Marc Barbé

Second half of a two-film adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' novel.

Gabriel Laurens, fifty years old, is a «private investigator». When his fifteen-year-old niece Jade comes into his life and asks him to investigate her father’s death, the detective is confronted with memories he thought were buried forever. Confronted with the ghosts of his past, Gabriel Laurens finds himself caught up in a strange investigation involving pretense, fantasy and drug trafficking.

daptación de la novela de Alejandro Dumas en dos partes. Ambas serán rodadas a la vez en un rodaje conjunto de 7 meses empezando en el verano de 2021.

Summer 2019. Just graduated from Sciences Po, Madeleine leaves to prepare the orals of the ENA in Corsica with Antoine, her lover with whom she shares very left-wing political convictions. On a small deserted road, an unexpected encounter will seal their fate.

Paris, at the beginning of the 21st century. Edouard is a painter, Charles is a poet. The two artists are friends, but their adverse circumstances begin to weigh on them. Gulcan, a foreigner, suddenly appears. He has an idea.

A raíz de un terremoto, descubren en la bahía de Nápoles el cadáver de un hombre. Según la policía, el hombre se habría suicidado cuarenta años atrás. Para descubrir su identidad, la policía contacta con Dino y su hija Victoria para realizar un test ADN. Durante este viaje inesperado, la joven destapa el pasado misterioso de su padre, mientras que Dino se sumerge, a su pesar, en los paisajes de su infancia.

A father, his son's girlfriend and a journey to pay their respects to the son who died in an accident and to his motorbike.

France works at her family’s karaoke restaurant on an old boat at the shores of lake Nam Ngum. She falls in love with Xana, an underwater logger, while Tony Wong, a quiet and sentimental Chinese billionaire which is exploiting this subwater richness declares his heart to her. It’s then that Hugo arrives in search of his wife Nadine who left one year ago… He enters a surreal period of exile, captivated by life around the lake’s splendour.

Thomas and Francis kidnap Wilfrid, the owner of a carwash. Surprisingly, he is delighted with being kidnapped, this company that imposes itself on him comes to brighten his own lonely life.

Driss y Manuel son dos amigos de la infancia que acaban tomando caminos distintos: Manuel va por el camino de la delincuencia, mientras que Driss se convierte en policía. Cuando uno de los tratos de Manuel sale mal, los dos hombres se reencuentran y descubren que se necesitan el uno al otro para sobrevivir en sus mundos.

Bertrand Valade, un joven dramaturgo de éxito, se refugia en un chalé durante una violenta tormenta de nieve, allí conoce a Eva, una misteriosa mujer.

Long live the strike! Lucie Baud, one of the pioneers of the women's movement, went with creativity, fighting spirit and the power of singing against the weapons of male-dominated capitalist society in nineteenth-century France. The film, based on true events, describes the ambitious fight of a silk moth. She stood up for the rights of the female working class to end maltreatment and oppression once and for all. For the revolution in women's rights, she even put her family back and fought to the end for their beliefs.

Bernier es un escritor que pasa los días en la casa-estudio que la artista Luce tiene en una colina frente al Mediterráneo, en compañía también de una banda criminal. La llegada de la familia de Bernier y de unos policías inquisitivos detonará un tiroteo que Cattet y Forzani deconstruyen con su inimitable estilo, haciendo de esta adaptación de Manchette y Bastid un mareante festín para los sentidos.

En 1891 Gauguin se exilia a Tahití. Quiere encontrar su pintura, libre, salvaje, lejos de los códigos morales, políticos y estéticos de la Europa civilizada. Se adentra en la selva, haciendo frente a la soledad, la pobreza, la enfermedad. Allí conoce a Tehura, que se convirtió en su esposa y protagonista de sus grandes pinturas.

Ivan and Chiara meet on a Sicilian island to prepare the wedding for Ivan’s brother and Chiara’s best friend. Despite the fact that Ivan is determined not to repeat the failure of his last relationship and Chiara does not want to jeopardise her marriage, the two fall in love with each other. They resolve to live their relationship for only a few days and then break it off when the wedding guests arrive on the island. But can love be controlled? Or is it love that controls us?

La película muestra el día a día de una compañía de teatro itinerante. Van de ciudad en ciudad, y aportan sueños y desorden a nuestras vidas. Son ogros, gigantes, y tienen muchísimo teatro y kilómetros a sus espaldas. Pero la llegada inminente de un bebé y el regreso de una antigua amante van a hacer resurgir viejas heridas.

François y Charlotte dirigen juntos un hotel junto al mar pero su relación matrimonial no va bien. Esta situación, ya complicada, va a explotar el día que aparece Alex, el primer marido de Charlotte, que todo el mundo creía que murió en el devastador tsunami de 2004.

A sus 25 años, Mathieu, sigue aspirando a convertirse en un autor de prestigio: un sueño que le parece inaccesible porque, a pesar de todo su esfuerzo, no consigue que le editen nada. Mientras tanto, se gana la vida en la empresa de mudanzas de su tío. Su destino dará un vuelco el día en que, por casualidad, se tope con el manuscrito de un anciano solitario que acaba de fallecer. Mathieu dudará al principio pero acabará por hacerlo propio y publicarlo bajo su nombre. Convertido, así, en la nueva promesa de la literatura francesa, de la que ya se espera con impaciencia la segunda novela, Mathieu, ahora enamorado, se sumergirá en una espiral de mentiras y muerte para preservar a toda costa su secreto.

At fifty Louis Gravet, a serious actor, would like to become a comedian. His brother Peter, a film director, has the idea of hiring him for the lead role of a comedy. Family circumstances, their wives, their children, niece, lead him to make another film, new and unexpected.

Siglo XVIII. Suzanne, de 16 años, es forzada por su familia a entrar en una orden religiosa, aunque ella aspiraba a vivir en "el mundo". En el convento, se enfrenta a la arbitraria autoridad de las madres superioras. Gracias a su pasión y a su fuerza podrá resistir el rigor de la disciplina religiosa y luchará por conseguir su único objetivo: recuperar la ansiada libertad.

Una mujer se presentará una noche en una comisaría, precisamente diez años después de la muerte de su marido, que fue decretada accidental y al que ella confesará haber asesinado.

A Senegalese teenager is recruited to pursue his dream of playing professional soccer in Europe.

Seen by many as a cool and friendly camper van, a lost and confused Kombi VW bus decides to take a trip around the globe in search of his true identity. Seen through the eyes of several different owners of this iconic bus, Kombi stumbles across some engrossing facts that illustrate startling revelations concerning his past and present reputation. Guided by a secretive storyteller, we are taken on an informative adventure that is both entertaining and mysterious. - Written by ian simpson

Leila is a singer-songwriter who lives in Brussels. When Antoine, the man she is in love with, suddenly walks out on her for another woman, she leaves for Berlin to start a new life.

The story of 2 sailors on July 21 1969

Drama basado en hechos reales sobre la ocupación alemana en Francia, incluyendo la historia de Guy Moquet, un joven francés comunista que fue ejecutado por los nazis y se convirtió en un símbolo de la resistencia francesa. (FILMAFFINITY)

A biopic of French pop star Claude Francois, most famous for co-writing the song 'My Way'. Tracing his life from his childhood in Egypt through his success in France to his untimely death in Paris in 1978.

Adaptación de la novela homónima "La locura de Almayer" de Joseph Conrad. Cuenta la historia de la ruina moral de Almayer, un joven holandés que va a Malasia en busca de un tesoro. Contratado por el rey de los piratas, se casa con su hija, pero a pesar de su buena suerte no renuncia a su objetivo, que se transforma rápidamente en una quimera destructiva.

On April 15, 1912, Jack L., radio operator on a military vessel, reported an SOS signal from the Titanic. He was ordered by command control not to reveal this information. Later in classified military archives Jack L. found information that radio messages from the Titanic appeared on the airwaves every 6 years in 1918, 1924, 1930, 1942... 1996, and 2002. Ever since Jack L. went on air for radio contact with the Titanic every 6 years. Saving the Titanic became the purpose and the goal of his life.

Nannerl es la hermana mayor del famoso compositor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Como su hermano, fue una niña prodigio, que fue presentada junto al compositor en todas las cortes de Europa. En Versalles, se encontró con Luis XV, que le encargó componer música. Pero Nannerl es una mujer y, en esa época, a las mujeres no se les permitía ser compositoras.

Lyon, France in 1970s, Sibylle, Corinne, and Georgette are sisters who share everything, as they live with their Italian mother. Sibylle is the only blonde in the family, except for their father who abandoned them, and she feels isolated. She dreams of meeting her French father one day.

An elderly woman wants to meet her son’s murderer. A sixteen-year-old girl who has crossed paths with a young hoodlum needs an adult to accompany her to the prison visiting room. A young medical supplies delivery man is offered a deal to take the place of a gangster inmate so that the latter may escape. Two women, one man, three destinies that come together in the visiting room of a prison…

The discovery of a dead young woman in an isolated part of France, goes hand in hand with the forest fires ravaging the countryside. Mysteriously, the body was moved from the place where it was originally found to a place in the nearby town. Alice, a young woman inspector from nearby Marseille is sent to investigate. Nothing prepares her for what she is about to get into.

When the dead body of Mr Kaplan is found, a kitchen knife in the back, all eyes turn to the maid. When the widow reveals that her departed husband was incapable of giving her children, all eyes turn to the widow. Beneath this passionate crime, a modern day detective will discover that temptation, devotion, remorse and desire are the best fuels for killing love.

La ciudad de Santa María está sumidiéndose en el caos mientras una facción militar está lista para tomar el poder en un golpe de estado. Ossorio, un hombre que solía llamar hogar a Santa María, vuelve a la ciudad en el momento más oscuro, decidido a rescatar a la mujer que ama de un triste destino en manos de una violenta mafia. Mientras Ossorio busca a su amor, conoce a Victoria en un desvencijado hotel, que a su vez le presenta a su padre Barcala, quien a cambio de dinero está dispuesto a llevar a Ossorio y otro pasajero en su barco, para escapar de la ciudad. Ossorio está decidido a pagar lo que le piden, ¿pero logrará encontrar a la mujer antes de que el barco zarpe?

A drama following a French platoon during Algeria's war of independence.

Durante el período de la Restauración en una sociedad dominada por la hipocresía, por el peso de las apariencias y el dinero, la intriga relata los sobresaltos de una historia de amor sin esperanza, mezcla de pasión y rencor entre el general de Montriveau y la duquesa de Langeais. Adaptación de la novela "La Duchesse de Langeais" de Honoré de Balzac.

Biografía de la famosa cantante francesa Edith Piaf (1915-1963): su infancia, su adolescencia y su ascensión a la gloria. De los barrios bajos de París al éxito de Nueva York, la vida de Edith Piaf fue una lucha por sobrevivir y amar. Creció en medio de la pobreza, pero su voz mágica y sus apasionados romances y amistades con las grandes personalidades de la época (Yves Montand, Jean Cocteau, Charles Aznavour, Marlene Dietrich, Marcel Cerdan) hicieron de ella una estrella mundial.

Jeanne (Isild Le Besco), una joven actriz que lucha y se esfuerza por conseguir un papel, mantiene relaciones esporádicas y poco satisfactorias. Pero lo que más le preocupa e incluso obsesiona es no conocer a su padre; lo único que sabe es que su madre tuvo una relación con un indio. Decide entonces ir a la India a buscarlo con un nombre como única pista

Andrew, an English writer, shares a seedy apartment in Paris with his young French partner Anna. While her friend Justice is due to arrive from London, Anna's friend Bibi tells her that she is pregnant with him.

Near the Bois de Boulogne, Daniel meets Charell by accident. The two men haven't seen each other in twenty years.

François, un joven poeta, participa en las revueltas de Mayo del 68, en París. Entre la bruma y la confusión, ve a la bella Lilie, a la que conocerá, un año después, en una fiesta en casa de un amigo. Entre ellos nacerá un amor intenso y tierno que hará revivir la ilusión tras el desencanto de la revolución perdida. El sexo, la poesía, el opio, la pintura y la escultura, serán los nuevos territorios frecuentados por el grupo de jóvenes revolucionarios que verán cómo el mundo que habían querido construir se irá desmoronando poco a poco.

Describe la relación que se instala entre una joven y su extraño patrón que dirige un laboratorio que realiza y que conserva "especímenes" a partir de distintos objetos que los propietarios desean conservar un rastro.

A film director, whose career is going downhill, reluctantly decides to adapt an inadaptable best selling novel. Will she succeed or will the book adapt her in the process?

The strange relationship of a man and a woman, the latter having surprised the erotic antics of this one with a stranger, missing since.

"What they imagine" - Bernard chokes to death on a boiled egg while his wife looks on. Juliette watches him suffocate without intervening and, as though waking from a long sleep, she abruptly leaves their house, marching straight ahead. Arriving in Havre by chance, she tries to board a freighter, but must wait 48 hours. In the port, she encounters Santiago, a young man who sells chips from his father's mobile stall.

Rose Bonbon, a small singer of light variety with a naughty and colorful imagination, is in the glue with Roger, a characterful brute who thinks he is a manager. Between shabby hotels and cheap restaurants, she meets the handsome Dubel, an impresario on the sidelines. He hires Rose at the drop of a hat because he has to replace Hermine Zibeline for a tour in the Paris region with the famous Billie Boys from Broadway.

Filme denso e incómodo que transcurre en un Este de Europa que parece la antesala del infierno, más concretamente la ciudad de Sofía, presentada como un lugar de pesadilla asolado por la corrupción y la pornografía. Allí se desplaza Seymour, un joven americano, quien se obsesiona con una hermosa prostituta, hasta el punto de viajar por ella al interior de un mundo erótico, perverso y decadente. Su realizador considera La vie nouvelle una versión moderna del mito de Orfeo, en la que el cuerpo humano es analizado con el detallismo de un documental.

A worker in a bottle factory, Pierre decides to switch from day shift to night shift. In his new team, he runs into Fred, a charismatic and violent guy. Fred says loudly that Pierre is his boyfriend. In fact, he never misses an opportunity to bully or humiliate him. This could only be a bad joke. But the harassment continues in a downward spiral ...

Jean and Paddy haven't recovered from Ben's death. Ben was Paddy's lover but also Jean's. Their threesome filled their existence. Today, while they still love each other, Jean and Paddy are torn apart.

A serial killer stalks a woman he befriended after her car broke down.

Ambientada en la Primera Guerra Mundial (1914-1918). Gabriel, un psiquiatra, y Marie, una modista, son dos personajes aparentemente muy dispares que comparten una extraña fascinación por la seda y acaban enamorándose. Para Marie, el placer de tocar la seda es tan exquisito que, un día, es arrestada en una tienda por cortar un trozo de un vestido en exhibición. Al estallar la guerra, tendrán que separarse y soportar penalidades, pero en todo momento conservan intacto su único deseo: reencontrarse para reanudar su relación amorosa.

This French-Belgian drama, based on a novel by Odon von Horvath, is set in 1938 in a German city along the banks of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers. It attempts to provide insight as to why certain German youths were so easily lead into becoming Nazis by using two narrators, one a teacher who challenged the movement and another by a student who embraced it. Pabst teaches a group of teenage boys, all of whom seem to be young Nazis. The trouble begins when Pabst and a WW I vet are assigned to take the class to a military camp and a nature outing for urban kids. While there a boy is brutally murdered and they blame one local girl. During her trial, Pabst speaks out against Hitler and becomes pariah. Still he continues investigating the death, at great personal expense until at last he brings the real killer to justice.

May, 1946, in Paris young poet Jacques Prevel meets Antonin Artaud, the actor, artist, and writer just released from a mental asylum. Over ten months, we follow the mad Artaud from his cruel coaching of an actress in his "theatre of cruelty" to his semi-friendship with Prevel who buys him drugs and hangs on his every word. Meanwhile, Prevel divides his time between Jany, his blond, young, drug-hazed mistress, and Rolande, his dark-haired, long-suffering wife, who has a child during this time. Cruelty, neglect, poverty, egoism, madness, and the pursuit of art mix on the Left Bank.

The film follows Julia, one of the activists who mysteriously disappeared after participating in a violent protest. After being shot in the eye by a flash-ball gun, Julia fainted and woke up in an unknown world, known as Planet B.