Nicolas Desmaison

Movies

Salem
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A former gang member who believes his daughter is the only one who save his community from an curse uttered by a rival gang member in his dying breath.
Rivière
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After running away to try to find her father, Manon manages to free herself from this family bond and to rebuild herself in an unexpected way in order to reconnect with her dream: becoming a professional field hockey player.
Loving Memories
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1916. Julien Delaunay is reported missing in action during the Great War. His wife, Julie, refuses to believe he is dead. 1919. When a photo of an amnesic drifter appears in the press, Julie immediately recognizes him as her beloved husband. They are reunited and, little by little, she helps him to fall in love with her again. Until another woman claims to be the man’s real wife…
Hawa
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A teenage girl lives with her grandmother and worries she will be removed by social services. She sets off to get adopted by someone she admires more than anything, one of the most powerful women in the world.
On the Edge
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One night, Leo, a Spaniard working in Brussels as a subway driver, sees a young man on the edge of the platform, just before he falls onto the tracks.
Softie
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Ten-year-old Johnny stands out from his family and his tough neighborhood in Eastern France. He's sensitive, intelligent and interested in all kinds of things way beyond his years. With curiosity, he observes the ups and downs of his young single mother's turbulent love life. Things change when a new teacher, fresh from the big city, takes over Johnny's class. Mr. Adamski believes in Johnny and wants to open a new world to him. The sophisticated young teacher also intrigues the boy.
The Heroics
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Michel is an eternal kid who dreams only of motorcycles and hangs out with his big son Léo and his friends. At fifty, he has to deal with the baby he just had with his ex, and fights not to make the same mistakes and be a good guy.
Azor
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Yvan De Wiel, a private banker from Geneva, is going to Argentina in the midst of a dictatorship to replace his partner, the object of the most worrying rumors, who disappeared overnight. Between hushed lounges, swimming pools, and gardens under surveillance, a remote duel takes place between two bankers who, despite different methods, are the accomplices of a discreet and merciless form of colonization.
Saloum
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Three mercenaries extracting a druglord out of Guinea-Bissau are forced to hide in the mystical region of Saloum, Senegal.
The Last Bath
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A nun is called upon to adopt her 15-year-old nephew, and as a consequence religious, familial and sensual love become entangled.
Decent People
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Manon, 30 years old and 8 months pregnant, is a struggling singer. Consumed by her administrative issues and under finacial pressure, her relationship with Ludo cumbles and they don’t prepare for the birth of their child.
The Defendant
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Silvia, a single mother and a lawyer, is implicated in a corruption scandal. But in addition to trouble at work, she is also facing a more crippling problem: her mother’s cancer has returned. While she is forced to face up to her mother’s inconceivable yet inescapable death, Silvia embarks on a love story, her first in many years.
Sole mio
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Daniel copes as best he can with his mother who is desperate to receive news from his father. When the latter finally turns up at Daniel's place the day before his sex change operation so he can become Lisa, Daniel must force his father to at last tell the truth.
Shéhérazade
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Zachary, 17 years old, gets out of jail. Rejected by his mother, he hangs out in the mean streets of Marseille. He falls in love with Shéhérazade, a young prostitute of whom he becomes the pimp without realizing it...
The Invented Biography
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This film follows Arturo Belano, alter ego of the writer Roberto Bolaño, shared with his creator a great part of his biography. The director searches for him in places where his stories and novels occur, meeting with real and imaginary characters, in a territory where reality and fiction have a diffuse frontier. A new form of literary biopic, where the writer and his character turn into one and only person.
The Night of Plastic Bags
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Agathe, 39, has but one obsession: to have a child. She finds her ex, Marc-Antoine, a DJ, mixing techno in Marseille. As she tries to talk to him into getting back together, plastic bags come to life and attack the city.
Cléo & Paul
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Lost in Paris, Cléo is looking for Paul and Paul is looking for Cléo. A poetic adventure lived in 3-year-old kids' shoes.
Sunbeat
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Gabriel and Iris head back to their family holiday home in Portugal with their daughters Emma and Zoé, a couple of adorable six-year-old twins, for a vacation. In the heart of the sun-drenched countryside, as the little ones swim and laugh, the couple’s past begins to rear its head. Emma is overwhelmed by a secret that is simply too big for her to keep, and which she has no right to share with her twin sister.
Comfort and Consolation in France
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Pascal and Pauline are coming back to their parents’ estate. After years of travelling the world, they are no longer in a position to afford the property bills. They confront their childhood friends. Friends coming from less wealthy families and who never left their countryside.
La ballerine
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She works in the ticket booth at a theater, but she dreams of dancing on stage.
Metropolis
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Sixteen-year-old Cyril is a fan of Tecktonik. With the help of his best friend, Justine, he intends to make a video proving that he is the best electro dancer.
Metropolis
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Sixteen-year-old Cyril is a fan of Tecktonik. With the help of his best friend, Justine, he intends to make a video proving that he is the best electro dancer.
Yùl and the Snake
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13-year-old Yùl has come along with his big brother, Dino, to clinch a bad deal with Mike, a thug with a car and a fearsome dog. When the situation starts to turn sour, a weird snake appears by Yùl's side.
Gente de bien
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Eric moves in with his father, a man he barely knows, and they have trouble bonding until Maria takes Eric under her wing.
A Little Man
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On the day of his seven years, Simon is introduced to boar hunting by his father. His mother is pregnant and the boy will be confronted with the complexity of beings and learn of death.
Fool Circle
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Two, very different, brothers are reunited for their father's funeral. But, when they arrive at the crematorium nobody is there, not even the corpse, except for Chloe who introduces herself as their sister.
Le quepa sur la vilni !
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Today, Andre comes out of his peaceful retirement : on order from the mayor, he has to lead through mounts a troop of sandwich men on bike to attract the spectators to the inauguration of the local cinema. In spite of his determination, the former postman has a great deal of difficulty in taming his young and passionate team-mates.
Yushka
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Old Yushka is an object of contempt for all the villagers, who can't cope with his kindheartedness. Yushka never complains. He keeps his own secret garden alive. Every summer he leaves town, but nobody knows where he goes.
Todo lo que no puedes dejar atrás
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Memories Corner
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Young French journalist Ada Servier arrives in Kobe to cover the memorial ceremonies of the big earthquake from 1995. Fifteen years after the disaster the city’s wounds have finally disappeared but the former victims continue to suffer. Among them is Kenji whose past is hiding a secret that only Ada is willing to hear...
Le piano
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13 years after the earthquake in Armenia. A piano is delivered for a talented orphan. However, the trailer where she lives is too small to hold a piano.
Un nuevo baile
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Arezki, l'indigène
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