Cinema
Cinema in all its forms: comedy, drama, thriller, action, adventure, horror, science fiction, fantasy...
To buy a gaming console, two teenagers have an idea to launch an online fundraiser and claim that they are collecting money for cancer treatment for one of them. Cut off from the world in a small isolated village, they are convinced that this lie will never catch up with them.
In a fictional South American country in 1907, after the death of her father, an Irish terrorist, Maria joins a travelling music-hall show which offers her a place as a Parisian duettist. Her partner has the same first name as her. Together, they find themselves embroiled in a peasants' revolt.
Jan, a provocative artist with varying degrees of success, finds himself on the brink of the precipice with his daughter Marie, an occasional stripper. She blames him for being an absent father and threatens to jump. He decides to tell her stories to keep her attention and stop her from taking the plunge.
Paris, 1963. It's back to school for 13-year-old Anne and her sister Frédérique, who is 15. In their all-girls secondary school, the teaching method remains very strict. In spite of the rules, Frédérique is interested in boys and politics. Anne, for the moment, lives in her sister's shadow.
1996, Timgad in Algeria, twelve babies are born on the same night. Twelve years later, Mokhtar, their teacher, dreams of forming a football team with them, the Juventus of Timgad. Jamel, archaeologist and former footballer, who is back in the country to carry out excavations, is going to help out.
The 1920s, during the Prohibition. Cornélius, a rum trafficker flees to Mexico to escape the American coastguards. It is here that he discovers Linda Larue, the film-star of the moment. Spellbound, madly in love, he sails to and fro in order to admire her films. One day, their paths cross...
Aziz runs a clothing factory with fifty employees that he terrorises. The day that his wife discovers that he can also be a gentleman when he needs to convince a foreign customer, she decides to curse him. Aziz becomes a feminist in spite of himself; his life becomes hell...
The 1970s. Fugain has just found a body. For Superintendent Buron, charged with taking his statement, Fugain is the prime suspect. The questioning lasts all night, becoming an interminable head-to-head, bordering on the absurd... But what if it was just a joke? All Fugain wants to do is go home.
North of France in the 15th century. Colinot Trousse-Chemise, a handsome young farmer who is not very sharp, falls in love with Bergamotte. Unfortunately, she is kidnapped by three bandits on the evening of their engagement. Colinot sets off on a chase after them and launches a search full of surprises and encounters.
Valentin, a charming if rather melancholy young man, is torn between his insatiable girlfriend, three rather flirty young women on the fifth floor and an overly demonstrative caretaker. But when he invited all his neighbours to his housewarming party, he never imagined it would trigger an uncontrollable spiral of violence!
The king promised his dying queen he would only marry again to a woman even more beautiful than her. But the only person in the kingdom to surpass the queen's beauty is his own daughter. To avoid an unthinkable marriage, the princess asks her godmother, the Lilac Fairy, for advice.
Pauline, separated, tries to balance motherhood and work as a landscape designer. Her life becomes even more complicated when her mother announces she's moving abroad and won't be able to help any more. So when she's finally given a major project to manage, a total burnout is on the horizon...
As teenagers, Blandine and Magalie were inseparable. When they meet again, several years later, they decide to finally take the trip they'd always dreamed of: to Greece! The only problem is that the two former friends now have very different approaches to life... and holidays!
Adrien witnesses the kidnapping of Agnès, his fiancée. This follows the disappearance of an Amazon statuette and the ethnologist who brought it over from Brazil-who also happens to be Agnès' tutor. Setting off in pursuit of the kidnappers, Adrien secretly boards a plane heading for... Rio de Janeiro.
Alice, an independent prostitute, finds her clients unbearable and hopes therapy will give her the strength to change. Xavier, psychoanalyst, living alone after his wife leaves him and bored by his patients, calls on the services of a professional in an attempt to overcome his loneliness. Alice and Xavier meet...
Jackson, a ventriloquist, has been sentenced to twenty years for a murder he didn't commit. He manages to escape and sets off in search of the witnesses who lied when giving evidence against him at his trial. From one lead to another, he follows the trail to someone called Simon...
Just as Julie thought she'd obtained a permanent contract with a luxury shoe manufacturer, a redundancy scheme wrecks her dream. Which should she choose, between keeping a low profile or fighting alongside the other workers... Soon, Samy, a lorry driver who's as wily as he is charming, joins the struggle.
A couple of pensioners, a few punks and imposter golfers, an umbrella salesman and a sado-maso mistress, the story of a kite, a funeral, adultery, games of Scrabble and drawing lessons, sports cars and licence-free cars... An everyday tale of seaside holidays in a little town on the Atlantic coast...
Aged 75 Germain, a contemplative home-body, finds himself widowed and having to cope with his children's somewhat invasive concern about him. Determined to keep a promise made to his wife years earlier, he has to take part in a contemporary dance creation, but without letting the family know.
Without knowing it, Johnny, a young rock musician, finds himself involved with a drugs gang. Realising he was being manipulated, he threw the drugs into the Seine and took refuge in the Camargue with his family and his fiancée, Gigi. Meanwhile, the dealers are hot on their heels..
Brigitte, madly in love with her politician father's principle private secretary, is so successful in compromising him that he has no choice but to marry her, and in record time! But faced with her husband's indifference, the young woman decides she needs to make him jealous...
Agnès, a general's daughter, provokes her father's ire after publishing a satirical book that stirred up a scandal. She runs away to Paris where she meets Daniel Roy, a journalist. To earn some money, Agnès takes part, masked, in a striptease competition. Watching, Daniel, falls under her charm...
All three homeless and sleeping rough in the Bois de Vincennes, Brindille, Casquette and La Flèche see their situation change radically when they win the lottery. But they need to be able to cash the cheque because with no address, ID or bank account, they won't get the money!
Jérémie, an unassuming employee, strangles women on their own, using an ibis-embroidered scarf. Zizi, newspaper seller, tells all his customers that he's the murderer. Meanwhile, Raymond, an inveterate drunkard, tries to persuade his wife Evelyne to help him pay off a large gambling debt.
Having opened a campsite and reviving the economic life of his village, the naturist Walter accompanies his MP to the National Assembly to receive a medal. But discovering the honour has been bought, he loses control, raging through the building and creating a scandal. A scandal that suits certain people...
Marsoux, Wallonia. On his release from prison, Yvan joins Nathalie, the woman of his dreams. Together they have a baby. That's when Yvan decides he has to become a better person. And to help in this ambitious challenge, he'll need all the support of his family, the Berthelet clan.
Henry, psychoanalyst in New-York, offers to swap his luxury apartment for a Parisian pied-à-terre, for six weeks. And that was how a finicky withdrawn man suddenly finds himself in the midst of the vibrant working class district of Belleville, surrounded by the joyful chaos created by the exuberant Béatrice!
Frédérique has managed to obtain a firm financial commitment for her film on excision. But at the last minute the bank withdraws its funding. Instead, the manager suggests that she should become one of his many mistresses. The young woman decides it's time to teach him a lesson...
With the help of his Chinese watchmaker friend, the ambitious mayor of Delémont hosts the Miss China semi-finals in Switzerland. This highly publicized event's goal is to boost their popularity, but the struggles of these beautiful Chinese women in the Jura Mountains trigger a lot of personal and political tension.
Italy, 1956. On the picturesque island of Amatrello, custom has it that the fathers decide on their daughters' first date, according to the presents they receive. In love with Elena, Marcello thinks he's found the perfect gift for her father: the neighbour's cockerel that wakes him up every morning!
France, October 1918. Sent to Marville to disarm a German bomb that's about to explode. The British soldier Charles Plumpick discovers a town deserted by its population, except for those living in the local asylum. Heedless of the danger that threatens them, they turn the town into a vast playground!
Reims, 1969. Paul Coutard, sports journalist and serial womanizer, provokes his editor into organising a women's football match. He is unexpectedly helped by Emmanuelle, the personal assistant, his best enemy in the office. Together they will go down in history by creating the first ever women's football team!
A group of Italian supporters arrive in Paris to watch a football match. They have twenty-four hours to kill. Full of illusions, they each go their separate ways, ready for fun in the city of every fantasy. Only Franco escapes deception, falling in love as soon as he arrives...
On his return from Tajikistan, Paul is arrested on the French border. It transpires that his homonym made a trip to the URSS in 1980. Plunged into his past, he remembers his childhood in Roubaix, his family, the blossoming of his passion for anthropology, and Esther, his first love.
Eva, twenty-something, lands a job as a chambermaid in a prestigious Parisian hotel. Her colleagues are a close-knit team of strong characters. She also discovers the reality of this world where the client is king. When a social movement begins to take root, each employee has a choice to make.
Two powerful men are at war and are settling their scores through the gunfire of stock options, financial plots and takeovers. Léonard is the son of one of these businessmen and wants to prove his abilities. We also meet an heir, two kings, a chamberlain, a madman and a commoner.
Natacha, a single mother, is having trouble making ends meet. Walid, a migrant from Iraq, is also struggling to survive. He is trying to save enough money to pay for his passage to England. Exhausted but desperate for hope, they join forces to launch an amateurish channel of clandestine passengers.
When invited to his cousin Irwin Moyneux's house Archibald Soper, Bishop of Bedford, rigorously denounces the novels of successful author Félix Chapel. He doesn't know that in reality behind the pseudonym hides... his host! Intrigued by the absence of Margaret, Irwin's wife, he deduces that she has been assassinated.
At the Vienna Conservatory, Sophie and Elisa are in love with their singing teacher, famous tenor, Eric Walter. He is deeply in love with his wife Marie, a great opera singer, but she is currently putting her career first. Awaiting her return, Eric finds comfort in the two young women...
Approached by Quebec's prime minister in the hope of bringing a younger look to his government, Arlette Saint-Amour, fashion magazine editor, is appointed minister of culture. Through her audacity and impeccable image management, she tries to make a place for herself in the world of politics.
To avoid an arranged marriage to a wealthy heiress, organised by his aunt, a young man of good family passes Chérie, a night club hostess, off as a rich aristocrat. Persuaded that he's found the ideal partner, and having fallen totally under Chérie's charm, the family agrees to the marriage...
Maja, member of the Landes maritime police force, is reluctantly nearing retirement. But the disappearance of a holidaymaker has the entire coast on alert: a shark has been seen in the bay! Helped by her young colleagues Eugénie and Blaise, Maja seizes the opportunity for one last case.
Marie-Line, energetic and cheerful, leads a precarious life in Le Havre and cares for her depressive father. After a row with her boyfriend, she ends up having to pay damages and interest, and loses her job. Not having a driving licence, the judge invites her to become his chauffeur.
At 18, Lina, arrives in Paris to study. But she's also in search of something else, something she'd never found in Lebanon, her native country: a taste of freedom. Armed only with her instinct for survival, she discovers a very different Paris each time she falls in love...
Out of love for his daughter and in the hope of being forgiven for his little lies, Christian, a wheeler-dealing salesman, takes part in the Summer Triathlon, a popular televised competition. When he meets Christine, a pregnant single mother, a new life finally seems possible. But reality soon catches up...
Émile, a retired widow, spends his free time fishing or with his mates from the local bar whilst his friend Edmond enjoys a chaotic but very discrete love life with innumerable different partners. When he dies suddenly, Émile is plunged into an existential crisis that revives his fantasies and desires...
Three elderly sisters meet up every Sunday. And as it's Epiphany they have a busy schedule ahead: meal at a Chinese restaurant, sharing the Epiphany cake, and then, with great reluctance, attending the show put on by their extravagant and scandalous fourth sister, member of a senior citizens' comedy troupe...
Within the walls of the Family Planning offices, women listen to other women grapple with the freedom to love. Women of all ages and all backgrounds, who can finally confide without fear. To at last be able to talk freely, see their desires more clearly, and make the right choices.
A garrison town in 1913. A charming lieutenant bets that he will be able to seduce Marie-Louise Rivière, a Parisian who recently opened a milliner's shop. Engaged to a wealthy bourgeois, she brushes off Armand's attempts to court her. A reaction that ensures he falls seriously in love with her...
Violent with his wife Cathy, Dominique leaves and takes their children, Clarisse and Ferdinand, with him. Finding refuge in an upmarket hotel on the other side of the border, he tries to create an illusory world to win back their hearts. And yet they both already love him, unconditionally...
Unemployed and penniless, Alexandre is financially dependent on Marie, his mistress. One day he meets a young nurse, Veronika, who rapidly becomes his lover, but without his leaving Marie. The two women accept the situation at first, but gradually things become increasingly complicated...
Up until today, Simon Polaris, a well-known novelist, married, two children, has been the perfect example of a happy man. But when he hides a revolver, sets fire to his office chair, visits his wife's lover and even robs his psychotherapist, it's a fair bet that something's wrong with Simon...
Paul Théraneau, the mayor of Lyon, is in a sticky situation. After 30 years in politics, for the first time in his life he's run out of ideas! As a solution, he hires a young and brilliant philosopher, Alice Heimann. Their discussions see their respective certainties severely challenged...
Two friends, Pierre and Paul, join forces to write a screenplay based on real events: the story of a young worker, Rosemonde, accused of attempting to murder her uncle, before finally being acquitted for lack of evidence. Paul, something of a dreamer, imagines the character. Pierre, anchored in reality, investigates.
1940. Jews, communists and other opponents of the Nazi regime are interned in the Les Milles camp near Aix-en-Provence. Amongst them are many who fled Hitler's Germany back in 1933. But as France has just signed the armistice, Major Perrochon can't bring himself to hand them over to the Nazis...
The young Nianankoro will receive the ancestral knowledge of the Bambara, enabling him to master the forces around him. But his father does not accept him as an equal. Nianankoro must flee his wrath and embark on a journey of initiation to gain his new powers, before the inevitable confrontation with his father...
Chouf means "look" in Arabic. It also refers to the lookouts for the Marseille drug gangs. When his brother, a local gangster, is killed, Sofiane joins the "business" in his district to try and find the killers. He abandons his family and studies, quickly working his way up.
Rose leaves the Ivory Coast for France with her two sons, Jean and Ernest. The single mother gets a job as a chambermaid and struggles every day to keep her family afloat. As teenagers and then young adults, Jean and Ernest are confronted by the difficulties of integration.
1968. Robert, graduated from École Normale Supérieur and extreme left militant, is hired by Citroën as assembly line worker to revive the revolutionary fire. When the company requires workers to work three hours overtime per week for no pay, Robert and some others see the opportunity for a social movement.
In a youth centre, when a tragic event provokes an altercation between educators and teenage girls, Lora, the director, has to defend her way of working. She is faced with a rigid board of directors, young women whose trust has been shaken and rules that are showing their limits.
Inès is bringing up her teenage son alone and is threatened with eviction. In search of a steady job, she is hired at Anti-squat, which houses people in unoccupied offices to keep squatters away. Her role is to recruit residents, keep an eye on them and enforce strict rules.
Sixteen-year-old Camille is pregnant. A youth court judge removes her from her toxic family and places her in a youth centre. She finds herself under the authority of Nadine and meets Alison, another resident. In this healthier environment, she is able to think about the future of her pregnancy.
By chance, Roland Cassard, a disillusioned young man, meets childhood sweetheart Cécile in Nantes. Cécile has become Lola, a cabaret dancer popular with visiting sailors. Roland still loves her. But Lola is waiting for Michel, her great love and father of her child, who's been gone for seven years...
Madagascar, today. Kwame tries to earn a living in the clandestine sapphire mines. But he is forced to return to his hometown. Confronted with the corruption plaguing his country, he has to choose between easy money and brotherhood, individualism and awakening of a political conscience.
On the way to join her future husband, Sira and her family are attacked by terrorists in the desert. Raped and left for dead, she finds herself alone having to rely on her survival instinct. Between grief and desire for revenge, Sira does everything to thwart the attackers' plans.
2013. 15 year-old Olga, a gymnast preparing for the European Championships, has to leave Ukraine in a hurry when her mother, a political journalist, receives a death threat. But as she tries to settle in Switzerland, her father's country, the Maidan Uprising erupts in Kiev, involving others close to her...
Paris, 1933. 18 year-old Violette lives in a tiny flat, between an overly-controlling father and a mother dreaming of social success for her. But she manages to escape by living a double life. Until, pretending to try to cure them of a hereditary disease, she decides to poison her parents.
Marie Prieur, a young doctor, takes up a post on Ouessant Island. Quickly adopted by the inhabitants, she becomes friends with the school teacher. When she falls in love with a young engineer, André Lorenzi, he quickly makes it clear that she must choose between marriage and her profession.
Victoire Du Sault, a bold and visionary shoemaker, founded the company that made the fortune of the Dufresne family. But to achieve the success she sought, she had to abandon her first great love. A secret that, whatever happened, she needed to keep secret from her husband.
Franck, a fireman in Paris, is happy. He loves his job, his wife has just given birth to twins... But soon, his life turns upside-down. Severely burned during a difficult operation whilst trying to save his men, his face melted in the flames. He now begins a long, slow reconstruction...
After abandoning her career as a playwright to follow her husband to Switzerland, Lisa is distraught when her twin brother falls seriously ill. She moves heaven and earth to return to the stage, reconnecting with her Berlin roots and her dreams. A transfiguration that takes her marriage to the brink...
Margaux, 15 years old, is spending her holidays with her father and his new partner. During an internship at a home for children in difficulty, she befriends Juliette, 7 years old, and Joel, a thirty-something fisherman returning from Indonesia. A meeting that will upend her summer...
The scene is Mostaganem, on the Algerian coast. This is the story of a group preparing to illegally cross the Mediterranean to try and reach Spain, which they see as an open door to the European Eldorado. Hassan, a people smuggler, sets about training ten "illegals" from southern Algeria.
Given the omerta on the subject of the algal blooms around Brittany's coasts, the journalist Inès Léraud decides to investigate. By meeting scientists, farmers and politicians, she's finally able to expose the pitiless system imposed by the agri-food industry and its interests, which couldn't care less about people and environment.
Much the worse for drink, two brothers set fire to the family farm, inadvertently causing the death of a tramp hiding there. The elder shoulders the blame, protecting his younger brother. Ten years later, Roland leaves prison and returns to see Gérard who immediately thinks Roland is out for revenge...
Ever since childhood, Mounir has lived with Dr. Pinget, who provides him with a materially comfortable life. When the young man decides to marry Murielle and have children, the couple's dependence on the doctor becomes overwhelming. Murielle finds herself locked into a suffocating environment...
A small village in summertime. The heatwave threatens the harvests and people are irritable. The villagers are concerned about the arrival of Josef, a simple-minded and violent young man. His strange behaviour sees him accused of everything from theft to harassment. Emotions are soon running high over this worrying scapegoat.
Algiers, the 1990s. Nedjma, passionate about fashion design, defies the repression of the time by selling her designs in nightclubs. The constraint of the hijab weighs heavily on women. Devastated by her journalist sister's murder, Nedjma decides to break the rules and organise a catwalk show on the university campus...
They come from anywhere, everywhere, but now share one thing in common: the Foreign Legion, their new family. The film recounts their stories. Of the women fighting to keep their love alive, of the men fighting for France and of the couples who build a relationship in hostile territory...
Lebanon, 2008. Two documentary film-makers invite the French star Catherine Deneuve and their favourite actor Rabih Mroué to travel together through the regions affected by the 2006 war. Through their presence, they hope to once again capture the beauty their own eyes are no longer able to discern...
Adja, age 18, is trying to find her way in life, between an influencer best friend and footballer older brother. She soon discovers a camp established by a group of activists trying to stop a new shopping centre being built nearby. Alongside the ecologists, she finds herself taking unimaginable risks.
An accident at a nearby nuclear power station, leaves Victor locked-down in a farm with his former friends from the village. With a thunderstorm threatening, they try to track the passage of the radioactive cloud, whereas they should already have evacuated the area. In twenty-four hours, all their certainties evaporate...
Zahira, an eighteen year-old Belgian-Pakistani, is very close to her family, until they day they try to impose a traditional marriage. Torn between her parents' demands and her own desire for freedom, the young girl relies on the help of her older brother and confident, Amir.
Switzerland, 1900. Just as she's about to pronounce her vows, 17 year-old Élisabeth, learns that her older sister has died suddenly. Élisabeth has no choice; she must leave the convent and return to the family farm. But the young woman rapidly becomes obsessed by the mysteries surrounding her sister's disappearance...
In a provincial town, Michel Dolannes is fed up with seeing his articles constantly censured and decides to launch his own newspaper. Published weekly, the aim of "Cosmopolite" is to reveal the scandals mainstream media takes such great care to conceal. But attacking the powers-that-be brings its own consequences...
During a report on Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Marie meets Tom, a young boy who seems to know the philosopher without realising it. Intrigued, she passes the pictures onto Auguste, a specialist, and organises a meeting between them. Young Tom will shake the solitary professor's beliefs.
In a polygamous Muslim family, Aladji takes a fourth wife, Sakina. Welcomed by Aissatou and Nafissa, his first and third wives, Djaili is jealous and keeps her distance. When Sakina finds it difficult remaining without news of her husband, Aissatou decides it's time to explain the principle of "walaandé".
High summer on a campsite in Tuscany. Whilst his parents try to save their marriage, 12 year-old Nic proves incapable of controlling his sometimes violent reactions, just like his father. He's been accepted by a group of other children, but has difficulty in expressing his feeling for the pretty Marie...
Cameroon. Recently, 40 year-old Franck has begun to find the behaviour of his father, Bayo, strange and irrational. The diagnosis is unforgiving: it's Alzheimer's disease. Franck employs a carer, Rachel, to keep an eye on him but the 20 year-old woman herself suffers from a serious kidney disorder...
France in the early 1980s. In a small provincial town, Philippe lives in the shadow of his brother Jérôme. Their world is dominated by pirate radio in their father's garage and the looming threat of military service. However, they are unaware that this world is soon about to change forever.
A Mediterranean cruise. Amongst the passengers: a former war criminal, a French philosopher, an American singer, a Palestinian ambassador... A night in Europe. Two children demand that their parents give them a serious explanation of liberty, equality, fraternity. Finally, a visit to six sites of real/false legends.
In Jean-Luc Godard's final film he takes editing to the level of a major art in its own right. Extracts from films, photos, pictures or drawings: each sequence following the last at breakneck speed. A tidal wave of images evoking the violence of the constant streams on our screens today.
The president of the Republic of Zogbeland wants to stand down in favour of his vice-president. The next day, his suicide is announced. His son Michel, returning to his homeland to investigate this suspicious death, has to confront his mother, the formidable and ambitious first lady, already imagining herself president...
Iris and Peter von Roten embody one of the most emblematic Swiss couples. He is a Catholic intellectual from Valais, she a protestant feminist from Zurich. Through the 1940s and 1950s, they fought for gender equality and votes for women, against the conservative dogmas of the time.
One day. One family. Three people, three times, three journeys. At dawn Serge thinks he's committed a crime. At midday, Pietra discovers her betrayal. At one o'clock, Vlad experiences his first childhood heartbreak. All day, Serge, Pietra and Vlad observe, seek, try to understand, and meet a mysterious stranger.
The destinies of Adriana, a young and rebellious city girl, and of Bernard, an elderly misanthropist, cross in a remote valley lost amidst the Alpine massif of the Mercantour. A meeting between two loners that leads them towards a form of redemption: for Adriana, it will be through artistic creation.
Independence beats fiercely in Edmond's heart, so he rejects even the suggestion of moving into an old people's home. He equally refuses care from Rose, a home nurse who knows the storm that assails the heart when we're forced to accept the unacceptable. She determines to stand up to him...
1942. The economy in Payerne, in rural Switzerland, is really suffering and the cafés are full of people complaining. Amongst them, Fernand and his stooges, Nazi sympathisers. Seeking a way to show their loyalty to Hitler they think of Arthur Bloch, a Jewish merchant who will be in Payerne soon...
Orphaned and sent to live with her grandfather, 11 year-old Heidi gradually wins the solitary old man's heart. So when she has to leave for Berlin, as a companion for her cousin Clara, their separation is a veritable wrench and getting back to her grandfather becomes an obsession.
When he discovers that his wife is cheating on him, Robert, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, is no longer capable of concentrating on his patients. He soon identifies with one of them, Léo, a depressive and psychotic bachelor who has never got over his split, fifteen years earlier, with an actress.
After having crossed the Mediterranean, Fortuna, a teenager from Ethiopia, is welcomed with other refugees to a Swiss monastery for the winter. She meets 28 year-old Kabir with whom she fall head-over-heels in love. Their relationship develops away from prying eyes. One day Kabir disappears...
When a burglary becomes a massacre, Christian, one of the criminals, is left for dead by Marcus, the gang leader. Thirteen years later, Marcus and his three accomplices escape from prison. Their route takes them to the monastery where Christian is attempting to make amends for his past life...
1993. Selma, 17, lives in a secular, middle-class Berber family. When she meets Julien, she becomes aware of the suffocating family patriarchy that prevents her from fulfilling her potential. While radical Islamism is raging in Algeria and her family is falling apart, Selma discovers the power of her own desire...
A young woman from Mauritius arrives in Switzerland to marry her pen-pal, a small farmer in the Vaud. But she finds it hard to settle into her new life. After running away she meets Jean, son of a wealthy industrialist. But when she falls pregnant everything becomes much more complicated...
A Swiss television channel orders a film about the story of Rosemonde, who killed a man who was trying to rape her. When the screenwriter is unable to make her talk, they send Marie, a young actress, promising her the role if she succeeds. A strange relationship develops between them...
Thirty-two year-old Margot has just arrived in a rehab centre where she meets Jérémy, Salomé, César, Sonia... They have nothing in common except an urgency to rebuild their lives and recreate the connection with others destroyed by addiction! Because there's always a greater chance of recovering with others, than alone.
In May 1968, 32 year-old Danièle is passionate and politically-committed young woman. But when she begins a relationship with Gérard, her 17 year-old student, the affair rapidly becomes a scandal. The teenager's parents bring charges against her for corrupting a minor. Danièle is sent to prison...
The Olympique Lyonnais players are among the best having gone from victory to victory and won the French championship thirteen times. A glimpse into their daily lives, asking us to change the way we look at the place of women in sport, where the values of respect and openness are essential to move towards equality.
Dominique Marchais takes a waterside walk to explore the emblematic Loire river basin. And asks political, ecological and existential questions: how can we best develop the area in the general interest? How can we modernise without destroying past achievements? How can we live together?
A journey through the vineyards of Europe to meet the winemakers creating "organic", "biodynamic" and "natural" wines. Professionals eager to demonstrate that there is another way, chemical-free or almost, and that it is urgent to rediscover a taste for it and an accompanying respect for the environment.
The market for natural wines is becoming increasingly popular. Respectful of both environment and producers, it is encouraging new winemakers and improving the image of an agricultural world too often discredited. The documentary sets out to meet those making natural wines today, from original pioneers to newcomers.
2014. Thousands of Yazidi women kidnapped by ISIS were reduced to sexual slavery. On being freed, Ana was forced to abandon her baby. All the children born as a result of these rapes were systematically rejected by the Yazidi community. Ana secretly crosses Kurdistan to see her daughter Marya again.
Recognised as the father of Ivorian literature, Bernard Binlin Dadié died in 2019 at 103. Having lived through a century of history, his views are clearly stamped on his innumerable writings. A look back at the turbulent career of a visionary who fought for the dignity of his fellow citizens.
Soungalo Afah Nimi immerses us in the world of natural hair which, in certain African communities, marks a cultural or even traditional identity. Short or long, afro or dreadlocks, he reveals the natural character of African hair and shines a spotlight on Africanness and the pride of being African.
A film jointly created by three women film-makers of different coloured skins. Between Brussels and Paris, they reveal the problems that come from today's photographic media, technologically biased in favour of those with Caucasian skin. A starting point that facilitates an exploration of other inequalities, also based on skin colour.
Mamlo travels the length and breadth of Guinea in search of the 1953 film "Mouramani", the first by a French-speaking black African. In this road movie, he also tries to discover what became of the film-makers, films and cinemas of a country that was once a pioneer in African film-making.
Born between the two wars, these men and women chose to accept their homosexuality at a period when society rejected them for it. Today, they give their accounts of a life torn between the desire to live like everybody else and the need to assert their freedom to seek fulfilment.
Separated in childhood from their families and the country of their birth, Anne-Charlotte, Joohee, Céline, Niyongira and Mathieu have all been adopted by French families. The stories of their lives and their archive images take us behind the scenes of a personal and political story of international adoption.
On the territory of the former German colony of Togo, we follow the route of the director Hans Schomburgk who shot adventure films there in 1913-1914. A century later, we project these films at each stage of our journey. The Togolese comment on these videos and their historical context.
Colombia, 2008. The world's oldest communist guerrilla war draws to an end. Raul Reyes, second-in-command of the FARC, killed in a bombing raid organised by the Colombian army and the CIA, leaves behind a unique document: ten years of correspondence bearing witness to an unremitting revolutionary struggle...
A documentary on black women whose origins lie in European colonial history in Africa and the Caribbean. Often reduced to clichés, as victims of discrimination they discuss their different backgrounds and the need to reclaim the narrative on this sensitive subject for themselves.
For eighteen years, the actress Claire Doyon filmed her daughter Pénélope, who suffers from an Autism Spectrum Disorder. After the shock of the diagnosis, this committed mother battled the condition, attempting dozens of treatments. Until the day she finally overcame her obsession with finding a cure...
In gnawa tradition, a true maalem (master musician) is someone who makes their own musical instrument. Here, the gnawa maalem Essaddiq has damaged his sintir and must make a new one according to the traditional process. For him, it is unthinkable to play an instrument made by someone else.
A docufiction produced in collaboration with a group of teenagers, "Super, super" takes the format of a classic superhero film, except that the action takes place in the Swiss countryside with no special effects. Through the fictional characters they play, the youngsters analyse their dreams and their ideals.
An unhoped-for refuge, located in prefabricated building in the centre of a Liège housing estate, the "drug consumption room", designed to provide addicts with a safe place for drug use, is open throughout the year. Here each has their own history, dreams, struggles... each tells their own personal story.
A Mediterranean cruise. Amongst the passengers: a former war criminal, a French philosopher, an American singer, a Palestinian ambassador... A night in Europe. Two children demand that their parents give them a serious explanation of liberty, equality, fraternity. Finally, a visit to six sites of real/false legends.
A former hold-up man, Michel Vaujour has spent 27 years behind bars, 17 of them in solitary confinement. Longing for freedom, he has made five spectacular escapes. While this tumultuous lifestyle has often exposed him to the worst situations, it has also put him face to face with himself...
We discover the work of the Intervenants de Première Ligne (IPLs or "Frontline Workers") in prison environments. These men and women talk to us about their jobs, which involve working exclusively with prisoners. An activity which has changed significantly over the last 20 years and which can be hazardous.
Tangier. Dounia decides to sell on the black market the antiques uncovered on the building site she manages. She hopes to raise enough money to be able to leave Morocco with her son, who she hardly ever sees since her divorce. The death of a worker disrupts her plan...
Violinist and thief, Vincent Cabral arrives in Le Havre just as his younger brother Virgile, head of a gang of anarchists, cold-bloodedly shoots some twenty people. Wanting to find his brother, Vincent finds himself not only involved in the case but wanted by the police...
Michel Dedieu replaces his party's official candidate without having the time to prepare. The day after the first round, he has very little time to prepare for the televised debate with his opponent. He is unpopular with the media and the public and must improve his image at all costs...
2016, during the European Cup. Stéphane returns to La Louvière, his home town, to watch a match with his childhood friends, Luca and Cesare. When Italy wins, they head off to celebrate the victory in a Flemish night club. But there's a problem: Stéphane is refused entry.
2043. The Mediterranean Sea. Mélissa, accompanied by her dog, works on the "Rainbow", her connected yacht. The young woman sells the plastic she collects to the global recycling exchange. One day she saves a little monkey from drowning. An encounter that changes her life.
Within the city of Mboa Matanda, the Crab and Cayman districts have been doing battle for centuries. Tasked with restoring peace, General Dibombè organises a wrestling tournament between the champions of the different districts. But then he finds himself facing General Essoka, the man who had murdered his family.
Claire is responsible for the PR plan for a small parish. Distinctly short of motivation she allows herself to be caught up in the enthusiasm of young Father Vianney. The result is a campaign that is so successful that Jesus himself seems to have replied, via a Twitter account.
On the planet Perdide an Aragne, an insect-like all-terrain vehicle tries to escape a swarm of hornets. The driver, Claude, is looking tense. Sensing that his end is near, he entrusts a mobile microphone to his son Piel, enabling him to call Jaffar, an old and dear friend, for help...
A village pillaged, a family forced to flee and two children lost on the road to exile. Kyona and Adriel try to escape from those chasing them to seek refuge in a country with a kinder regime! A long journey of self-discovery that leads them from childhood to adolescence...
During the Second World War, many French railway workers took part in the resistance. Daily acts of sabotage, spectacular derailments: the French railway network took many actions against Nazi occupation. A station manager, Camargue, and his deputy, Athos, risk their lives in managing the network in their sector.
Early 1960s: the Algerian war stretches on. Salah, Kaddour and other destitute young Algerians join the French army as 'Harkis'. When Algerian independence becomes a probability, things get difficult for the 'Harkis'. Considered as traitors by their compatriots, some hope to obtain asylum in France.
Forty years after "Farrebique", Georges Rouquier returns to visit his cousins, who are farmers in Aveyron. In the 1940s, he filmed their day-to-day lives. Since then, everything has changed: farming has become an industry, you have to expand and diversify to survive or die.
Pioneer in the study of radioactivity, the physicist and chemist of Polish origin Marie Sk?odowska-Curie worked hand-in-hand with her husband Pierre to further scientific research. But in this overwhelmingly masculine and conservative environment she had to fight to make a place for herself...
Occupied France, on the walls a red poster draws public attention to a group of foreign resistance fighters, mostly communists, lead by the Armenian Missak Manouchian. Arrested, they are executed by the Nazis in 1944. Thirty years later, a theatre company pays tribute to them.
