Fabrice Rouaud

Max, a ruthless fifty-year-old hitman, discovers he has a problem: he now faints at the drop of blood. With his future in the profession in jeopardy, he's going to have to retrain... But not so simple when his only professional skill is to kill people... They are helped by a couple of young neighbors, Karim and Stéphanie, who do not imagine for a moment who they are dealing with... Max becomes attached, in spite of himself, to the young couple, until his past catches up with him.

Un ex presidente francés, Nicolás, decide persuadir a otro, François, para que hagan campaña juntos para volver al primer plano de la política.

Tres policías parisinos están acusados de llevar a un extraño de regreso a la frontera. Sin embargo, Virginie se da cuenta de que su prisionero probablemente será asesinado al regresar a su país y, por lo tanto, intenta convencer a sus compañeros oficiales de que lo liberen.

What if French Rock were born with Edith Piaf? From sweet sixties pop to today's gender-indifferent anthems, from feminist rebels of the seventies to fashion icons of the social media age, from Françoise Hardy to Christine & The Queens, via Vanessa Paradis, Catherine Ringer, Charlotte Gainsbourg and many more, Oh Les Filles! tells the untold story of French female rock stars. Narrated by Clémence Poésy, this groundbreaking documentary combines interviews and iconic footage to radically reverse perspectives and give the patriarchy a kick!

Gabrielle es una "estatua" para turistas, para disgusto de su hijo adolescente. Elsa está enojada con el mundo y desesperada por quedar embarazada. Mao es un diseñador de videojuegos con depresión crónica que ahoga su melancolía en el alcohol y el psicoanálisis. Son hermanos y hermanas, pero no se juntan. Siempre. Sus padres, Pierre y Claudine, separados durante mucho tiempo, no han hecho nada para fortalecer los lazos de la familia; sin embargo, en el funeral de su abuelo, tendrán que reunirse y juntos responder a la pregunta: "¿Qué hacer con la abuela?"

An impressive visual and sonorous experience through the meanders of the Danube, from its delta in the Black Sea to Serbia, in search of the gypsy people (or the Roma) and their music and culture.

Félicité canta en un club nocturno en Kinshasa, la capital de la República Democrática del Congo. Su vida cambia de raíz cuando su hijo de 14 años tiene un terrible accidente de motocicleta y ella comienza una búsqueda frenética a través de las calles de Kinshasa, un mundo de música y sueños. Su obsesión: recaudar dinero para la cirugía de su hijo. Y en su camino se cruza con Tabu.

Una bailarina viaja a Moscú para integrarse en el prestigioso Ballet Bolshoi.

Una mañana en París, un grupo de jóvenes de diferentes medios, cada uno por su lado comienza un baile extraño por los pasillos del metro y las calles de la capital. Parece que siguen un plan. Sus movimientos son precisos, casi peligrosos y convergen en el mismo punto, un gran almacén en el momento en que se cierran las puertas.

An opera ballet that doesn't exist. A ghost-like piece, played in Opera Bastille and danced at Opera Garnier. An almost mystical link between both scenes. A musician is testing sounds in Bastille's pit. The choir are taking their place in the rehearsal studio. Both sides are fine tuning the work in progress of an opera ballet: Sarah Winchester, her grief, her madness, her home and her ghosts.

A movie director goes to the Paris Opera to shoot his new film. Lacking inspiration, he looks for ways out of his solitude and fear of failure. With each step forward, his imagination reveals itself to him, and mysterious characters lead him towards his desire to create and love.

Under the sun, the heavenly beauty of grasslands will soon be covered by the raging dust of mines. Facing the ashes and noises caused by heavy mining , the herdsmen have no choice but to leave as the meadow areas dwindle. In the moonlight, iron mines are brightly lit throughout the night. Workers who operate the drilling machines must stay awake. The fight is tortuous, against the machine and against themselves. Meanwhile, coal miners are busy filling trucks with coals. Wearing a coal-dust mask, they become ghostlike creatures. An endless line of trucks will transport all the coals and iron ores to the iron works. There traps another crowd of souls, being baked in hell. In the hospital, time hangs heavy on miners' hands. After decades of breathing coal dust, death is just around the corner. They are living the reality of purgatory, but there will be no paradise.

Un magistrado que investiga un caso de fraude descubre que la mujer es la madre biológica de su hijo adoptivo. En lugar de recusarse, el magistrado continúa con el caso.

Yann lleva una vida bastante aburrida, pero todo cambiará cuando se encuentre con un viejo amigo de la escuela secundaria: con él volverá a vivir sus mejores años y se dará cuenta de que debe dar un paso hacia adelante. (FILMAFFINITY)

Louise, Sam, Lili. Three women who don't know each other but whom will be forced to meet, get together, and compare themselves to each other by the wild will of evolution.

In Madeleine Among the Dead, Bonello wanted to tell Hitchcock’s Vertigo from the perspective of Madeleine (played by Kim Novak), not Scottie (James Stewart). He only filmed a scene of this project as part of another film by Antoine Barraud, Le Dos Rouge, in which Bonello plays the role of a director by the same name; a director whose films are all either invented or his “ghost-movies.”

Un biopic sobre el famoso diseñador, centrado en el periodo 1965-1976 protagonizado por Gaspard Ulliel ('Largo domingo de noviazgo', 'Fugitivos') como Yves Saint-Laurent y Léa Seydoux ('El gran hotel Budapest', 'La vida de Adèle') como Loulou de la Falaise.

An autobiographical essay film structured as a letter to the director’s young daughter, "Où en êtes-vous, Bertrand Bonello?" weaves clips from Bonello’s films, excerpts from his scripts, pop songs, and snippets of original footage into a lyrical, reflexive cinematic self-portrait. "Où en êtes-vous?" is a collection initiated by Centre Pompidou, who asked directors to make retrospective and introspective films.

The meeting of two lonely, marginal souls. There is Henri, a man in his 50s, limp, resigned, somewhat alcoholic. And Rosette, a (slightly) retarded woman who dreams of love, sexuality, normality

What is striking when you talk with mathematicians is that sparkle in their eyes, and their sudden joyful voice trying to share with you a concept, a theory. They continuously use words such as invention, beauty, freedom. You then ask yourself : how such a rich language, this quasi-philosophical proposition about the world becomes rejected by a majority, 'the only discipline where one prides itself to be bad at it'!

Laura todavía espera a sus 24 años un príncipe azul. Cuando Sandro aparezca en una fiesta, ella piensa que por fin lo ha encontrado. Todo cambiará al conocer a Maxime, punto en el que Laura empezará a preguntarse si algunos príncipes podrían ser más encantadores que otros. Por su lado, Sandro tiene sus propios problemas de la mano de un padre, Pierre, que tropezará en el funeral de su progenitor con Irma, quien años atrás predijo la fecha de su muerte. Ahora, Pierre es incapaz de hacer planes, ni con su nueva pareja Eleonore, ni con su hijo. Para terminar, a Maxime tampoco le faltan preocupaciones, así como a Eleonore, Marianne, Jacqueline y muchos otros. (FILMAFFINITY)

Marizette, Christiane, Pierre, Léon, and José… are some of the people, funny and moving, united together in a merciless struggle to save their land. A determined and joyful fight, but one that is also very trying and dangerous.

París, principios del siglo XIX. Está ambientada en un lupanar, en el que un hombre desfigura el rostro de una prostituta. La cicatriz resultante dibuja en su cara una sonrisa trágica que la marcará de por vida.

A few girls in an apartment. Across the street men are building a mosque.

Bertrand (Mathieu Amalric), a film director, is conducting research for his latest film, and asks a funeral director if he can stay back at his funeral parlour after the close of business. Bertrand cannot resist getting into a coffin, and accidentally knocks the lid down, locking himself in the coffin.

Yacine se está descubriendo a sí mismo en este mundo del que quiere despegarse, y su búsqueda del infinito le lleva a Andalucía.

A woman wearing a pair of headphones listens to music. Using their eyes and ears, the audience shares this sensory experience through the mental pictures generated by the music.

Olivier, a very young provincial player, has become, within a few months, the icon of an unusual rugby team.

Danielle (Bernadette Lafont), a grandmother in her sixties, is planning to take her two grandchildren to their father’s house for the Easter vacation. Since retiring as a schoolteacher, Danielle has regularly taken on this responsibility after her daughter’s divorce. This time, however, the children’s father is not there to welcome them, giving Danielle the opportunity to spend a bit more time with her grandchildren and to take them out for the day. Jumping at every opportunity presented to them, Danielle soon transforms this day-outing into an impromptu holiday. Only what starts out as a fun adventure gradually turns into an inexorable deconstructing experience, and it soon becomes impossible for Danielle to contemplate taking the kids back…

Previously focused on Asian directors, “Jeonju Digital Project 2007” takes a look at Europe. The Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa, the German filmmaker Harun Farocki, and the French filmmaker Eugène Green participated in this project.

Cindy, the doll is mine is a short film by French director Bertrand Bonello. It stars Italian actress Asia Argento in the double role of photographer Cindy Sherman, a brunette, and her model, a blonde who strangely resemble one another. The film was screened out of competition at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.

Louis y su papá están conduciendo de regreso a casa. Su padre es un antiguo maestro de las payasadas, lo que no necesariamente hace reír a Louis. A veces, papá se enfada terriblemente, molestando a personas que no lo merecen. Eso tampoco hace reír a Louis. Pero papá es dulce. Él sabe cómo calmar a Louis cuando está muy molesto.

Alice loves those who make her dream. Saleswoman in a video shop where she is bored, she longs for another life. Fortunately, she meets the beautiful Mickey whom she falls in love with. Mickey disappears and leaves Alice without news. Separation acts as a revelation. Finally they meet again. Alice decides to tackle everything and go on an adventure with him.

Tiresia, un transexual brasileño de extrema belleza, vive en forma ilegal con su hermano, Terranova, en la periferia de París. Éste, un esteta con ideas poéticas, observa a Tiresia como si se tratara de una rosa perfecta, y termina secuestrándola para que sólo a él le pertenezca. Privada de sus hormonas diarias, Tiresia se va transformando poco a poco frente a sus ojos...

Fatima is a little girl of eight years. By opening and closing the refrigerator, she wonders if the light stays on when the door closes...

Cuatro criminales de poca monta se hacen pasar por deportistas de elite, apuntándose a un Raid que se celebra en Patagonia. Su verdadero objetivo es asesinar, por cuatro millones de dólares, a la capitana de su equipo: Léonore de Segonzac, una joven y rica heredera. La misión parece "pan comido". En plena selva y en una competición de deportes de aventura, cualquiera puede sufrir "un inesperado accidente". Sin embargo, la torpeza de estos cuatro delincuentes parece no tener límite.

Jacques es un director de cine pornográfico que recapacita sobre su vida cuando se da cuenta que el mundo de lo "erótico" ha cambiado completamente y que él no es capaz de capturar la pasión en la pantalla como lo hizo en el pasado. Un polémico film por sus fuertes escenas de sexo explícito.

El Hadj is studying in Paris. He is one of the young Senegalese men who have come to Paris since the French colony became independent to get a good education so that he can serve his fatherland on his return. Unexpectedly he is suddenly confronted by a problem with his residence papers, just because he has arranged an extension too late. His pleasant life filled with good prospects has gone in one fell swoop. He faces a dilemma. He can stay illegally in France, the country where he feels at home, where he has his friends, has fallen in love and can drink water from the tap. Or he can return (without graduating) to the 3rd-world country of Senegal to use the knowledge he has acquired. It is not only a practical choice. It comes down to the question of who he is, who he thought he could be.

On the spur of the moment, 30-year old Alain gives up his well-paid job as a tester of computer games, but is uncertain over what do next. He takes up the offer of a place on a course to learn how to operate a bulldozer, although this means spending time away from home. During his training, he is paired up with a child-like younger man, Manu, who is passionate about wanting to drive a bulldozer but has no aptitude for the job. While his marriage starts to fall apart, Alain finds himself becoming more dependent on his relationship with Manu.

Dimitri, a Soviet cosmonaut of Soyouz 27 likes majorettes. Catherine and Laurent like making love. Jean-Paul II loves airports. Vincent loves boys.

James visits his young brother David who has just opened a hairdressing salon. the two brothers do not agree on how to become a successful hairdesser.

A commissioned short film about the AIDS crisis in France in the late 1990s.