Sandrine Bonnaire

The filmmaker behind Oscar-winning doco Man on Wire depicts the many parts of the literary Samuel Beckett giant's life: Parisian bon vivant, World War II Resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, philandering husband and recluse.

Following a near-death experience, France's leading chef throws himself into a quest seeking the flavour that has confounded his life since he was defeated by a Japanese chef's bowl of noodles as a young man.

Winner of the Golden Lion at Venice 2021, this adaptation of Annie Ernaux's novel looks back on the author's experience with abortion when it was still illegal in France in the 1960s.

The circumstances leading to a woman's death are shown through flashbacks and interviews in this French drama that won the 1985 Venice Golden Lion.