Laurence Côte

Pierre does his best to successfully complete the chaotic construction site for which he is responsible. Bodies are exhausted by untenable deadlines. However, the work must continue, unabated. And without accidents.

When Lili, 26 years old, poor, single mother of three, is wrongly accused of abuse and the social services take away her children, she collapses. But this is without counting on the luminous meeting of other women. With them, Lili fights to rebuild her family.

Odile, a textile worker, and her colleagues are told to evaluate newly-arrived young Tunisian women over a span of four days. Although there is no good solution, Odile will try to make the right choice.

El destino de Simone Veil, su infancia, sus luchas políticas, sus tragedias. El retrato épico e íntimo de una mujer con un recorrido vital fuera de lo común que revolucionó su época defendiendo un mensaje humanista que pervive hasta hoy.

This time, Felix is risking a lot. The director summoned his mother and threatened to deny him the access to the establishment. But what could Felix have done? And what kind of establishment is it exactly?

Sixteen-year-old Logan is an adolescent uncomfortable in his own skin. Only his science fiction dreams of a better life on Mars draw him away from his ordinary life, which is as equally difficult at home or at school, where he's only seen as an aggressive loser. One evening, he receives a visit from a mysterious man who insists that he has come from the future and that he is also Logan, but forty years older. He then asks the younger Logan to carry out a mission as unexpected as it is important: to save humanity.

Lucien es un estudiante que se siente perdido. Un día, encuentra un libro de Nietzsche. Este encuentro literario resulta en un encuentro entre los dos...en la vida real. El filósofo, entonces, ayudará a Lucian a conquistar a su amor platónico.

A parked car in a housing estate. Inside the car: Ariane and her thirteen-year-old son Thomas. They seem to be on the lookout for someone. When a woman appears in the street, Ariane freezes: will she manage to talk to her?

A parked car in a housing estate. Inside the car: Ariane and her thirteen-year-old son Thomas. They seem to be on the lookout for someone. When a woman appears in the street, Ariane freezes: will she manage to talk to her?

An unnamed man narrates the downward trajectory of his life from beyond the grave, from delinquency to the string of fateful decisions and foolhardy moves that tied him inextricably to the opiate that was the elusive love of his life.

Principios de los 60, un barrio pobre en las afueras de París. Un grupo de familias sobrevive en refugios improvisados en la pobreza extrema y la violencia diaria. Joseph Wresinski decidió trasladarse a estas familias. Joseph instala una guardería y una biblioteca.

En plena noche, en la mitad de un campo de turbinas eólicas, dos informáticos en paro arrollan a un hombre salido de la nada. Junto a su cadáver, una maleta llena de billetes: dos millones de euros disponibles y sin ningún testigo. ¿Qué hacer? ¿Llamar a la policía o aprovechar la ocasión? La mañana siguiente en una bodega a algunos metros del accidente, la policía encuentra el cuerpo de Mélodie, una niña ciega. ¿Y si el dinero tenía por destino pagar el rescate? ¿Y si el asesino pudo identificar a los dos conductores? Esa misma noche otra niña es secuestrada. En esta ocasión diabética. Sus horas están contadas por la falta de medicamentos. La policía empieza a trabajar contra el reloj. Junto al astuto lugarteniente Moreno está Lucie, una joven y bella brigadier de 26 años que participa en su primer caso. Y curiosamente, sus colegas de la policía, tienen el sentimiento de que Lucie no está en este caso por puro azar...

The story of boys who were condemned to the severe reformatory regime in a French penal ‘colony’. It’s run by a former prison warden, based on ‘rehabilitattion’ trough manual labor and strict discipline. Young Reynard, a novice to crime and juvenile detention, meets horrible hardened villains and sadistic staff as well as people with some heart among fellow inmates and their supposed educators.

Esther is a want-to-be author, trying to get her first novel published . She is about to get married to David, a young doctor. She feels quite unconfortable between her mom harassing her with the wedding preparation, her sister urging her to think twice before, her fiancé who falls for her best friend and a clairvoyant who tells her she will meet another man pretty soon. When she runs into Adam, a childhood friend, something clicks in her. She decides to reinvent her life. It is now time for her to make a real choice

Olivier, Rémi and Pascale are three friends who have known each other since childhood. As they approach middle age, they each experience something of a crisis in their lives. Olivier, a doctor before becoming wheelchair bound, faces a bleak future after the break up of two relationships. The fact that Rémi and his wife Estelle are unable to have children puts an increasing strain on their marriage. And Pascale, a filmmaker, is on the point of leaving her husband to pursue an affair with an opportunistic career politician.

Cheyenne, una joven periodista en paro cuyas prestaciones de la seguridad social están a punto de ser cortadas, decide dejar Paris para vivir una vida marginal en el país. Ella se marcha dejando detrás a Sonia, la mujer que ama. Sonia es física y profesora de química en un instituto parisino. Ella intenta olvidar a Cheyenne, pero no es fácil. ¿Cómo reconciliamos lo que queremos con lo que somos en realidad capaces de hacer, lo que pensamos y como actuamos? ¿Cómo nos enfrentamos a la persona que amamos pero la tenemos que rechazar?. “Oublier Cheyenne” es una fábula contemporánea sobre los estados precarios creados por la sociedad moderna, la necesidad del cambio y el poder del amor.

Los treinta: la edad de las responsabilidades. Martin está a punto de irse de vacaciones son su mujer Ariane y su hija Cerise de 4 meses. Por casualidad, se encuentra con su ex novia, su gran amor de juventud, su primer amor, Constance, ahora madre de dos niños. En un emotivo y extraño encuentro acuerdan pasar unos días juntos “como en familia” al sol en la casa de verano. Como en los viejos tiempos. La confusión, la emoción y los viejos sentimientos vuelven. Esto hará que todos se replanteen sus vidas. Saldrá lo mejor y lo peor de cada uno de ellos. Nada volverá a ser como antes. Los ex disfrutan, los otros padecen y todos enloquecen.

Lola, a young, energetic and cheerful student lives in Paris. She’s preparing to sit her law thesis, and works part-time at Chloroville, “Our green fingers look after your interior plants”. She has split up with Simon, a lawyer in his thirties who is always busy defending “the trial of his life”. Their stormy relationship held Lola back, and although they’ll love each other forever, it won’t be on an everyday basis.

Why did Ariane Fisher, a young woman in her thirties, come to the hospital to die without telling anyone? To whom should this disappearance be reported? This is what Alice, the night nurse, and Prudence, the social worker, will try to find in the bag containing the few personal belongings brought by Ariane.

Eric se debate entre la droga y su aspiración de convertirse en escritor. Su adicción a las drogas lo lleva a robar con la ayuda de su amigo Jeannot, para comprar su dosis diaria, y destruir su relación con su novia, también adicta a las drogas. Atormentado por el deseo de escribir, Eric aspira a un mundo mejor...

A four-story omnibus depicting different Czech slices-of-life from the titular city.

Sauveur (Savior) needs someone to save him, and so he begins to look for his father, a fast- talking ladies' man. The son becomes attached to his misanthropic father, and soon a crippled woman photographer and a gigolo with a killer smile also enter the scene, and the situation becomes more and more impossible.

La vie est dure, nous aussi is a sentimental comedy with a protagonist who is extremely discreet, extremely solitary and extremely egotistical. Charles, a native of Marseilles, is now living in Paris, and he has to take care of the dog of a girlfriend. He is also an insomniac and a hypochondriac. But he has one virtue: he loves to listen to people. Walking the dog opens up new territories for Charles who is discovering something new each day. One day a girl crosses his path, and he immediately recognizes her as the love of his life. There is one problem. How is he going to find her?

Rolando Colla made his directorial debut with this Swiss-French-Italian period drama about a Breton woman who disguises herself as a man to join a ship's crew during the 18th century. Rebellious 24-year-old Anne Bruneau is abandoned at the altar by her fiancé Yann. Unaware that Yann was drunk and fell down a well, Anne reacts to his absence by cutting her hair, dressing like a man, and signing on with a ship captained by a dwarf. When Yann learns what happened, he begins running south to Marseilles to rejoin her. Aboard the ship, Anne's disguise is discovered by the captain and the ship's doctor. With an Arab, she jumps ship, hiding with hookers in Marseilles while still maintaining her disguise.

The son of an editor discovers that one of his father's writers is a former criminal from the Eastern bloc.

In this French-Portuguese film -- directed by Jacques Rivette's screenplay collaborator Christine Laurent -- French vocalist Laure Constant (Laurence Cote) goes to Montevideo, Uruguay, to see her old lover Colossus (Jose Olivera), but when he's a no-show, she becomes involved with several other men, while listening to advice from some older French women who are costume designers. Shown at the 1997 Locarno Film Festival.

Ashok lleva casado 15 años con Rahda, que es la que lleva el peso del negocio familiar y se ha convertido en el alma de la casa. Con ellos viven la madre y el hermano del marido en aparente armonía. Pero la entrada en el clan de Sita, la joven esposa de su cuñado, revolucionará el entorno de Rahda. Primera obra de la conocida trilogía de Mehta, le siguirían "Tierra" (1998) y "Agua" (2005). (FILMAFFINITY)

En mitad de la noche un grito desgarrador despierta a Justin, un niño de diez años: es su madre que llora la inesperada muerte de su marido. Los demás tratarán de ocultarle la verdad sobre las actividades de su padre, sobre el policía Alex, sobre Marie, la profesora de Filosofía, sobre Juliette y sobre su hermano Jimmy.

The mid-life crisis of a middle-aged, depressive college professor/author provides the center of this French character study. Abel Vichac has really let himself go. Though a successful writer, and supposedly working on a book about 'regret,' he is barely functioning. He can't sleep at night. During the day he is easily distracted, irresponsible and moody. He also ignores his patient live-in lover Aliette who has stuck by him for 10 years. As he mopes through another day, he gets into several awkward occasions. One of his students, Florence tells him off in a café. A young woman, Catherine hears this and afterward introduces herself as a fan. Later he decides to find her address and visit her apartment. There Abel meets Catherine's roommate Aurore and the former's jealous boyfriend Bruno for a tense scene. He is returning home when Abel encounters his brother's former lover Olga and this creates more awkwardness.

Un restaurante parisino cierra sus puertas tras permanecer varias décadas abiertas. Su última cena estará compuesta por amigos, familia, vecinos y clientes.

The quiet agony of a mother whose daughter grows up to pursue her own life is chronicled in this realistically presented French drama. The Circuit Carole of the title refers to a motorbike racetrack. Jeanne and her 20-year old daughter Marie share a small apartment in a working-class Parisian neighborhood; the two live harmoniously, but the daughter is restless and anxious to set out on her own. Marie then takes a job in a northern suburb and their lives are forever changed. The racetrack is near her work; Marie is enthralled by the racers and their fast machines. Along with her new boyfriend, a racer, Marie begins riding herself. She then moves out of her mother's flat, leaving Jeanne bereft of companionship and a purpose in her life. Her silent, deeply internalized grief eventually drives her completely mad.

La historia sigue la pista a tres mujeres jóvenes en París. Una desea conocer a su verdadera madre, desde que ha averiguado que fue dada en adopción; otra ha salido de un coma de cinco años, y trata de recuperar el tiempo perdido y encontrar el amor; la tercera vive una vida marginal en los bajos fondos, y trata de redimirse a través del amor. (FILMAFFINITY)

La historia sigue la pista a tres mujeres jóvenes en París. Una desea conocer a su verdadera madre, desde que ha averiguado que fue dada en adopción; otra ha salido de un coma de cinco años, y trata de recuperar el tiempo perdido y encontrar el amor; la tercera vive una vida marginal en los bajos fondos, y trata de redimirse a través del amor. (FILMAFFINITY)

Joëlle, a simple and energetic young woman, works as a hairdresser for Mrs. Delbarre. When Professor Thibaud, a great bone specialist, asks her to donate her bone marrow for a transplant, on the condition that she does not seek to know the recipient, she accepts without hesitation. But the temptation is too strong and she investigates in order to discover the person who benefited from her generous gesture. It is a handsome young man with whom she immediately falls in love.

When Professor Thibaud, a great bone specialist, asks Joëlle, a simple young girl, to donate her bone marrow in view of a transplant, she agrees without hesitation. Despite the pain and the risks, she only thinks of saving a human life. Just one condition is imposed : the giver is not allowed to meet the transplanted in any case. However it is more than she can take, so Joëlle sifts through the medical network until she meets Arnaud. The more she advances, the more she becomes attached to her transplanted, to the point where she believes that her marrow influences his dreams and desires. Ambiguity will reign throughout this love comedy.

Antoni Farrazzi, a seasonal worker in the maintenance of the ski lifts, is called to the resort of Nivance, run by a certain Matthias, who supports the reputation of the resort with a subterfuge. Antoni is going to meet Josefa, a beautiful and amnesiac woman who lives with Matthias and whom he once knew as a child.

Debido al intento de suicidio de uno de sus primos, cuatro familias se reencuentran e instalan en la casa de la familia MacGillis. En el hospital, Patrick no acaba de morir. Pascale MacGillis tiene la impresión de que se ha convertido en la encargada de "acostar" a Patrick, de darle muerte como se da vida a un recién nacido... (FILMAFFINITY

Las guerras entre católicos y hugonotes en la Francia del siglo XVI envuelven las aventuras amorosas que vive un aristócrata. Después, todas esas historias quedarán plasmadas en el libro "Vida de las damas galantes". La figura de Brantôme, un memorialista del siglo XVI que vendría a ser el ìantecedente del personaje de "El amante del amor" de Truffaut, en una ìevocación moderadamente certera. Su principal problema estriba en una ìexcesiva superficialidad, pero lo compensa con un tono narrativo convincente ìy una delicada formulación estética. Film inédito en España.

Composed entirely of literary quotations from many different sources and from several historical periods, the loose narrative concerns a drifter found by a rich woman who soon falls in love with him. A drowning accident takes place and the drifter dies, but some time later he reappears in the woman’s life looking for a job. Or could it be the man’s twin brother?

Suzy, a beautiful woman, is coming back to Paris to attend the funeral of her lover, a married man. Cecile, his wife, is holding Suzy responsible for his suicide. By finding Suzy in Paris, Cecile is trying to seek the truth by playing a psychological game on her.

Constance Dumas (Bulle Ogier) dirige un prestigioso curso de teatro, donde sólo se admiten mujeres. Cuatro de sus alumnas: Claude (Laurence Côte), Anna (Fejria Deliba), Joyce (Bernadette Giraud) y Lucia (Inês de Medeiros), forman una una especie de banda y viven juntas en una casa de los suburbios parisinos. Las cuatro chicas, una tras otra, se irán topando con Thomas (Régent), un misterioso desconocido que las alerta sobre el peligro que corre Cécile (Natalie Richard), una de sus amigas y compañera de clase. Cécile, mientras tanto, se muestra bastante inquieta y parece más fascinada por una enigmática historia de amor que por sus clases de teatro. (FILMAFFINITY)

Cortometraje realizado por Jean-Luc Godard y financiado por la empresa Telecom Francia, pero nunca emitido. (FILMAFFINITY)

With the dangerous smoothness of a tiger stalking his prey, Peter has circled the au pair Michèle. She quickly succumbs to his fascinating charisma and experiences for the first time a hitherto unknown, tender security. "I'll kill you," says Peter, as gently as cold-bloodedly. A macabre joke or a serious warning?

Paris, October 1948. Nino, Gilles, Donald, Barbara and their friends are a new breed of spectators. They discover the cinema as art, they are moviegoers. They will try to realize their grand project: to found a film club. "My film first wants to be a testimony of young people who have lived for a passion. Cinema"