Alain Corneau

In the shadowy outskirts of Paris, a desperate door-to-door salesman crosses paths with a mysterious young woman trapped in a grim world. As his obsession deepens, his grip on reality begins to slip—and the line between escape and destruction starts to blur.

Dir. Alain Corneau · With Patrick Dewaere, Myriam Boyer, Marie Trintignant

Following the death of his wife, a renowned musician ostracises himself from the outer world and dedicates his life to music. However, his life changes when a young man approaches him to learn music.

Dir. Alain Corneau · With Jean-Pierre Marielle, Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet

Amélie, a young Belgian woman, having spent her childhood in Japan, decides to return to live there and tries to integrate in the Japanese society. She is determined to be a "real Japanese" before her year contract runs out, though it precisely this determination that is incompatable with Japanese humility. Though she is hired for a choice position as a translator at an import/export firm, her inability to understand Japanese cultural norms results in increasingly humiliating demotions. Though Amelie secretly adulates her, her immediate supervisor takes sadistic pleasure in belittling her all along. She finally manages to break Amelie's will by making her the bathroom attendant, and is delighted when Amelie tells her the she will not renew her contract. Amelie realizes that she is finally a real Japanese when she enters the company president's office "with fear and trembling," which could only be possible because her determination was broken by Miss Fubuki's systematic torture.

Dir. Alain Corneau · With Sylvie Testud, Kaori Tsuji, Bison Katayama

In the sterile setting of a powerful multinational, a ruthless corporate executive and her ambitious protégée bare their claws in a vicious battle for supremacy.

Dir. Alain Corneau · With Ludivine Sagnier, Kristin Scott Thomas, Patrick Mille

A former crook is pulled out of retirement when a gang on the run turn to him for shelter after a prison break.

Dir. Alain Corneau · With Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve