A list of films produced in France in 1997.
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 100% Arabica Mahmoud Zemmouri Khaled, Cheb Mami Comedy 1 nomination Assassin(s) Mathieu Kassovitz Entered into the 1997 Cannes Film Festival The Banned Woman Philippe Harel Entered into the 1997 Cannes Film Festival BetDidier Bourdon, Bernard Campan Didier Bourdon, Bernard Campan The Chambermaid on the Titanic Bigas Luna Romane Bohringer, Olivier Martinez Period drama Le Bossu Philippe de Broca Daniel Auteuil, Fabrice Luchini Swashbuckler Dakan Mohamed Camara Drama 1 win The Fifth Element Luc Besson Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich Sci-Fi adventure 7 wins & 16 nominations Genealogies of a Crime Raúl Ruiz Entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival Kings for a Day François Velle Entered into the 20th Moscow International Film Festival Lolita Adrian Lyne Jeremy Irons, Melanie Griffith, Frank Langella, Dominique Swain Drama French-American co-production Lucie Aubrac Claude Berri Entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival On connaît la chanson Alain Resnais Jean-Pierre Bacri, Agnès Jaoui Musical comedy 9 wins & 8 nominations Port Djema Eric Heumann Heumann won the Silver Bear for Best Director at Berlin Post Coitum, Animal Triste Brigitte Roüan Brigitte Roüan Drama 1 win & 2 nominations, screened at Cannes Quadrille Valérie Lemercier André Dussollier, Sandrine Kiberlain Comedy See the Sea François Ozon Sasha Hails, Marina de Van Drama The Serpent's Kiss Philippe Rousselot Ewan McGregor, Greta Scacchi Drama 1 nomination Sous les pieds des femmes Rachida Krim Claudia Cardinale, Nadia Farès, Mohammad Bakri Drama La Vérité si je mens ! Thomas Gilou Bruno Solo, Richard Anconina, Vincent Elbaz, Gilbert Melki, José Garcia, Élie Kakou, Amira Casar Comedy Western Manuel Poirier Sergi López, Sacha Bourdo Entered into the 1997 Cannes Film Festival
External links 1997 in France French films of 1997 at the Internet Movie Database French films of 1997 at Cinema-francais.fr