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Rufus has 11 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Amélie.
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Brittany Runs a Marathon
2019
Comedy · Drama

The Way Way Back
2013
Comedy · Drama

Instructions Not Included
2013
Comedy · Drama

I Got Life!
2017
Drama · Comedy

Florence Foster Jenkins
2016
Comedy · Drama

Boy
2010
Drama · Comedy

A Long Way Down
2014
Comedy · Drama

Almanya: Welcome to Germany
2011
Drama · Comedy

At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a handsome stranger, will she find the courage to become the star of her very own love story?
Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet · With Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus

A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.
Dir. Roman Polanski · With Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas

In a post-apocalyptic world, the residents of an apartment above the butcher shop receive an occasional delicacy of meat, something that is in low supply. A young man new in town falls in love with the butcher's daughter, which causes conflicts in her family, who need the young man for other business-related purposes.
Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro · With Dominique Pinon, Marie-Laure Dougnac, Jean-Claude Dreyfus

A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
Dir. Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet · With Ron Perlman, Dominique Pinon, Judith Vittet

In 1941, the inhabitants of a small Jewish village in Central Europe organize a fake deportation train so that they can escape the Nazis and flee to Palestine.
Dir. Radu Mihăileanu · With Lionel Abelanski, Rufus, Clément Harari

1975. When Seyolo Zantoko, a doctor from the Congo who has managed, along with his family, to flee tyranny, is hired by the mayor of a small town in northern France, he begins a struggle to adapt to a new life and gain the trust of the prejudiced villagers.
Dir. Julien Rambaldi · With Marc Zinga, Aïssa Maïga, Jonathan Lambert

Pierre is 25 when he returns from Wyoming to his fiancée and take over the family farm. Twenty years later, the farm expanded and so did the family. It's the time of happy days, at least at the beginning. The debts accumulate and Pierre is exhausted at work. Despite the love of his wife and children, he is slowly falling...
Dir. Édouard Bergeon · With Guillaume Canet, Veerle Baetens, Anthony Bajon

Morgane is 38-years old, has three children, two exes and an IQ of 160; her destiny as a cleaner is turned upside-down when her extraordinary abilities are spotted by the police who offer her a job as a consultant.
Dir. Nicolas Jean, Alice Chegaray-Breugnot, Stéphane Carrié · With Audrey Fleurot, Mehdi Nebbou, Bruno Sanches

"Marius" takes place in Marseilles' Old Port, at the La Marine Bar, owned by César and his son Marius. Marius' biggest dream is to embark on one of the boats passing by his dad's bar and to set off to a faraway land. Fanny, a young and pretty seafood peddler, has secretly been in love with Marius since her childhood; Marius, never admitting it, has always loved Fanny. One day, a sailor drops by La Marine and offers him a job on an exploratory ship. Trying to hold him off and to make him jealous, Fanny confesses his love to him and provokes a fight between Marius and one of César's old friends, Panisse, a boat merchant, who despite his old age, has been courting Fanny for a while. Torn between the call of the sea and his love for her, Marius abandons his dream to be with Fanny who gives herself to him. As César and Honorine, Fanny's mother, are getting ready for the wedding, Marius changes his mind, drawn back to the call of the sea.
Dir. Daniel Auteuil · With Daniel Auteuil, Raphaël Personnaz, Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Michel, the jovial owner of the only café in a small Normandy town, sees his life turned upside down when his teenage daughter is murdered. The community has his back but soon rumor spreads and Michel is singled out. From the ideal father, he becomes the ideal culprit.
Dir. Hélène Fillières · With Laurent Gerra, Eddy Mitchell, Laure-Lucille Simon
An isolated house, a young couple, a perverted videographer, a mute. All of which leads to normal activities... but not quite! A parody of Paranormal Activity.
Dir. Maurice Barthélemy · With Norman Thavaud, Stéfi Celma, Maurice Barthélemy
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