International
30° Couleur (Fr.)
30° Color (Int.)
by Lucien Jean-Baptiste et Philippe Larue
Comedy
Released March 14, 2012 in FranceSynopsis :
Straight out from his triumphal Meet The Elizabeths, Lucien Jean-Baptiste is back with a colorful comedy set in French Martinique during its world famous Carnival, where we follow Patrick, a Black stiff self-made man, back to Martinique for a quick visit to his dying mother. Except that trapped in a whirl of emotions, souvenirs, beauty, colors and LIFE, this quick stop will turn out to be an indescribable life-changing experience....
4 minutes et demi (Fr.)
4 1/2 minutes (Int.)
by Renée Zellweger
Comedy
Released March 02, 2014 in FranceA dangerous method (Fr.)
A dangerous method (Int.)
by David Cronenberg
Drama
Released December 21, 2011 in FranceSynopsis :
A beautiful young woman, driven mad by her past. An ambitious doctor on a mission to succeed. An esteemed mentor with a revolutionary cure. Let the mind games begin...Seduced by the challenge of an impossible case, the driven Dr. Jung (Michael Fassbender) takes the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein (Keira Knightley) as his patient. Jung's weapon is the method of his master, the renowned Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen). Both men fall under Sabina's spell. Into the mix comes Otto Gross (Vincent Cassel), a debauched patient who is determined to push the boundaries. Jung gives in to lust and a passionate affair begins. Sabina becomes the catalyst for Jung's inspired theories. Meanwhile Freud goes further, delving into Sabina's brilliant mind until she can take the situation no longer. The bonds between the trio shatter. Driven by desire and revenge, with their reputations at stake, Freud and Jung embark on a battle of wills. In this dangerous game of sex and intellect, the price will be Sabina's soul.
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Set in Los Angeles in 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crises, A SINGLE MAN, is the story of George Falconer, a 52 year old British college professor (Colin Firth) who is struggling to find meaning to his life after the death of his long time partner, Jim (Matthew Goode). George dwells on the past and cannot see his future as we follow him through a single day, where a series of events and encounters, ultimately leads him to decide if there is a meaning to life after Jim.
George is consoled by his closest friend Charley (Julianne Moore), a 48 year old beauty who is wrestling with her own questions about the future. A yound student of George's, Kenny (Nicholas Hoult), who is coming to terms with his true nature, stalks George as he feels in him a kindred spirit.
A SINGLE MAN is a romantic tale of love interrupted, the isolation that is an inherent part of the human condition, and ultimately the importance of the seemingly smaller moments in life.
The story is an adaptation based on a novel by Christopher Isherwood and is directed by Tom Ford.
Actrices (Fr.)
Actresses (Int.)
by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Dramatic
Released December 26, 2007 in FranceSynopsis :
Marcelline is an actress. Forty, single and childless, she begins rehearsals for Turgenev’s A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY. Denis, the director, admires her greatly and promises he'll make her happy on stage – she will shine. But things don't go to plan.
Denis introduces Marcelline to his assistant, Nathalie. The two women were at drama school together twenty years earlier. Nathalie tells her she had to give up acting: she has a husband and children. Marcelline and Nathalie look at each other as if in a mirror, each seeing in the other the life she doesn't have, the dreams she cannot bear to abandon. Their meeting is the first in a series of tremors that will turn Marcelline's life upside down.
Synopsis :
IVth century... Egypt under the Roman Empire... Violent religious upheaval in the streets of Alexandria spills over into the city’s legendary library. Traped within its walls, the brilliant astronomer, Hypatia, fights, with the help of her disciples, to save the wisdom of the Ancient World... Among those disciples, the two men who are fighting for her heart : the witty, privileged Orestes and Davus, Hypatia’s young slave who is torn between his secret love for her and the freedom he
knows can be his if he chooses to join the unstoppable surge of the Christians.
Arthur Newman (Fr.)
Arthur Newman (Int.)
by Dante Ariola
Dramatic
Released November 06, 2013 in FranceSynopsis :
Wallace Avery is tired of his life. Divorced, disconnected from his son, dissatisfied with his love life, he decides the time has come for a radical solution. He literally walks away from his life, buys himself a new identity as Arthur Newman, and sets out toward his own private Oz – Terre Haute, Indiana – where he believes he has a chance to work as a golf pro. Wallace’s idea of a second chance is to become a second person. His road trip is derailed by the entrance of Michaela Fitzgerald, whom Arthur discovers passed out poolside at a motel. It takes her all of a couple hours to bust Arthur’s identity scam. It takes Arthur a lot longer to bust hers. These two people, desperate to remake themselves, will gradually fall in love and find a way to accept responsibility for who they really are.
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When Burt and Verona discover that they are going to have a baby, panic sets in. They hate the small town where they live, and now that Burt’s parents are moving away, they will have no support system in place to help them there. So they hit the road in search of the perfect place to put down roots and raise their family. Along the way, they visit an assortment of relatives and old friends. Some are hysterical oddballs, some are heartbreaking inspirations, but all of them help lead Burt and Verona to the most unexpected of destinations where they just might discover that the only thing they need to build their home is each other.
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Alex shares her life between a successful career and a flawless love story with Fabrizio when she’s offered a job opportunity in New York. She is almost 40, and accepting the job offer would mean forgetting about any baby desire she might have. Alex would like to share her issues with Fabrizio, but any baby related conversation makes him physically sick. Without her knowing, he decides to see a shrink about it... The only problem being that Alex has been secretly seeing the same shrink for two years.
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Three cynical best friends since high school, Regan, Gena and Katie, are outraged to learn their chubby but sweet friend Becky is going to be the first of the gang to get married.
Gena and Katie are still single, Regan has been pressuring her boyfriend of four years, Frank, to propose. When Becky asks neurotic Regan to help plan the wedding and be the Maid of honour, she is furious. Six months later, the day before the wedding, resentfull Regan is bossing around staff and guests, while Katie and Gena are ready to party. Everything starts going wrong. While they try to drown their sorrows at the bar, they run into Gena’s high school sweetheart Clyde. They still have feelings for each other. Then, during rehearsal dinner, things start going awry when Gena drunkenly gives a toast mentioning Becky’s high school bulimia. When Katie forgets to cancel a stripper she hired for the bachelorette party, the bride ends up furious and tells the 3 friends not to come to the wedding ceremony unless they are sober and behave like adults. Nevertheless, the girls decide to make the most of the night and they get on a wild ride down the road to this matrimony.
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New York, 1974. Fifty year-old Chris has just been released on good behavior after several years in prison following a gangland murder. Waiting for him reluctantly outside the prison gates is his younger brother, Frank, a cop with a bright future. Chris and Frank have always been different, and their father, Leon, who’d raised them alone, seems strangely to prefer Chris – this, despite all his troubles. Yet blood ties are the ones that bind. Frank, hoping that his brother has changed, is willing to give him a chance; he shares his home, finds him a job, and helps him reconnect with his children and his ex-wife, Monica. But Chris’ past quickly catches up to him, and his descent back into a life of crime becomes inevitable. For Frank, this descent proves to be the last in a long line of betrayals, and after his brother’s latest transgressions, he banishes him from his life. But it’s already too late; the brothers’ destiny will keep bounded, forever.
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After everything in her life falls to pieces, including her marriage to wealthy businessman Hal, elegant New York socialite Jasmine moves into her sister Ginger’s modest apartment in San Francisco to try to pull herself back together again.
Case Depart (Fr.)
Back to square one (Int.)
by Lionel Steketee, Fabrice Eboué et Thomas Ngijol
Comedy
Released July 06, 2011 in FranceSynopsis :
Two step brothers, Joel and Regis have nothing in common except a father they barely know. Gathered around the dying old man in the French West Indies, they inherit from their family's freeing act, which has been handed down from generations to generations. Disappointed by what they think is a "cheap" legacy, they quickly tear it up. Shocked by their lack of consideration for the precious document, an old aunt decides to send them back in time... to the slave period! The two brothers will be forced to stick together in order to free themselves from the plantation they have been sold to and to get back to the 21st century.
Celle que j'aime (Fr.)
The one I love (Int.)
by Elie Chouraqui
Romance
Released April 22, 2009 in FranceSynopsis :
I was ten years old. The age at which "the one I love" is called Mom, the age at which love is exclusive and passionate. Since my father and her got divorced we lived tight together, without any room for anybody else and certainly not a man, I mean another man. Nevertheless, little by little and without me noticing, Antoine came into our lives.
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Twenty years after he moved to Brussels, Gino owns a rundown pizzeria bought with the savings of his wife, Simone. His drab life is turned upside down by news of the imminent death of his I talian uncle, a fearsome Mafioso whose illicit activities have made him rich beyond Gino's wildest dreams. A sizeable chunk of the inheritance will be Gino's, on the condition that he can prove that he is, as he claims, the respected godfather of pizza parlors in Brussels. Gino commissions a twobit director to make a documentary about him and his family, presenting them as major-league mafiosi. Trouble is, the shoot doesn't go to plan-Gino's family rebels, the crew refuses to follow Gino's orders as he begins to identify too closely with his on-screen persona, and when a real-life gangster decides to teach his new «competitor» a lesson, all hell breaks loose...
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September 1980. Coluche shines every night on stage. France’s favorite comedian is at the peak of his career. TV, radio and newspapers chase him down, and his home was the place to see and be seen. Always ready to push even more buttons, he decides to run for the presidency just for kicks! The people respond with laughter, cheer him along, and support him. The polls go nuts and his popularity explodes. What if a clown were to actually become a serious presidential contender and even win the presidency? The clown himself begins to believe it’s possible… until his larger-than-life dream spins out of control, and this beloved figure ends up tragically defeated.
Comme les autres (Fr.)
Baby Love (Int.)
by Vincent Garenq
Comedy
Released September 03, 2008 in FranceSynopsis :
They are the perfect loving couple… Well, almost: Emmanuel wants a child but Philippe doesn’t. However Emmanuel decides to take the plunge, at the risk of losing Philippe. But how do you make a child when both parents are boys?
Contre toi (Fr.)
In your hands (Int.)
by Lola Doillon
Psychological drama
Released February 02, 2011 in FranceSynopsis :
Mad with grief, a young man kidnaps a brilliant female surgeon
he holds responsible for his young wife’s death.
During her confinement, ambivalent and passionate feelings
arise between the kidnapper and his victim... Violence and
loneliness, the tragic events of their shared past, the desperate
need for love and to survive will bring them face to face with
the raw essence of their own lives. Both are helpless in the face
of an overwhelming attraction, that will change them forever.
Synopsis :
Babou seems to be able to shrug off anything.
Real jobs, husbands, responsibilities, who needs them ? But when she finds out that her own daughter is too ashamed of her to invite her to her wedding, she decides to make some changes. She takes a job selling time-shares at the Belgian seaside during the off-season, and even to her own surprise, becomes the model employee. Eventually Babou once again gets in the way of her success, and she must find a way to get a wedding gift worthy of her daughter yet true to her one-of-a-kind
self.
Synopsis :
English naturalist Charles Darwin struggles to find a balance between his revolutionary theories on evolution and the relationship with his religious wife,
whose faith contradicts his work.
Synopsis :
Cyprien is a 35 year-old wall-flower. He splits his time between his job at Dress Code, an uber-hip fashion magazine (he’s the not-so-hip head of IT), and an internet café with his buddies. Cyprien and his friends are all bona fide nerds, adolescents for life, Star Wars worshippers… Favorite pastimes include surfing the web all night long and collecting DVD’s. His looks and the constant chastising from his co-workers don’t make him the most desirable bachelor, but even so, Cyprien has one ultimate goal : to seduce blonde bombshell Gina McQueen. A magic deodorant that falls in his hands allows him to become an instant hottie - Jack Price - on command… a la Clark Kent/ Superman and Peter Parker/ Spiderman. But his social skills could still use some fine-tuning. Helena, one of Cyprien’s co-workers, decides to give him a 101 on life. Little does she realize that her coaching is actually benefiting his alter-ego, Jack. And that’s when the romantic triangle starts to take unexpected twists and turns…
Dans la maison (Fr.)
In the House (Int.)
by François Ozon
Dramatic
Released October 10, 2012 in FranceSynopsis :
A boy of 16 wants to get in the house of one of his classmates to glean inspiration for his writing assignments. Impressed
with this unusual and gifted student, his teacher rediscovers a taste for teaching, but the intrusion sparks a series of
uncontrollable events.
De l'autre coté du lit (Fr.)
Changing sides (Int.)
by Pascale Pouzadoux
Comedy
Released January 07, 2009 in FranceSynopsis :
Is life always sweeter on the other side of the bed?
That's what Ariane and Hugo are wondering when they hire a lawyer to do something about the delays in their house renovation and end up asking him to help them swap lives (and, in the process, jobs, bank accounts, cars...).
By taking each other's place, they think they will overcome the routine setting in after ten years of marriage, making them feel like hamsters on a wheel.
But can you sell jewelry door-to-door when you used to run a company renting equipment to the construction industry? Can you win the respect of your mostly male employees when they see only see you as "the boss's hot wife"? Can you resist temptation when you deal with pretty clients and a single, female business partner all day? How long can you bear not being the children's go-to parent for hugs and kisses at night? And how do you stick to your guns in the face of disapproving looks from your perfect mother-in-law?
To everybody's surprise, the experiment works out. Just not in the way that they expected...
De l’autre côté du périph (Fr.)
On the other side of the tracks (Int.)
by David Charhon
Comedy
Released December 19, 2012 in FranceSynopsis :
One morning in Bobigny, a wasted suburb outside Paris, Eponine Chaligny’s lifeless body is discovered. Her husband, Jean-Eric Chaligny, is in charge of the National Employers Union, currently in the midst of a very tense social climate.
On this day, two radically different worlds are going to collide.
Ousmane is a suburban policeman of Bobigny financial department. Working undercover on a clandestine gambling joint case, he is the first to arrive on the scene. A single father, foolhardy and utopian, he is ready for anything to bring down a “big shot” that pulls the strings.
Arriving on the scene shortly after and taking control of the investigation is the famous Parisian “Criminal Police Bureau”, headed by Captain François Monge. Francois doesn’t often get his hands in the dirt, so to see him outside of Paris is a rarity. He only has a few days before his nomination as a Chief of his department and he has to make the right impression.
As useful as it is, such a collaboration will have the two cops accepting each other, a premise far from given from the beginning
Des Hommes et des Dieux (Fr.)
Of gods & men (Int.)
by Xavier Beauvois
Drama
Released September 08, 2010 in FranceSynopsis :
A monastery high in the mountains of the Maghreb, some time in the 90s. Eight French Cistercian monks live in harmony with the Muslim population.
Close to the villagers, they share in their labors and festivities, and take care of their daily medical needs.
When a group of foreign workers are massacred, panic seizes the region. The army tries to insist on armed protection for the monks, but the brothers
refuse…
This film is loosely based on the life of the Cistercian monks of Tibhirine in Algeria, from 1993 until their kidnapping in 1996.
Synopsis :
Davis, 16 years old: possession of narcotics with intent to resell.
Angel, 15 years old: assault and autotheft.
Butch, 17 years old: assault on a correctional officer.
The same sentence: Enola Vale youth correctional facility.
On arriving at the correctional facility they have to pick a side: victim or executioner.
Synopsis :
Jon Martello is a strong, handsome, good old fashioned guy. His buddies call him Don Jon due to his ability to «pull» a different woman every weekend, but even the finest fling doesn’t compare to the bliss he finds alone in front of the computer watching pornography. Barbara Sugarman is a bright, beautiful, good old fashioned girl. Raised on romantic Hollywood movies, she’s determined to find her Prince Charming and ride off into the sunset. Wrestling with good old fashioned expectations of the opposite sex, Jon and Barbara struggle against a media culture full of false fantasies to try and find true intimacy.
Synopsis :
Jane, a psychiatrist, is sent into a hostile island community in Ireland to take charge of a gifted teenager, Dorothy Mills, charged with attacking a baby. Jane discovers that Dorothy may not be responsible for her actions and might be possessed by a horrifying and malevolent force. As she helps Dorothy, Jane is confronted with her own past tragedies and starts to unravel another terrible secret hidden by some of the local villagers.
Encore un baiser (Fr.)
Kiss me again (Int.)
by Gabriele Muccino
Dramatic
Released December 29, 2010 in FranceSynopsis :
Carlo is separated from his wife Giulia, who has the custody of their ten year-old daughter, Sveva. He lives with Ginevra, a woman who is much younger than him, while Giulia lives with Simone, an actor struggling for success.
Paolo, Alberto and Adriano’s trip around the world was stopped by the tsunami. Paolo and Alberto came back, but Adriano got arrested for drug dealing and spent three years in jail in Thailand. Paolo took over his father’s religious gift store and now dates Livia, Adriano’s ex-girlfriend, who raised alone their son, Tommaso, now 11 years old. Livia
refuses to tell Tommaso what the nature of her relationship with Paolo really is. Marco and Veronica’s relationship is coming to an end as they have never been able to have children and desire is now gone.
When Adriano comes back from Thailand, the friends meet again, ten years later, and it is now time to move on.
Synopsis :
Two years after his worldwide critical and box office success of Tell No One ($33M US- world, $6,5M US- US), Guillaume Canet returns to the big screen - this time to star in a sensual espionage thriller set in London. Stephen Rhea (V for Vendetta, Breakfast on Pluto, The Crying Game) and Archie Panjabi (A Mighty Heart, The Constant Gardener, Bend it Like Beckham) round out the superb cast in this elegant detective story, where the heart can trample even the most dedicated of spies…
Vincent is a brilliant and reclusive young man who rejects a conventional and stable life to become a bag boy at an airport. He takes things here and there from the suitcases along with his co-worker. But when a diplomat’s bag explodes in his colleague’s face and violently kills him, the game comes to an end. When the French Secret Services gets involved in the case, Vincent is cornered into executing a mission in London under a secret identity: investigating a British businessman, Peter Burton, suspected of illicit trafficking. The key lies in seducing Burton’s beautiful but vulnerable French wife, Claire. But who will fall prey to whom? All spirals down as Vincent must choose between his heart and his freedom.
Synopsis :
Nathan, a successful corporate New York Lawyer, has barricaded himself behind his work, far away from his daughter and his ex-wife Claire. A mysterious doctor interrupts his life, claiming that
he can foresee imminent death for certain people. Will Nathan be able to escape his own destiny?
Eyjafjallajökull (Fr.)
Eyjafjallajökull (Int.)
by Alexandre Coffre
Comedy
Released October 09, 2013 in FranceSynopsis :
For travelers around the world, the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull is a downer. For Alain and Valerie, it’s a catastrophe. For if they are to make it in time to the tiny Greek village where their daughter's wedding is taking place, the two divorcees will have to swallow their pathological hatred for each other and hit the road together.
Synopsis :
Greenberg brings actor Ben Stiller together with Academy Award-nominated writer/director Noah Baumbach ("The Squid and the Whale") to tell the funny and moving tale of Roger Greenberg. Focus Features releases Greenberg in select cities on March 12th, 2010.
Roger Greenberg [Ben Stiller], single, fortyish and at a crossroads in his life, finds himself in Los Angeles, house-sitting for six weeks for his more successful/married-with-children brother. In search of a place to restart his life, Greenberg tries to reconnect with old friends including his former bandmate Ivan [Rhys Ifans]. But old friends aren't necessarily still best friends, and Greenberg soon finds himself spending more and more time with his brother's personal assistant Florence [Greta Gerwig], an aspiring singer and also something of a lost soul. Despite his best attempts not to be drawn in, Greenberg and Florence manage to forge a connection, and Greenberg realizes he may at last have found a reason to be happy.
Synopsis :
Jean is a 35-year old man who still lives at home with his mother in a small Corsican town. He works as a chef in the family-owned restaurant. To his despair, his future is already
mapped out: he will take over the family restaurant. However, one day, Nora, a very stubborn young woman is on a racing yacht and is pushed overboard. She swims to shore, as Jean looks on. Adventure is knocking on the door. A rollercoaster of a night begins: a car journey with a very unpredictable but very attractive woman, who will take him far, far away from home...
J'ai toujours rêvé d'être un gangster (Fr.)
I always wanted to be a gangster (Int.)
by Samuel Benchetrit
Comedy
Released March 26, 2008 in FranceSynopsis :
An amateur armed robber whose attractive victim is herself starting out in the armed robbery game. Two crooks who kidnap a teenager so suicidal she begs them to kill her - her father has no intention of paying the ransom anyway. A singer, abandoned by the muse, who steals the latest compositions of a more successful colleague. And finally... Four pensioners who abandon the safety of retirement and return to the joyful thrills of the criminal life.
Jane got a gun (Fr.)
Jane got a gun (Int.)
by Gavin O’Connor
Drama
Released February 15, 2014 in FranceSynopsis :
Young and pretty with a soul of pure steel, Jane Hammond is a good girl married to one of the worst baddies in town. When her husband Bill turns against his own gang, the vicious Bishop Boys, and returns home barely alive with eight bullets in his back, Jane knows it’s time to ditch the dress for a pair of pants and strap on her own gun. As the relentless leader John Bishop gears up for revenge, Jane’s best hope for survival rests with her old love Dan Frost – a gunslinger whose hatred for Bill is only slightly overshadowed by his love for Jane. Together Jane and Dan spring clever traps, luring Bishop’s men to certain death just as their old feelings for each other resurface amidst the flying bullets.
Jeune & Jolie (Fr.)
Young & Beautiful (Int.)
by François Ozon
Drama
Released August 21, 2013 in FranceSynopsis :
A coming-of-age portrait of a 17-year-old French girl over four seasons and four songs.
Jusqu'à toi (Fr.)
Every Jack has a Jill (Int.)
by Jennifer Devoldère
Romance
Released July 29, 2009 in FranceSynopsis :
Chloe lives by herself in Paris but is surrounded by personalities such as an intrusive nextdoor neighbour, a nasty coworker, a guy at the DVD rental store who is always eager to give unsolicited life lessons... Not exactly the life she had hoped
for... And yet a random course of events changes
her luck : she stumbles upon a suitcase of a
young American, Jack, who is visiting Paris. She discovers its contents, revealing little
surprises... some good and others somewhat unexpected.
Without ever laying eyes on him, she convinces herself that she is in love with him and ready to overcome any trials and tribulations to find him... The string of mishaps and misunderstandings that follow show the possibilities for romance in serendipitous encounters.
Synopsis :
“Kidon" begins in the morning of the 18th of February 2010 in Tel-Aviv when the whole world wakes up discovering, on the front page of all the newspapers, pictures of the Mossad agents caught while killing Mahmoud al Mabhouh in Dubai a month earlier. Everybody was taken by surprise because it was the first time that simple security cameras of a hotel caught secret agents red-handed, what's more Israeli agents. But without doubt, the most surprised of all were the Mossad leaders who were the only ones to know for sure that the 3 men and the woman, whose faces were in all the newsrooms of the world, had nothing to do with them. From then on, a race against time is undertaken hoping to understand why everything is aiming at them. As the protocol requires it, the boss of the Mossad along with his main assistants, from a liaison officer of the police to a representative of the prime minister, starts investigating. In no time, the "4" of Dubai are identified but it only blurs the situation a bit more since they are simple little French goons from Tel-Aviv: Daniel, a little crook raging in the art world, Eric, the "Miss" of Tel-Aviv, "Facebook" the hacker and Einav, the pretty student. How did they end up in Dubai? How did they mount such an operation? For whom do they really work? As the investigation progresses rapidly and the impostors are caught by the Mossad, the investigators understand little by little that the group has a well-hidden agenda and that they are playing a highly risked double-game which involves French, Russian and Iranian diplomats. The outcome as far bigger than it seems and discover too late that in a universe where everything is but illusion, even the masters of the discipline can sometimes be made fools of thems.
Synopsis :
Saturday 24th December 1994.
Four GIA terrorists hijack an Air France A300 Airbus at Algiers airport. TheAirbus, bound for Paris, has 227 passengers on board. No one knows exactly what the terrorists' intentions are, just that they are armed and extremely determined. They demand the liberation of their "brothers in arms" and want the aircraft to take off at once. After very lengthy and intense negotiations between the French and Algerian governments, the plane is finally allowed to leave. There are three main characters at the heart of the action: a member of the GIGN, Carole Jeanton, an ambitious technocrat willing to go to any lengths to achieve personal gain from the events, and Yahia Abdallah, a determined jihadist who grew up in the slums of Algiers and was being manipulated by an obscure GIA envoy, Ali Touchent. Each one will follow their own ideology until their paths cross in the final outcome. In front of an audience of 21 million television viewers, an assault by the GIGN brings the hostage crisis to an end. Never, in the history of terrorism had a crisis such as this arisen. It was to be a foretaste of the terrible events of September 11th 2001.
L'âge de raison (Fr.)
The Age of reason (Int.)
by Yann Samuell
Romance
Released July 28, 2010 in FranceSynopsis :
«Dear me. Today I am seven years old and I’m writing you this letter to help you remember the promises I made at the age of reason, and also to remind you of what I want to become...»
Thus begins the letter that Margaret, a successful business-woman, receives on her fortieth birthday.
L'Epine dans le coeur (Fr.)
Thorn in the heart (Int.)
by Michel Gondry
Documentary
Released April 21, 2010 in FranceSynopsis :
Suzette, Michel Gondry's aunt, was a school teacher from 1952 to 1986 and tells Michel about her school years in a rural and isolated part of France. But little by little, Michel discovers some family stories he was totally unaware of and uses his camera to explore it in a subtle but very emotionnal way.
La chance de ma vie (Fr.)
Second Chance (Int.)
by Nicolas Cuche
Romance
Released January 05, 2011 in FranceSynopsis :
Julien has a big problem. He may be a brilliant marriage counselor but he can’t keep hold of a woman for more than a fortnight.
For as long as he can remember, Julien has jinxed any woman who falls for him.
And not just a little bit of bad luck. The kind that puts you in hospital several times a week. The kind that screws up your career or your closest friendship.
To put it bluntly, Julien’s a real black cat for women – as Joana will learn to her cost the day their paths cross.
Things couldn’t be better professionally, and at long last her love life seems to be looking up… all that’s about to change.
Synopsis :
The Mediterranean is not always the “sea of tranquillity” : that is what five women discover when they embark upon a dream cruise on The King Of The Sea.
Chloe, 25, is a pretty, rebellious, romantic young woman who is trying to get over a difficult break-up and find her appetite for life once more. Alix, 35, is a sophisticated businesswoman who is under the impression that she is on the ship to meet an important business client and sign a multi-million euro contract…Raphie, 50, a secretary in the construction industry, is actually Raphael, a cheated husband. He has dressed up as a woman to be able to travel incognito and spy on his unfaithful wife….Hortense, 45, breeds pigs in Brittany. She is travelling for the first time in her life and is here to celebrate her wedding anniversary. Unfortunately, her husband, an endless practical joker, disappears… so she becomes involved in a game of hide-and-seek …Simone, 80, an ex-cabaret dancer, spends her entire retirement on cruise ship holidays. She never travels without her little dog, Bertrand, who she hides in the bottom of her red handbag as animals are not allowed on board…
It is the coming together of 5 people all in search of happiness and success. Whether they are losing their grip on reality, laughing hysterically, questioning their lives, taking Tango lessons or having a spiritual encounter, this cruise will reveal new surprising horizons, as well as love and, above all, friendship.
La Fleur de l'âge (Fr.)
Family matters (Int.)
by Nick Quinn
Dramatic
Released May 01, 2013 in FranceSynopsis :
Gaspard Dassonville is 63. His lifestile is 30: he is a famous TV producers and accumulates
30 year-old companions. He persists in ignoring the signs of aging. Suddenly, old age
falls upon him with a crash. Indomitable old man Hubert disturbs the arrangements of
his son with an illusory youth. The duo becomes a trio with the arrival of Zana, a nursing
assistant with dubious reference and unbridled immagination. Fascinated each in his
own way by this unconventional woman, father and son clash and rediscover. Between
fears and desires, both resolutely hang on to life and aging.
La Nouvelle guerre des boutons (Fr.)
The New War of the Buttons (Int.)
by Christophe Barratier
Comedy
Released September 21, 2011 in FranceSynopsis :
Synopsis : While the planet is shaken by the terrible events of World War II, another war is been played out in a remote corner of the French countryside. The children of neighbouring villages Longeverne and Velran have always hated each other. Now their battle takes a new turn: prisoners will have the buttons of their clothes removed and return home almost naked, vanquished, humiliated. The ‘War of the Buttons’ has been declared and whichever village collects the most buttons will be declared the victor.
Our story folows Lebrac , a tough, troubled but big-hearted 13-year-old and Longeverne’s‘chief strategist’ and his lieutenants: Top Hat, The Cove and their mascot, Little Hat, an irrepressible 8-year-old who takes part with a hilarious seriousness.
The arrival of Violette, a young girl from the city, sets hearts racing, most of all that of Lebrac, and romance follows quickly. But Violette’s appearance raises suspicions: she is of Jewish origins and has taken refuge with her alleged aunt, the beautiful Simone, with whom the village teacher is secretly in love. Will Violette’s background be discovered? Will she be denounced?
“The War of the Buttons” tells its story with great tenderness and warmth, but with all the excitement and action of a war movie, set against the rich dramatic background of German-occupied France in 1944.
La Premiere etoile (Fr.)
First Snow (Int.)
by Lucien Jean-Baptiste
Comedy
Released March 25, 2009 in FranceSynopsis :
Jean-Gabriel, married and father of three children, is not exactly a workaholic and a responsible father : he lives off small jobs and spends most of his time hanging at the pub and betting on horse races.
One day, to please his daughter, he promises the whole family he is going to take them on a ski trip.
Only this time, if he doesn’t keep his promise, his wife will leave him. He won’t let anything get in their way...
La Sainte Victoire (Fr.)
Bitter Victory (Int.)
by François Favrat
Thriller
Released December 02, 2009 in FranceSynopsis :
Xavier Alvarez is a successful self-made man. His architecture firm is doing well, yet he still goes to extreme lengths to hide his humble origins.
When Xavier meets Vincent Cluzel, a deputy running for mayor, he befriends the candidate and decides to help his campaign, secretly hoping that a victory will grant him public contracts...
Synopsis :
Eddie, Dov, Yvan and the others, our warm friends have migrated from the Sentier to moribond trail thriving suburb of Aubervilliers... Even when the old Jewish entrepreneurs have left the field to yound Chinese wholesalers, the small group is still united as in the previous episodes and life goes on according to the small business and family events.
Everything would be fine until an illwind brings a lot of adversity that is undermining the cohesion of the group. Will they succomb to the storm of discord, or will they once again with support, strength, ruse and skill triumph in the crisis with panache ?
La Venus à la fourrure (Fr.)
Venus in fur (Int.)
by Roman Polanski
Drama
Released November 03, 2013 in FranceSynopsis :
Alone in a Paris theater after a long day of auditioning actresses for the lead role in his new play, writer-director Thomas complains on the phone about the poor caliber of talent he has seen. No actress has what it takes to play his lead female character – a woman who enters into an agreement with her male counterpart to dominate him as her slave. Thomas is about to leave the theater when actress Vanda bursts in, a whirlwind of erratic – and, it turns out, erotic – energy.
At first she seems to embody everything Thomas has been lamenting. She is pushy, foul-mouthed, desperate and ill-prepared – or so it seems. But when Thomas finally, reluctantly, agrees to let her try out for the part, he is stunned and captivated by her transformation. Not only is Vanda a perfect fit (even sharing the character’s name), but she apparently has researched the role exhaustively – down to buying props, reading source materials and learning every line by heart. The likeness proves to be much more than skin-deep. As the extended “audition” builds momentum, Thomas moves from attraction to obsession…
Synopsis :
He’s greedy. He’s a pervert. He’s a liar. He’s cynical. And he’s the new CEO of Phenix, the largest bank in Europe. Meet Marc Tourneuil.
Synopsis :
Chêne is a well known business coach but he is also a big-time gambler in huge debt. Fed up with the situation, his wife, who is pregnant, leaves him.
Receiving threats from his creditors ; Chêne decides to accept a deal that could save his
situation. He will have to coach Marmignon, a very peculiar director, who seems to be the worst person to be coached.
Le Grand Méchant Loup (Fr.)
The Big Bad Wolf (Int.)
by Nicolas et Bruno
Comedy
Released July 10, 2013 in FranceSynopsis :
Once upon a time in Versailles in 2012, three brothers were living happily. One day, their mother came to fall into a coma. From that moment, Henri, Philippe and Louis suddenly began to raise questions about the meaning of their lives. A great wave of existential doubts for these mid-life crisis men which opens the door to the unknown, even the forbidden... to the Big Bad Wolf!
Henri falls in love, gets busted by his wife and takes refuge with Philippe. Philippe also falls in love, and also gets busted by his wife and they both take shelter at Loulou’s, the eldest of the family, safe and sound in his solid and beautiful home. Really that solid? And what if grown-up life was not a fairy tale?
Synopsis :
1979. Albertine 10 years old and all her relatives have gathered in the family house in Bretagne for their grandmother's birthday. All believe the Sky Lab, a piece of a NASA rocket, will fall on their head that summer. This reunion turns out to be a crazy week-end of revelations, love and singing...
Le Syndrome du Titanic (Fr.)
One (Int.)
by Nicolas Hulot et Jean-Albert Lièvre
Documentary
Released October 07, 2009 in FranceSynopsis :
«I was not an environmentalist when I began to travel around the world 30 years ago. I saw the planet shrink before my eyes, and I went from being carefree and believing that we live in an infinite and unchanging world to realizing that the world is finite and vulnerable. During the past 20 years, I have been fighting to make others conscious of the environmental perils but especially to mobilize others to act. Cinema is the perfect medium, both in France and abroad, to discover these threats and share my feelings on the subject : that everyone sees the Earth and Humanity as they are and as I saw them ; that Man find his own place in time and space. This film is a wake-up call: let us not allow any more time to go by without change. It is also a window of hope: let us seize the occasion to find ourselves again, mobilize human intelligence, giving meaning once more to the idea of progress.»
Nicolas Hulot
Les chats persans (Fr.)
No one knows about persian cats (Int.)
by Bahman Ghobadi
Documentary Fiction
Released December 23, 2009 in FranceSynopsis :
Recently released from prison, two young musicians - a man and a woman - decide to form a band. Together they trawl the underworld of contemporary Tehran searching for other players. Forbidden by the authorities to play in Iran, they plan to escape from their clandestine existence, and dream of performing in Europe. But with no money and no passports, it won’t be easy...
Les infidèles (Fr.)
The players (Int.)
by Jean Dujardin, Gilles Lellouche, Emmanuelle Bercot, Fred Cavayé, Michel Hazanavicius, Eric Lartigau, Alexandre Courtès
Comedy
Released February 29, 2012 in FranceSynopsis :
Jean Dujardin (THE ARTIST, OSS 117) and Gilles Lellouche (POINT BLANK, MESRINE) lead a star-studded cast in a comedy exploring the triumphs and failures, the glories and pitiful disasters of male infidelity in all its desperate, absurd and wildly funny variety.
From a post-sales conference hotel in the suburbs to a smart sex addiction clinic, from a swish Parisian nightclub to the glitzy fleshpots of Las Vegas, the protagonists launch themselves into the age old pursuit. Every time worn excuse is proffered; every trick in the book is played. The quest to get laid is on. Witty and moving, honest and cynical, cowardly and candid, touching and contemptible - they're guys, in other words. Hope beats eternal in the lusting male heart, but the road to illicit pleasure is never an easy one...
Synopsis :
Mathieu is happily married. When his mother falls ill, he returns to his provincial hometown to be by her side. Alone and in a state of shock due to his mother's coma, he reencounters Maya, his childhood love. Time hasn't erased the chemistry between them, and the former lovers start seeing each other again...
Synopsis :
Mathieu Roussel is a writer who once wrote a bestselling novel. Since then, he's been lacking inspiration and writes unauthorized biographies under a pen name.. His new target is Léna Weber (Catherine Deneuve), once a famous world reporter and now a media icon, an anchorwoman on the leading French broadcaster. To reach out to her and to become her Personal Assistant, he uses his past relationship with her daughter, Maria Canalès (Géraldine Pailhas), a prima ballerina committed to her father's political engagement in Spain. While trying to pit mother and daughter against each other for his book, he secretly starts seeing Maria again. He has no other choice than to slowly bring these two women who lost touch two years ago back together. He will have no other choice than to eventually bring closer these two women who lost contact years ago. In doing so, he will also help Maria reveal a long-kept secret. All the way over in Brittany, 20 year-old Bruno who still lives with his parents, is not yet aware of all the consequences this story will have on his existence.
Ma première fois (Fr.)
First Love (Int.)
by Marie-Castille Mention Schaar
Released January 18, 2012 in FranceSynopsis :
Zachary is 20. Sarah, almost 18. The bad boy and the angel. Probably nothing could have got them together except something unpredictable : the magic between two human beings that fate has decided to « marry ». Zachary is a serial lover. Sarah never fell in love. She has built herself with her gaps, specially her father's absence. From her weaknesses, she has made herself a battlement. Only her stepfather, Richard, who raised her as a daughter, and her best friend, Pauline, really know Sarah. They are the warmth, the life force, the light on Sarah's shadows.
Zachary will disturb Sarah's certainties. Dark, mature, hunted by the violences his father inflicted on him as a child, he has grown too fast. He quickly assumed alone and wants to need nobody. Sarah is in her final year of boarding school. Zachary lands there with the last chance to pass an exam that means nothing to him : the
Bac. From january to june : six months between their school, Megève and Paris, will erase all the previous years. Six months, to realize that no one can do anything against love, great love,
true love. A love that will last forever.
Synopsis :
Carine Roitfeld is French, and the most renowned fashion editor on the planet along with her opposite number at American Vogue, Anna Wintour. During her 10 years as editor-in-chief at Vogue Paris she was noted for her successes and scandals (“porno chic” was her creation). Last year, she left Vogue Paris with the greatest challenge to date, to create a new fashion magazine: CR, the ultimate fashion magazine, the most unpredictable, glamorous and innovative. CR will be the anti-Vogue. It will be even more chic, more exclusive, more ambitious. Having been granted unprecedented access, the aim of this documentary is to follow the making of a magazine from the first editorial meeting through to the extravagant launch party in New York. The filmmaker’s take on this subject is not to be too edgy but instead amusing and upbeat. Fashion, drama, power, models all circle around this most iconic of fashion editors, the most Parisian, the Eiffel Tower in 12 cm heels: the irreverent Mademoiselle C.
Synopsis :
Lucas is 46 years old. A high-profile cop. The Marseilles' weapons trafficking boss.Maya is 25 years' old. She's a young narco cop in Paris.As it so often happens, weapons and drugs mingle.And Lucas and Maya will meet. Maybe not coincidentally.Flag, heists, informants... their investigations overlap.Their lives too.Because their story started long before they met...
Minuit à Paris (Fr.)
Midnight in Paris (Int.)
by Woody Allen
Romance
Released May 11, 2011 in FranceSynopsis :
This is a romantic comedy set in Paris about a family that goes there because of business, and two young people who are engaged to be married in the fall have experiences there that change their lives. It's about a young man's great love for a city, Paris, and the illusion people have that a life different from theirs would be much better. It stars Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Kathy Bates, and Carla Bruni among others.
Synopsis :
Victor is the editor-in-chief of a car magazine.
One day he visits a prison to speak about his work.
He meets Bruno, serving time for trafficking in stolen cars, who is a fan of his magazine. Bruno asks Victor to hire him. Victor agrees.
A bond of friendship forms between the two men.
My own love song (Fr.)
My own love song (Int.)
by Olivier Dahan
Road movie
Released April 07, 2010 in FranceSynopsis :
Jane and Joey couldn’t be any more different.
She’s a matter-of-fact, take charge kind of lady who never needs help from anyone, though she’s been paralyzed from the legs down after a bad car accident . He’s a lovable odd-ball who turns to angels and ghosts to get by day-to-day. Behind Jane’s tough exterior, though, hides a woman who’s also been emotionally paralyzed, incapable of confronting her former life as a singer and mother. Joey convinces Jane to embark on a cross-country road trip, where they stumble upon one
hilarious disaster after another. When Joey finds out her son invited his mother to his first communion after all these years, he refuses to let her continue hiding from life. The journey takes an unexpected turn, and its destination becomes a poignant reunion with her long-lost son, where she’s finally able to sing the love song she’s been writing in her head for years.
Synopsis :
26-year-old law student Farid has lived in France his whole life. When his father falls ill and sends him to Algeria to try to save the family home from demolition, Farid discovers a country in which he has never set foot, whose language he barely speaks – a country he neither understands nor cares for. In his father’s village however, he is gradually won over by a gallery of extraordinary characters whose humor and straightforwardness take him by surprise, then touch him deeply. Among them is his young cousin, a quickwitted wheeler-dealer who shares his name and who dreams of somehow making it to France.
Synopsis :
“If you want a Ned, I’ll give you a fucking
Ned!”
Glasgow, 1973. On the brink of adolescence, young John McGill’s about to start secondary school. He’s a bright boy, a sensitive boy, eager to learn, but the cards are stacked high against him. The McGill family’s dirt poor, his hated father’s a drunken bully. His teachers - punishing John for the ‘sins’ of his
older brother Benny - are down on him from the start. John’s on his own. And then there’s the gangs.
The Neds. Non Educated Delinquents. The bad boys with weapons and attitude: cheap drugs, glam rock, fumbling sex, the violence and the camaraderie of the streets. Local monsters. Local heroes. Benny’s fearsome reputation buys John protection, and then a way in. Scared, resentful, full of rage, John makes his decision. If no one else will give him a chance: fuck them!
John takes to the savage life of the streets with a vengeance. But as his rage and frustration spin him further and further out of control, he is left facing a blank wall. No future. With one extraordinary chance of redemption.
Synopsis :
John Lennon grew up in a family full of secrets. Raised by his aunt Mimi, he is suddenly reacquainted with his mother, Julia.
Their reconciliation catapults him toward finding out the truth behind the war that has raged between two very different sisters. Now coming of age, John must bring this war to an end. A fragile peace breaks out, marred by tragedy.
But his mother gives him one great gift-music. A wayward boy finds his voice.
Synopsis :
Marseille, February 2, 1994. Omar Raddad, a Moroccan gardener, is sentenced to 18 years for the murder of a wealthy widow for whom he was working. During the investigation, numerous elements seemed to indicate that the inspection has not been done properly. The alteration of the date of the victim's death,untaken fingerprints on the crime scene, the sudden suspicious incineration of the victim's body, the disappearance of witness that could have helped Omar.... However, all these elements combined were not enough in the eyes of a legal system revealed as self-satisfied, incapable of admitting its own errors, and to no small degree, racist. In 1994, a journalist convinced by Raddad's innocence, started to defend his case. Together they investigated one of the most shocking miscarriages of justice of the last 20 years. Their conclusion is that there are two justices, one for the powerful, one for the poor. The universal matter of social injustice, a symbol here in that case, but a reality that we can all face in every society and fight for.
Synopsis :
This is the story of a Parisian who is sick and thinks he may die. His condition makes him look at all the people he meets in a new and different way. Imagining his death suddenly gives new meaning to his life, to other peoples’ lives, and to the life of the whole city. Fruit and vegetable sellers, a woman who runs a bakery, a social worker, a dancer, an architect, a homeless person, a university professor, a model, an illegal immigrant from Cameroon... All these very different people come together in this city and in this film.
You might imagine there’s nothing special about them, but for every single one of them, their life is unique. You might believe their problems don’t matter, but to them, they are the most important things in the world.
Cédric Klapisch
Persécution (Fr.)
Persecution (Int.)
by Patrice Chéreau
Psychological drama
Released December 09, 2009 in FranceSynopsis :
A Stranger
Daniel, 35, is being pursued by a guy he doesn’t know. This stranger repeatedly breaks into his home. How did this man get into Daniel’s life ? Daniel himself can’t seem to remember. Then one day the guy plants himself before Daniel, looks him in the eye and declares, «You’re the love of my life.»
A Woman
Daniel lives alone but spends two or three nights a week with Sonia, the lover he simultaneously harasses and idealizes. He is uncompromising and emotionally dependent upon her.
She gives him all she can, which is not much, being a workaholic. Daniel nags at her, begging for more.
Synopsis :
The daily grind for the cops of the Child Protection Unit - taking in child molesters, busting underage pickpockets and chewing over relationship issues at lunch; interrogating abusive parents, taking statements from children, confronting the excesses of teen
sexuality, enjoying solidarity with colleagues and laughing uncontrollably at the most unthinkable moments. Knowing the worst exists and living with it. How do these cops balance their private lives and the reality they confront every working day? Fred, the group's hypersensitive wild card, is going to have a hard time facing the scrutiny of Melissa, a photographer on a Ministry of the Interior assignment to document the unit.
Synopsis :
Spring, 1958. 21-year-old Rose Pamphyle lives with her grouchy widower father who runs the village store. Engaged to the son of the local mechanic, she seems destined for the quiet, drudgery-filled life of a housewife. But that's not the life Rose longs for. When she travels to Lisieux in Normandy, where charismatic insurance agency boss Louis Echard is advertising for a secretary, the ensuing interview is a disaster. But Rose reveals a special gift – she can type at extraordinary speed.
Unwittingly, the young woman awakens the dormant sports fan in Louis. If she wants the job she'll have to compete in a speed typing competition. Whatever sacrifices Rose must make to reach the top, Louis declares himself her trainer. He'll turn her into the fastest girl not only in the country, but in the world!
But a love of sport doesn't always mix well with love itself…
Synopsis :
A French bourgeois province, 1977. Suzanne is the submissive, housebound wife of wealthy industrialist Robert Pujol, who oversees his umbrella factory with an iron fist and is equally
tyrannical with his children and ‘trophy housewife’.
When the workers go on strike and take Robert hostage, Suzanne steps in to manage the factory. To everyone’s surprise, she proves herself a competent and assertive woman of action.
But when Robert returns from a restful cruise in top form, things get complicated...
Pour elle (Fr.)
Anything For Her (Int.)
by Fred Cavayé
Thriller
Released December 03, 2008 in FranceSynopsis :
Lisa and Julian are leading a perfectly happy family life with their son Oscar. But one morning, their world falls apart. Policemen come to their apartment and arrest Lisa for murder. She is sentenced to 20 years. Convinced of her innocence, Julian is decided to fight.
How far would he go for love?
Synopsis :
The true story of Alain Marecaux and his wife, heartlessly crushed by one of the most important miscarriages of justice of our time, the Outreau case. Alain Marecaux and his wife were arrested in 2001 along with 12 other people for horrible acts of paedophilia they never committed. He will face the descent into hell with an incredibly unjust and inhuman judicial system.
Promets-moi (Fr.)
Promise me this (Int.)
by Emir Kusturica
Comedy
Released January 30, 2008 in FranceSynopsis :
Tsane lives with his grandfather and their cow, Cvetka, on a remote hilltop. Except for their neighbor, the teacher, they are the village’s only inhabitants.
One day, Tsane’s grandfather tells the young man that he is dying. He makes Tsane promise to go over the three hills into the nearest town and sell Cvetka at the market there. With the money, he must buy a religious icon, then anything he really wants, and finally he must find a wife to bring home.
In town, Tsane easily fulfills the first parts of his promise but how is he going to get home with a wife before his granddad dies? That’s when he meets Jasna, who’s late for school as usual...
Synopsis :
As sales execs for Global Energy, Steve Burke and Sue Thomason stop at nothing to ensure the landowners of a struggling small town lease them their land to exploit natural gas, in return for a potential financial windfall. However, this time they really feel the pressure as mounting opposition attracts the arrival of environmental consultant Dustin Noble, who comes to town to actively lead the campaign against them. But as Steve reconnects with his small town roots and finds himself competing with Dustin over school teacher Alice, he starts to question whether the ends do really justify the means.
Quand je serai petit (Fr.)
Twice upon a time (Int.)
by Jean-Paul Rouve
Dramatic
Released June 13, 2012 in FranceSynopsis :
Mathias, 40 years old, married to Ana, and father of a girl, offers to his wife a surprised weekend into the fjord. On the ferry, he meets a little boy who's part of a holiday camp, and who looks suspiciously like him, when he was young. The little boy has same name, the same food tastes, and goes in the same school than him. Mathias is overwhelmed and will investigate.
Synopsis :
In full professional and sentimental failure, Ben, who dreamed to be a comedian in New York is back in Paris. He meets Alex, anchorman of the Breakfast Club, the morning radiostar. Together with Cyril, a mid-life crisis 40 year old and Arnold, the charismatic leader of the group, they are rain or shine on Blast FM.
Soon, Ben is hired to write for them. As he just joined the team, a tidal wave hits the station. The show's rating is plumetting, and they will have to take a bus around France to meet and reconquer their audience. For these arogant Parisians, this radiophonic roadtrip will be a initiatory journey that shakes up their certainties.
Synopsis :
Côte d’Azur. 1915. In his twilight years, Auguste Renoir is tormented by the loss of his wife, the pains of arthritic old age and the terrible news that his son Jean has been wounded in action. But when a young girl miraculously enters his world, the old painter is filled with a new, wholly unexpected energy. Blazing with life, radiantly beautiful, Andrée will become his last model, and the wellspring of a remarkable rejuvenation.
Back at the family home to convalesce, Jean too falls under the spell of the new, redheaded star in the Renoir firmament. In their Mediterranean Eden - and in the face of his father's fierce opposition - he falls in love with this wild, untameable spirit... and as he does so, within weak-willed, battle-shaken Jean, a filmmaker begins to grow.
Sans arme ni haine ni violence (Fr.)
The Easy Way (Int.)
by Jean-Paul Rouve
Comedy
Released April 16, 2008 in FranceSynopsis :
After perfectly executing a major bank robbery in 1977, Albert Spaggiari (Rouve) escapes the judge’s office and flees to Latin America. Along the way, he meets Julia (Taglioni), a bombshell that falls head-over-heels for this zany fugitive in a disheveled disguise and follows him to the ends of the world. But all the swank and an ideal woman are not enough. Public recognition for his spectacular feat is all that matters, and he vies for the attention of journalists. One in particular, Vincent (Lellouche), turns out to be a cop in disguise at Spaggiari’s tail after some time. Rather than an infamous criminal, we discover through the eyes of Vincent an endearing, giving, happy-go-lucky fellow, but also a penniless, sick man fighting for his life. In this tragicomedy, Spaggiari captures our hearts with his view of a world full of silver-linings.
Sans laisser de traces (Fr.)
Immaculate (Int.)
by Grégoire Vigneron
Thriller
Released March 10, 2010 in FranceSynopsis :
Etienne is on the verge of taking over as head of a large industrial group specializing in household cleaning products. Married to the beautiful Clemence, he's a man with everything. If only Clemence could conceive... By chance he runs into Patrick, a long-lost childhood friend, they share a few drinks, and Etienne ends up confessing that he owes his success to a lie. Years earlier, he took credit for a formula devised by an obscure chemist named Michelet.
A formula which became the company's bestselling product. Patrick convinces his old friend to visit Michelet, to make amends. But things go horribly wrong and Patrick ends up killing the chemist.
Etienne's life becomes a nightmare. Harassed by Patrick, caught up in the police investigation, he falls under the spell of Fleur, Michelet's daughter, who contacts him in the hope of learning more about the misanthropic father she barely knew.
The noose tightens. Etienne tries to buy Patrick's silence, then to send him abroad. But Patrick is arrested and charged with Michelet's murder. Imprisoned, he blackmails Etienne: either he helps him escape, or Patrick will turn him in. Clemence, believing that Etienne's cheating on her with Fleur, leaves him. Just when she is pregnant at last. For Etienne there's only one desperate choice left...
Synopsis :
Yoo-bong, a traditional singer tormented by his lack of fame, teaches his daughter Song-hwa to sing and his stepson Dong-ho to play the traditional Korean drum. Together, the trio travels endlessly. One day, Dong-ho runs away, abandoning both music and the stepsister he secretly loves. Many years pass. Now grown, Dong-ho and Song-hwa both realize the longing they have always felt for each other. In a small tavern in Sunhak, the village where he left Song-hwa, Dong-ho learns that his love is now blind, and her father dead.
Spring Breakers (Fr.)
Spring Breakers (Int.)
by Harmony Korine
Drama
Released March 06, 2013 in FranceSynopsis :
Four sexy college girls plan to fund their spring break getaway by burglarizing a fast food shack. But that’s only the beginning... At a motel room rager, fun reaches its legal limit and the girls are arrested and taken to jail. Hungover and clad only in bikinis, the girls appear before a judge but are bailed out unexpectedly by Alien (James Franco), an infamous local thug who takes them under his wing and leads them on the wildest Spring Break trip in history. Rough on the outside but with a soft spot inside, Alien wins over the hearts of the young Spring Breakers, and leads them on a Spring Break they never could have imagined.
Synopsis :
Based on the successful and hilarious debut novel by Joe Dunthorne, SUBMARINE is the comic coming-of-age story of the 15 year-old Oliver Tate. In his head, he’s a cool, literary genius. In reality, he’s socially inept and unpopular. He has set himself two tasks for the summer – to lose his virginity (before it becomes legal) to Jordana, a pyromaniac bully; and to stop his mother leaving his father for her capoiera teacher….
Synopsis :
The story of a destiny. Suzanne’s and her family’s. The ties that bind them, keep them together, and the love she pursues… to the point of leaving everything behind.
Sweet Valentine (Fr.)
Sweet Valentine (Int.)
by Emma Luchini
Dramatic
Released June 02, 2010 in FranceSynopsis :
Sonia is a woman who's got too much to give. And what she has to give, more than anything, is herself. Her whole self. So she offers herself to nearly anyone. But, deep inside, she's waiting for someone. The one, the man she is going to give her life to. A life can be bothersome; sometimes people don't know what to do with it. So, as in every love story, it could have been anyone, but it happened to be him. Ivan. Except that far from being a prince charming, Ivan is a dark, ruined person, and he's the one Sonia is about to choose. But she may not be as innocent as she seems and the prince may be nothing but a prey...
Tellement proches (Fr.)
So Happy Together (Int.)
by Eric Toledano et Olivier Nakache
Comedy
Released June 17, 2009 in FranceSynopsis :
Ever heard your mother say, « be careful, honey, when you mary, you also marry the family ? ». When Alain maried Nathalie, he wasn’t quite aware of the extra bagage that came along in the hapy-ever-after equation: her family. Saturday night means diner at his brotherin-law’s, but Alain has reached his limit. He’s sick of his brother -in-law’s life advice, sick of his niece’s soporific pretentious prediner singing recitals, sick of watching an old weding video for the milionth time, and definitely sick of his sister-in-law, on the verge of a psychotic break-down due to her ticking clock. But he hasn’t sen the worst of it yet... until he realizes that perhaps there’s some afection beneath the insufferable hysteria - one might even say love.
The American (Fr.)
The American (Int.)
by Anton Corbijn
Thriller
Released October 27, 2010 in FranceSynopsis :
Jack is an artful assassin with a lengthy track record, constantly on the move and always watching his back. When an assignment goes wrong and a lover ends up dead, he vows that the next job will be his last.
This final obligation takes him to a picturesque town nestled amongst lush Italian hills, its historical piazzas bursting with life. But to Jack, every location is a trap and every person a potential threat. Still, he surprises himself, enjoying confessional conversations over Armagnac with an insightful priest and slipping into an affair with a local beauty.
But by letting his guard down, Jack may be tempting fate. A dangerous shadow-dweller shows every sign of closing in, and the mysterious woman who has hired him maynot be all that she seems. As an increasingly wary Jack contemplates life, love and death in Italy, the film escalates into a climactic showdown through the cobbled maze of age-old alleyways.
Synopsis :
A comedy centered on a man who is driven insane by the appearance of his doppleganger.
The Eye (Fr.)
The Eye (Int.)
by Xavier Palud et David Moreau
Horror
Released April 09, 2008 in FranceSynopsis :
The violinist Sydney Wells has been accidentally blinded by her sister Helen since she was five years old. She submits to a surgery of cornea transplantation, and while recovering from the operation, she realizes that she is seeing dead people. With the support of Dr. Paul Faulkner, Sidney finds who the donor of her eyes was and they travel to Los Llanos in Mexico to resolve the mystery of her visions.
The killer inside me (Fr.)
The killer inside me (Int.)
by Michael Winterbottom
Thriller
Released August 11, 2010 in FranceSynopsis :
Lou has a bunch of problems. Woman problems. Law enforcement problems. An ever-growing pile of murder victims in his West Texas jurisdiction. And
the fact he’s a sadist, a psychopath, a killer. Suspicion begins to fall on Lou, and it’s only a matter of time before he runs out of alibis. But in Thompson’s savage, bleak, blacker than noir universe nothing is ever what it seems, and it
turns out that the investigators pursuing him might have a secret of their own.
The we and the I (Fr.)
The we and the I (Int.)
by Michel Gondry
Dramatic
Released September 12, 2012 in FranceSynopsis :
The We and the I is the heartfelt and comical story of the final bus ride home for a group of young high school students and graduates. As kids depart the bus for the last time, we get to learn about these graduates as they step into the world – their love, their conflicts, their despair and their hope.
The Wrestler (Fr.)
The Wrestler (Int.)
by Darren Aronofsky
Drama
Released February 18, 2009 in FranceSynopsis :
A once hugely successful professional wrestler in the late 80's, Randy “The Ram” Robinson now ekes out a living performing for diehard wrestling fans in high school gyms and community centers around New Jersey. Estranged from his daughter, unable to sustain any real relationships, Randy lives for the thrill of the show, the adrenalin rush of combat and the adoration of his remaining fans.
But, when he suffers a heart attack in the middle of a bout, Randy’s doctor tells him he needs to lay off the steroids and stop wrestling. For good.
Forced out of show business, Randy begins to evaluate the state of his life. He tries to reconnect with his daughter and strikes up a wary romance with an aging stripper, Pam. For a while, things work out.
To Rome with Love (Fr.)
To Rome with Love (Int.)
by Woody Allen
Comedy
Released July 04, 2012 in FranceSynopsis :
To Rome with Love is a story about a number of people in Italy, some American, some Italian, some residents, some visitors, and the romances and adventures and predicaments they get into.
Toi, Moi, les autres (Fr.)
Leila (Int.)
by Audrey Estrougo
Musical
Released February 23, 2011 in FranceSynopsis :
Gab, a young slacker from a wealthy Parisian family, falls passionately for Leila, a beautiful French Arab law student deeply engaged in the struggle of illegal immigrants. Their love grows, despite all opposition from the society that will do everything in its power to keep them apart...
Totally Spies, le film (Fr.)
Totally Spies (Int.)
by Pascal Jardin
Animation
Released July 22, 2009 in FranceSynopsis :
When Sam, Clover and Alex, three clueless Beverly Hills teens, are recruited to become international spies for WOOHP - The World Organization Of Human Protection - they are totally shocked ! After some way serious training, the girls are sent on their first assignment by Jerry, their new mentor. Juggling between their regular, high-school girl lives and their new secret identities, the Spies ultimately uncover Fabu a failed male model and inventor of the « Fabulizer », who is behind the abductions. His plan ? To create a utopia of fabulous-looking people on his space station, then blow up Earth and those who don’t appreciate his vision ! With some clever thinking and girly gadgets, will the girls be able to save Beverly Hills and the world ?
Toutes nos envies (Fr.)
All Our Desires (Int.)
by Philippe Lioret
Drama
Released November 09, 2011 in FranceSynopsis :
The encounter between Claire, a young magistrate at the law court in Lyon, and Stéphane, an experienced, disillusioned magistrate who she involves in her fight against over-indebtedness. Something happens between them: a fusion of revolt and emotions, and above all the urgent need to live it to the full.
Twelve years a slave (Fr.)
Twelve years a slave (Int.)
by Steve McQueen
Drama
Released January 01, 2014 in FranceSynopsis :
A man living in New York during the mid-1800s is kidnapped and sold into slavery in the deep south.
Twenty Feet From Stardom (Fr.)
Twenty Feet From Stardom (Int.)
by Morgan Neville
Documentary
Released November 04, 2013 in FranceSynopsis :
TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM, is the untold story of backup singers in popular music. It is a celebration of the voices from the edge, which brought shape and style to the soundtracks of our lives.
This film follows half a dozen diverse and gifted backup singers from throughout music history, each of who has a story to tell of life in the shadows of superstardom. They represent a range of styles, come from all eras of popular music, but each singer belongs to the first family of American voice. Now is their turn for the spotlight.
Synopsis :
December 31, 1990. The UN gives Iraq an ultimatum, and its expiration date is approaching in fifteen days. Tensions run high in Jerusalem as Saddam Hussein threatens to launch Scuds charged with chemical and biological weapons. Talks of a third world war fly rampant amongst Western journalists. Amidst all the hopelessness we enter a more private world of a struggling young couple and their eccentric but endearing friends. Louisa is a 23-year-old French-Italian student specializing in ancient history at the University of Jerusalem. Her boyfriend Nathanael is a French painter, always at odds with himself. Their relationship is as violent and complex as the world around them. How do you live when your life is hanging by a thread ? How do you spend your days and nights knowing that the apocalypse might hit at any moment ?
Un homme très recherché (Fr.)
A most wanted man (Int.)
by Anton Corbijn
Thriller
Released January 02, 2014 in FranceSynopsis :
A Most Wanted Man takes place in present day Hamburg, Germany where a mysterious, tortured and near-dead half-Chechen, half-Russian man on the run arrives in the city’s Islamic community desperate for help and looking to recover his late Russian father’s ill-gotten fortune. Nothing about this young man seems to add up; is he a victim or a thief or, worse still, an extremist intent on destruction? Drawn into this web of intrigue is a private British banker and a young female lawyer determined to defend the defenseless. All the while, they are being watched by the brilliant, roguish chief of a covert German spy unit, who fights to put the pieces together as the clock ticks.
Un jour, peut-être (Fr.)
Definitely, Maybe (Int.)
by Adam Brooks
Romance
Released June 25, 2008 in FranceSynopsis :
Will, a 30-something Manhattan dad is in the midst of a divorce when his 10-year-old-daughter, Maya, starts to question him about his life before marriage. Maya wants to know absolutely everything about how her parents met and fell in love. For her, Will recounts the history of his romantic relationships with three very different women. He hopelessly attempts a gentler version of his story for his daughter and changes the names so Maya has to guess who is the woman her father finally married. Is her mother Will’s college sweetheart, Emily? Is she his longtime best friend and confidante, April? Or is she the free-spirited but ambitious journalist Summer? As Maya puts together the pieces of her dad’s mystery love story, she begins to understand that love is not so simple or easy. And as Will tells her his tale, Maya helps him to understand that
it’s definitely never too late to go back...and maybe even possible to find a happy ending.
Synopsis :
Noé, a ten years-old boy and his father Marc move into a new house, in a new city.
Apparently in constant danger, Marc coaches his son through a very tough fighting training and does not hesitate to test his son by faking agressions, as they must be able to face any attack.
With the secret about his life close-kept, Noé tries to make friends in his new school, and bounds with Marine, a joyful young girl. It helps him discover what the world looks like without the filter of
his father’s vision...
The friendship with Marine will thicken an already complicated relationship: they are best friends, but his father is very secretive, which leads to permanent conflict.
Une affaire d'état (Fr.)
State's Spheres (Int.)
by Eric Valette
Political Thriller
Released November 25, 2009 in FranceSynopsis :
French military officers have been taken hostage by Congolese rebels. The ransom : weapons. Victor Bornand, a «fixer» friend of the President ’s, handles the negotiation with the help of his right -hand-man Michel Fernandez. In comes Nora, a feisty rookie police officer investigating the murder
of a prostitute. She’s clearly in over her head as suspicious top-secret government arrangements begin to surface. The stakes are upped as she gets dangerously close to Fernandez and realizes that law enforcement does not always mean protecting the interest of the state...
Une Vie Meilleure (Fr.)
A Better Life (Int.)
by Cédric Kahn
Drama
Released January 04, 2012 in FranceSynopsis :
Yann, a cook, and Nadia, a waitress and mother of 9-year-old boy, decide to risk everything on the purchase of a restaurant.
With plenty of talent, energy, love and dreams, but no finance of their own, they find themselves pushed into a jungle of financing and bank loans that quickly overwhelms them.
To bail them out, Nadia has to take a job in Canada, while Yann is forced to stay behind to save the restaurant. Together, he and the boy confront a relentless avalanche of creditors, an uncaring system and the daily grind from which there is no respite… until Yann finally understands that his only chance of salvation lies in joining his lover – as well as reuniting mother and child – and following Nadia to Canada and a better life.
Synopsis :
Bilal, a young 17 year old Kurdish boy, has travelled through Middle East and Europe to join his girlfriend, freshly immigrated to England. But his journey comes to an abrupt end when he is stopped on the French side of the Channel.
Having decided to swim across, Bilal goes to the local swimming pool to train. There he meets Simon, a swimming instructor in the midst of a divorce. To impress his wife and win back her heart, Simon decides to risk everything by taking Bilal under his wing.
Synopsis :
Boris once had a picture-perfect life. A world renowned physicist teaching String Theory at Columbia, he was married to Jessica, a brilliant and beautiful rich woman, and lived in an opulent uptown apartment. But Boris’s god fortune didn’t alleviate his perpetual feelings of despair, and one night, in the midst of an argument with Jessica, he leapt out the window. To his great disappointment,
he landed on a canopy and survived. Afterwards, he divorced Jessica and moved downtown. One night, Boris is about to enter his apartment, when he is approached by a young runaway, Melodie St. Ann Celestine, who begs to be let into his apartment. Seeing that she is hungry and cold, he reluctantly agrees. Melodie turns out to be dewy-eyed innocent from Mississippi, who takes every sarcastic comment Boris makes completely literally. Boris helpfully tells her she is a brainless twit too fragile to survive in New York, but he allows her to stay for a « few nights ». But as time passes, Melodie makes herself at home, and shows no intention of moving out...
Wolf Totem (Fr.)
Wolf Totem (Int.)
by Jean-Jacques Annaud
Adventures
Released January 01, 2015 in FranceSynopsis :
1969. Chen Zhen, a young student from Peking, is sent to Inner Mongolia to teach a nomadic tribe of shepherds. But it is Chen who has much to learn – about existence in this endless, harsh and breathtakingly beautiful wilderness, about community, freedom and responsibility, and about the most feared and revered creature of the steppes – the wolf. Seduced by the complex and nearmystical bond between these sacred creatures and the herdsmen, fascinated by their cunning, their strength, their ferocious beauty, he captures a cub and tries to tame it. But the growing relationship between man and animal – as well as the tribe’s ancient way of life, and the land itself – is threatened when a central government officer decides to eliminate all wolves from the region, whatever the cost.






















































































































