2000 film by Laurent Bouhnik

Alors que son père est à l’hôpital, Albert et sa famille tentent de poursuivre leur vie. Le monde semble soudain divisé en deux : ce qui se passe à l’intérieur de l’hôpital et l’univers extérieur.

Premier moyen métrage de Vanessa Filho.

An analysis of The Kindly Ones, Jonathan Littell's controversial novel, published in 2006, which dissects the ruthless mechanisms of the Shoah from the detached point of view of Maximilian Aue, a high-ranking Nazi officer.

A group of friends who have known each other for many years meet at Max and Lucie's house to celebrate Lucie's birthday. When they arrive, the three guests discover Max kneeling in front of the body of his wife who has been murdered. He is sure that the police will charge him because everything accuses him. Convinced of his innocence, his friends decide to give him an alibi. But the investigation tightens around Max.

Sabine, a 30-year-old woman, has recently moved to an isolated house near to a river with a dam. She is accompanied by her son Thomas, aged 15. As she tries to settle into her new home, Sabine experiences a series of strange phenomena. She cannot bear to see her son grow up and leave her, and she will do anything to keep him with her...

Anticipating eviction from her retirement home after the death of her son and sole provider, rebellious septuagenarian Émilie decides to take revenge on all those who have wronged her. During her journey of initiation, she cuts to the quick to right the wrongs and is joined by Linda, a cleaning lady with whom she has forged a close bond. She, too, has nothing left to lose and decides to wage war against those who have scorned her. Soon, these two companions are hunted down by a pair of policemen.

Audrey, fille d’agriculteurs et cheffe de rayon dans un hypermarché en province, se voit propulsée à la centrale d’achat de son enseigne afin d'y défendre la filière bio et locale. Alors qu’elle fait équipe avec un négociateur aux méthodes redoutables, Audrey va devoir se battre pour faire exister ses convictions au sein d'un système impitoyable.

Florence, a teacher and researcher, uncovers with astonishment an anachronistic engraving - in modern French - on a Gallo-Roman fresco she just digged up. When she realizes this engraving is really from Antiquity, her rationality is put to the test.

Fall 1974, French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing puts his Health Minister, Simone Veil, in charge of a daunting task: to carry the abortion law. During three days, she will defend her text before parliamentarians with exemplary tenacity. Diane, a young journalist, makes it the subject of her first investigation, and discovers over her explorations a considerable changing of the women's social status.

2022 film directed by Alice Diop

RÉSUMÉ François-René de Chateaubriand est à Saint-Malo, pour décider de ce que sera sa future sépulture. Il se penche sur son passé, sa jeunesse à Combourg sous la férule d'un homme autoritaire, sa rencontre avec le Paris de la Révolution, son voyage en Amérique. Plus tard, après l'armée des Princes viendra l'interminable exil à Londres. De retour en France, sous le Consulat, l'exécution du duc d'Enghien le brouille avec Bonaparte. Fidèle à son soutien des Bourbon, il les servira de son mieux, essayant de concilier monarchie et libertés. Sa rencontre avec Juliette Récamier, sa muse, sa sylphide, marquera profondément son parcours romantique...

Mila and Javier, both renowned surgeons and both passionate about their work, have been madly in love for the past 10 years. They have always taken great care to preserve their extraordinary love for each other and refuse to succumb to the routine of everyday living. But Mila’s unexpected pregnancy, combined with increasing pressure from work at the hospital, drives Javier to drink more heavily and he ends up being suspended. Faced with his demons, Javier drifts further and further away from Mila. Yet, when their relationship is under serious threat, Javier is ready to do whatever it takes to win Mila back.

2005 film by Nanouk Leopold

Joachim 是一个生活在巴黎、事业成功的电视编剧。四十岁生日的临晨，他决定放弃一切——孩子、友人、敌人、爱情与遗憾——去美国从零开始。之后，他带领“新滑稽艳舞团”（New Burlesque ）回到故乡进行巡演。艳舞团团员因Joachim 而对法国巴黎充满向往。幽默的表演和脱衣舞娘丰满的身材令男女老少沉迷不已。尽管下榻的旅馆平庸不堪，使用的电梯音乐（musique d’ascenseur ）乏善可陈，又缺乏资金，女演员依然营造出了新奇、热情而欢乐的气氛。但是，他们决定在巴黎演出压轴戏，将巡演推向高潮的梦想破裂了：Joachim 的老“朋友”背叛了他，取消了其预定的演戏场所。巴黎之行似乎注定来去匆匆，过去种种伤感的回忆突然被揭开…… Joachim, a former Parisian television producer had left everything behind - his children, friends, enemies, lovers and regrets to start a new life in America. But he returns with a team of New Burlesque strip-tease performers whom he has filled with romantic dreams of a tour of France, of Paris! Traveling from town to town, despite the cheap hotel rooms and lack of money, the curvaceous showgirls invent an extravagant fantasy world of warmth and hedonism that wins an enthusiastic response from men and women alike. But their dream of a tour culminating in a last grand show in Paris goes up in smoke when Joachim is betrayed by an old friend and loses the theatre where they were due to perform. An obligatory return journey to the capital violently reopens the old wounds of his past...

A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.

2017 film directed by Michael Haneke