Including cult science fiction films and irresistible French comedies, Emmanuelle Alt, editor-in-chief of Vogue Paris, gives us her film recommendations for this period of confinement. In all, 10 good films to watch, day after day, alone or with your family.

In this vampire film by Tony Scott, Catherine Deneuve, dressed in Yves Saint Laurent, plays Miriam, a female vampire who has acquired the gift of eternal youth. She herself has offered immortality to her husband John, portrayed by David Bowie. But one day he suddenly grows old. So she does everything in her power to stop this process.

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With all the allure of a Hitchcock thriller, Body Double is one of Brian de Palma's best films, which combines style, sex, manipulation and violence. It follows the tumultuous journey of an agoraphobic actor who has taken refuge in a magnificent villa (the famous Chemosphere) perched on the heights of Hollywood and witnessed the murder of his beautiful neighbor.

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After his shocking film about AIDS, Mauvais Sang (Bad Blood) in 1986, Leos Carax offered one of the most beautiful roles to Juliette Binoche, his girlfriend at the time, in Les Amants du Pont-Neuf, the incredible love story between two vagabonds who dance, thrive and live under the lights of the bicentenary commemorations of the French Revolution.

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In a dystopian universe, Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is a Blade Runner, in charge of tracking down the replicants that have been declared illegal. But he will gradually fall under the spell of Rachel (Sean Young), a replicant with a fictitious emotional memory, assistant and product of Eldon Tyrell.

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In the Bubunne People's Democratic Republic, women run the country and go to war, while men wear the veil and look after the household. But the young Jacky (Vincent Lacoste) secretly dreams of marrying the Colonelle, who is played by Charlotte Gainsbourg. A zany comedy that ironically and humorously denounces the inequalities between men and women.

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Winner of the Palme d'Or and four Oscars, All That Jazz captures the glories and setbacks of a dying director and choreographer who remembers his life in his hospital bed. A cult musical comedy that has marked several generations, lulled by its unforgettable soundtrack, charismatic actors (Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange and Leland Palmer in the lead) and flamboyant choreography.

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In seventeenth-century Spain, Don Salluste, the greedy finance minister of the king relieved of his duties, wants at all costs to regain his rank, and the gold that goes with it, using the charms of his valet Blaze. A (very) funny French comedy, freely adapted from Victor Hugo's Ruy Blas, carried by the facetious duo formed by Louis de Funs and Yves Montand.

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Badly struggling with his fall of popularity, Michael Dorsay (Dustin Hoffman), a self-centered actor, decides to create a new opposite character: that of Dorothy Michaels, a whimsical woman who quickly becomes the star of a hospital soap, adored by all. An irresistible comedy for an unforgettable acting performance.

Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman), freshly graduated, spends his vacation at his parents' house in Los Angeles. At a reception, he succumbs to the charms of an older woman, the fatal Mrs. Robinson. He becomes her lover before falling in love with another, younger woman...

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Winner of six Oscars, this cult film shines with the unforgettable performance of Bette Davis in the role of Margo Channing, a Broadway star threatened by a young ingenue played by Anne Baxter.

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Translated by Freya Doggett

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