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🇫🇷 7 Popular Movies Set in France (Vol. 2)

🇫🇷 7 Popular Movies Set in France (Vol. 2)

Mrs. Harris goes to Paris

A widowed cleaning lady in 1950s London falls madly in love with a couture Dior dress, and decides that she must have one of her own

Now streaming on  (Amazon)

Nothing to Hide

During a dinner party, seven friends decide to play a dangerous game. The attendees place their cell phones on the table and agree to make all texts, messages, and calls public in an attempt to prove that they have nothing to hide.

Now streaming on (Netflix)

Lady J

Fooled by a notorious libertine, a widow plans her revenge.

Now streaming on  (Netflix)

Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti

By 1891, Gauguin was already well-known in artistic circles, but had grown tired of the civilized world and its political and moral conventions. Leaving his wife and children behind, he ventures alone to Tahiti, consumed with a yearning for new inspiration. Pushing deep into the Tahitian jungle, Gauguin meets Tehura, his muse, who will consume his mind and inspire his most iconic works of art.

Now streaming on  (Amazon)

Eiffel

The French government is pressuring him to design something spectacular for the 1889 Paris World Fair, but Eiffel simply wants to design the subway. Suddenly, everything changes when Eiffel crosses paths with a mysterious woman from his past. Their long lost, forbidden passion inspires him to change the Paris skyline forever.

Now streaming on  (Amazon)

Cézanne et Moi 

Cezanne et Moi traces the parallel paths of the lives, careers and passionate friendship of post-impressionist painter Paul Cezanne and novelist Emile Zola. The two boys grew up in Aix-en-Provence. Emile was fatherless and poor. Paul came from a wealthy family. As young men, dreaming of glory and beautiful women, they left the south to conquer the art scene in Paris. Soon Emile had it all, success, money, and the perfect wife, and embraced the very bourgeoisie he mocked in his books. Meanwhile, Cezanne rejected the Parisian scene to focus only on his work, ignored by his peers and the establishment.

Now streaming on (Amazon)

Bonus

My King

Tony is admitted to a rehabilitation center after a serious skiing accident. Dependent of medical staff and painkillers, she takes the time to remember the tumultuous love story she lived with Georgio.

Now streaming on (Amazon)