Jérôme Gonthier

A translator working for a food processing plant that hires seasonal workers from Guatemala is, at first determined to obey the sometimes excessive directives of the young boss, but she befriends the workers and tries to defend them against the exploitation they suffer.

Grégoire Beaulieu learns that he has a twin brother: Anthony Girard. Gregoire is bourgeois, ambitious and promised to a great career, Anthony has no prospect and lives of shenanigans. The two brothers couldn’t be more opposite. Especially when one is white and the other is black !

Moscow, January 1996. Boris Yeltsin gets ready to run for a second mandate of the presidency of the young Russian Federation. Polls are in the single digits. A painful economic transition, war in Chechnya, and the rise of criminal groups have left the majority of Russians dissatisfied with Yeltsin… and willing to vote for the communist leader Gennady Zyuganov. Yet six months later, Yeltsin won the election with nearly 54% of the vote. How did that happen?

Después de estudiar durante varios años en Francia, Selma abre su propia consulta psicoanalítica en un popular suburbio de Túnez, justo después de que tenga lugar la revolución social y política. Pese a que los comienzos son difíciles, la demanda pronto comienza a sobrepasar sus capacidades. Sin embargo, para poder lograr que su negocio siga creciendo requiere un tipo de certificación especial de la que ella carece. Mientras trata de hacer todos los trámites administrativos necesarios para cumplir su sueño, Selma se reencuentra con un pasado que creía haber dejado atrás.

Montfermeil, un suburbio al este de París. Stéphane acaba de unirse a la Brigada de Lucha contra la Delincuencia, donde conoce a sus nuevos compañeros, Chris y Gwada, dos agentes con experiencia en las enormes tensiones que existen entre los distintos grupos organizados por el control del barrio.

Un traficante parisino que quiere dejar atrás la vida de delincuente acepta un último encargo en España, en el que no faltarán el amor, mafiosos y una madre controladora.

A stream of consciousness from Brazil’s underground flows straight into the heart of the city’s street carnival. In between the masks and the make-up, the young, naked and new bodies and a spectacular firework display, people come into view who have undergone a transformation that makes it difficult to clearly ascribe them to any gender.

En el corazón del hamam, lejos de la mirada acusadora de los hombres, madres, amantes, vírgenes o exaltadas islamistas, confrontan sus risas, llantos, cóleras, Biblias y Coranes antes del silbido de un puñal y del silencio de Dios.

Pento acaba de integrar la brigada anti-criminal de un departamento con mala fama, el de Seine-Saint-Denis. Llega armado con una Sig-Sauer en la cintura y un garrote en la mano. Secundado por sus dos ayudantes, Pento va a aplicar unos métodos bastante particulares.

Pento acaba de integrar la brigada anti-criminal de un departamento con mala fama, el de Seine-Saint-Denis. Llega armado con una Sig-Sauer en la cintura y un garrote en la mano. Secundado por sus dos ayudantes, Pento va a aplicar unos métodos bastante particulares.

In his film "Women Are Heroes", photographer JR takes his audience into some exceptional women’s lives. Because there are, most of the time, the first victims in war-time and left to their own during peace-time, JR pays tribute to those women who, in spite of the hurdles, keep smiling, keep fighting and keep hoping a better life. From Rio’s shantytowns to Kenyan slums, passing by Indian and Cambodian streets, he offers a fresh look at their struggles and expectations. Displaying their portraits via huge montages on their neighborhood’s walls, JR sublimates those extraordinary destinies and sheds the lights on those strong and moving personalities, too rarely recognized enough.

Narra la historia de dos pelirrojos que viven discriminados y se rebelan contra todo.

In 2005 Lady Ly directed a documentary focusing on the riots that took place in Clichy-Montfermeil. He interviewed a few protagonists and witnesses, using the necessary involvement and distance to understand what was happening.