Face

Oct 2, 2009

2h 18m

★ 5.6

Overview

Hsiao-Kang, a Taiwanese film director, travels to the Louvre in Paris, France, to shoot a film that explores the Salomé myth.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Music

Production Companies

ARTE France Cinéma

Homegreen Films

Tarantula

Circe Films

Musée du Louvre

JBA Production

Face Trailers

Cast

Kang / The Director

Lee Kang-sheng

Kang's Mother

Lu Yi-ching

The Producer / Queen Herodias

Fanny Ardant

Antoine / King Herode

Jean-Pierre Léaud

The Star / Salomé

Laetitia Casta

Man in the Boat

Norman Atun

Jeanne

Jeanne Moreau

Nathalie

Nathalie Baye

Man in Bushes

Mathieu Amalric

Chen Shiang-Chyi

Chen Chao-jung

Yang Kuei-mei

When Gabriel and Emilie meet by chance, he offers her a ride, and they spend the evening talking, laughing and getting along famously. At the end of the night, Emilie declines Gabriel's offer of "a kiss without consequences". Emilie admonishes him that the kiss could have unexpected consequences, and tells him a story, unfolding in flashbacks, about the impossibility of indulging your desires without affecting someone else's life.

7.1

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Jun 21, 1996

Isolated bell-ringer Quasimodo wishes to leave Notre Dame tower against the wishes of Judge Claude Frollo, his stern guardian and Paris' strait-laced Minister of Justice. His first venture to the outside world finds him Esmeralda, a kind-hearted and fearless Romani woman who openly stands up to Frollo's tyranny.

5.9

Lovers

Dec 8, 1999

A French woman falls in love with a Yugoslavian man, not realizing that he is an illegal immigrant.

7.3

The Phantom of the Opera

Dec 8, 2004

A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opera House.

7.2

Queen Margot

May 13, 1994

Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the Catholic princess Marguerite de Valois, sister of the feeble King Charles IX, marries the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre.

6.6

The ComDads

Nov 23, 1983

Unable to find her runaway son, a woman deceives two of her ex-lovers from her youth, a mild-mannered teacher and a tough journalist, that each is the real father in order to obtain their help.

5.9

Around the World in 80 Days

Jun 16, 2004

A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.

7.8

PlayTime

Dec 13, 1967

Clumsy Monsieur Hulot finds himself perplexed by the intimidating complexity of a gadget-filled Paris. He attempts to meet with a business contact but soon becomes lost. His roundabout journey parallels that of an American tourist, and as they weave through the inventive urban environment, they intermittently meet, developing an interest in one another. They eventually get together at a chaotic restaurant, along with several other quirky characters.

7.1

A Tale of Winter

Jan 29, 1992

Felicie and Charles have a whirlwind holiday romance. Due to a mix-up on addresses they lose contact, and five years later at Christmas-time Felicie is living with her mother in a cold Paris with a daughter as a reminder of that long-ago summer. For male companionship she oscillates between hairdresser Maxence and the intellectual Loic, but seems unable to commit to either as the memory of Charles and what might have been hangs over everything.

6.6

My New Partner

Sep 19, 1984

A streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue is assigned an idealistic new partner fresh from police academy. He sets out to corrupt him...

6.2

The Story Of My Life

Sep 8, 2004

Raphael is a ghostwriter who takes a job writing for famous footy player Kevin. To his delight and his girlfriend, Murials horror, Kevins current girlfriend is an old (easily rekindled) flame of Raphaels. A freak accident leaves a close friend dead and Raphael is forced to reconsider his priorities.

6.2

Française

May 28, 2008

A determined young woman goes up against the Moroccan traditions where the only way for a girl is marriage and children.

4.7

Daddy Cool

Apr 30, 2008

The story about the age gap between a scientist father, Philipe Le Tallec, and his newly discovered teen aged daughter, Eglantine.

7.8

Before Sunset

Jun 16, 2004

Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night he spent in Vienna with Celine. After his reading in Paris, Celine finds him, and they spend part of the day together before Jesse has to again leave for a flight. They are both in relationships now, and Jesse has a son, but as their strong feelings for each other start to return, both confess a longing for more.

7.7

Three Colors: Blue

Sep 8, 1993

The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone, she shakes off her old identity and explores her newfound freedom but finds that she is unbreakably bound to other humans, including her husband’s mistress, whose existence she never suspected.

7.5

Three Colors: White

Jan 26, 1994

Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists fellow Polish expatriate Mikołaj to smuggle him back to their homeland.

8.0

The 400 Blows

Jun 3, 1959

For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful parents, Antoine spends his days with his best friend, Rene, trying to plan for a better life. When one of their schemes goes awry, Antoine ends up in trouble with the law, leading to even more conflicts with unsympathetic authority figures.

6.3

Samba

Oct 15, 2014

Samba migrated to France 10 years ago from Senegal, and has since been plugging away at various lowly jobs. Alice is a senior executive who has recently undergone a burnout. Both struggle to get out of their dead-end lives. Samba's willing to do whatever it takes to get working papers, while Alice tries to get her life back on track until fate draws them together.

6.6

The Man in the Iron Mask

Mar 12, 1998

Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his power to wreak havoc in the kingdom while his twin brother, Philippe, remains imprisoned, the Musketeers reunite to abduct Louis and replace him with Philippe.

6.4

The Cabbage Soup

Dec 2, 1981

Two buddy farmers are visited by aliens who like their domestic cabbage soup.