Once in a Lifetime softens and warms the hearts of students from a rough Parisian suburb with an eye-opening project on the Holocaust. We've been tearing up over inspirational teacher-classroom dramas since Dead Poet's Society, Mr. All the actors, many of them unknown, are splendid in this film, which not only celebrates the courage of ACT UP but also tacitly provides a model of resistance to the forces of destruction running rampant today. Robin Campillo (Eastern Boys) depicts their comradeship and tenacity in waking up the world to the disease that was killing them and movingly dramatizes the persistence of passionate love affairs even in dire circumstances. Its members, mostly gay, HIV-positive men, stormed drug company and government offices in “Silence=Death” T-shirts, facing down complacent suits with the urgency of their struggle for life. In the early 1990s, ACT UP-in France, as in the U.S.-was on the front lines of AIDS activism. BPM, Beats Per Minute (120 battements par minute)
From the director of The Spanish Apartment and Russian Dolls. Back to Burgundy (ce qui nous lie)Ī story of wine, a broken family, revisiting your childhood and love of the land, it's the French-iest film you'll watch this year. But you can also rent or buy French films via Amazon.
GAY MOVIES ON PRIME FREE
To help you out a bit, we've listed the best French movies included with Amazon Prime.Īll the films below are free if you have an Amazon Prime Subscription. Often overlooked, Amazon Prime Video actually has over 150 French films, some good, some bad. Many are released but only in a handful of cities, and platforms like Netflix, Hulu or HBO have a very limited offer. It’s not easy to watch French films in America.