French Cinema

Nothing predicted that Hortense Laborie would become the personal cook of the President of France. When she is called to the Élysée Palace, she doesn't measure the obstacles that she will encounter in the halls of power. But the authenticity of her cuisine soon seduces the President. The film is based on the life of Danièle Mazet-Delpeuch, the personal chef of François Mitterand.

A dramatic retelling of the life of Edith Piaf, considered one of the great performers of France. Raised in a brothel, taken to work in a circus by her father, and eventually abandoned by her parents, she spent her teen years on the streets. Eventually "rescued" by a crime figure who gives her career a start, she makes her way to international success, despite recurring frailty, illness, wild moods, drug and alcohol problems.

French director Henri-Georges Clouzot created a film showing the process in which Pablo Picasso created his work. Captured is the moment and mystery of creativity as the master completed twenty artworks, ranging from playful black-and-white sketches to widescreen color paintings.