Le capitaine des pompiers
Les aventures tragi-comiques de quelques individus ou comment reagir quand votre maison se retrouve ensevelie sous les eaux, envahie par de droles de personnages et qu'on va accoucher dans les heures qui viennent?
Set within a housing project located on the outskirts of Alsace, this French docudrama features a largely non-professional cast and centers on the interrelationship between a pair of elderly French nationals, Arab immigrants and a newly arrived family from Africa as they struggle to find niches in their rapidly changing world.
Milou Dujardin
The difficult reunion between a tough young mother and her neglected daughter provide impetus this gritty, but upbeat French drama. Daisy, a typical young woman of the X-generation, seems to have no ambition in her life; she lives for the moment and the moment is often self-destructive. Abused as a child, she affects toughness and bravado to disguise her inner fears. Mona, Daisy's seven-year old daughter, is the result of the sexual abuse Daisy suffered while she was a child. Mona was raised by her father, but after he went to prison and his girlfriend rejected her, Mona must return to her mother. The reunion is not joyful and the two must lower plenty of mutual barriers if they are to bond. When Mona's lover Sami is arrested for a shooting, Daisy and Mona go on the lam. To survive they become con-artists and petty thieves. Just as things start to improve, finds out that her new boss has been having her deliver kiddie-porn.
Markovitch
Thierry drops out of school to apprentice as a lion tamer at the zoo where he meets Roselyne, who shares his passion. They fall in love and when he loses his job, the young lovers journey across France finding odd jobs at several circuses. In Germany, they fall under the tutelage of ageing big cat trainer, Klint, and while they are closer to realising their dreams, they find that their success drivers them part.
L'Orgueilleux de la Lande
Inspirada en la novela de Chrétien de Troyes, "Perceval, el cuento del grial" (siglo XII), narra las andanzas de Perceval desde que fue armado caballero por el rey Arturo y se adiestró con los Caballeros de la Mesa Redonda. A diferencia de otras adaptaciones de la leyenda, Rohmer sitúa a los personajes en un artificial y teatral reino. Un coro participa en la historia y, a menudo, los personajes narran sus hazañas a partir de versos tomados del texto original.
The Mute
Tom es un ladronzuelo que por azar se encuentra con el príncipe de Gales. Ambos se sorprenden por su parecido y deciden intercambiar sus ropas, pues se prepara en el castillo real un baile de disfraces. El cambio es tan asombroso que en la corte los confunden: el verdadero príncipe es expulsado del castillo, mientras que el ladronzuelo es tratado como el heredero. Tras la muerte del rey Enrique VIII, el joven Tom ve con horror cómo va a ser coronado, mientras el verdadero príncipe intenta desesperadamente poder volver al palacio. Para ello recibirá la ayuda de un noble caído en desgracia, llamado Miles Hendon, que cree su descabellada historia.
