy. And she never tells her open-minded mother and stepdad (Pailhas and Pierrot). Back home in Paris, she secretly starts working after school as a high-class hooker, visiting her clients in pricey hotels. But when her favourite john (Leyson) dies suddenly, her secret comes out. And everyone wonders if she can go back to being a regular teen.

The twist here is that Isabelle comes from a liberal, wealthy family, and has no need to become a prostitute. She seems to do it out of boredom, because she doesn't need the money and isn't that interested in sex either. On the other hand, she loves pretending to be older than she is. Vacth reveals all of this through a remarkably transparent performance that's often unnerving to watch. By clouding her motivation, we almost become complicit in her actions. We certainly can't just sit back and watch passively.

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Alternative Zombie Drama 'The Returned' Hits U.S Screens To Critical Appraise

By Jack de Aguilar in Movies / TV / Theatre on 31 October 2013

Frederic Pierrot

A hit on both shores, The Returned paints a fresh zombie picture for TV lovers

When sexy French drama, The Returned landed in the UK, TV-loving Sunday-nighters bought straight into the European style of small screen production. Finally, a zombie drama for the 40+ generation.

Frederic Pierrot plays the twins' disgraced father

The critics lavished praise upon the show, despite voices from some corners suggesting the pace was off and the style was pretentious.

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Jeune Et Jolie (Young & Beautiful) Trailer

Isabelle is striking French 17-year-old girl living a secret life of sexual indulgence as a paid escort. On losing her virginity, she decides that prostitution is not only a brilliant way to earn bags of cash, but it also becomes her biggest thrill as she explores all areas of her sexuality while being worshipped by the rich men who pay her. However, when she is found out by the French police and an online profile featuring a half-nude photo of her is discovered, her situation becomes much more complicated. Her parents are devastated; her mother is torn between shame, anger and fear; and it soon becomes clear that she has to start thinking very carefully about what she wants out of her life.

'Jeune Et Jolie' (which translates to 'Young And Beautiful') is a heart-breaking coming-of-age drama about teenage desires and making life choices. Directed and written by BAFTA nominated Francois Ozon ('Swimming Pool', '8 Women', 'In The House'), the film was nominated for the Palme d'Or award at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and won the TVE Otra Mirada Award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival. It is set for release in the UK on November 29th 2013.

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Populaire Trailer

Rose Pamphyle is a 21-year-old French girl in the 1950s living in dread of the inevitable life of a housewife; invisible to the rest of the world and living in the shadow of her fiancé, a local mechanic. Desperate to pave a more fulfilling path in life, she seeks out a job as a secretary and lands an interview with the head of an insurance company who happens to be the handsome and magnetic Louis Echard. Unfortunately, she makes a terrible mess of the interview and proves to be unfit for the important role. However, Echard is taken aback when he witnesses Rose's fingers flying across a typewriter at an incredible speed and decides to offer her a job - at a price. She has ignited a sporting passion in him and he is determined that she compete in the Regional Championship of Touch Typing with personal training from him. Working so closely together, Echard finds him more and more captivated by Rose, but will his competitive streak form a wedge between them?

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