Hélène Fillières

It’s summer and France is hit by a polar cold. Ten lone and lost souls find each other, a profound meeting as a last chance to hope and fear, to love and dream. Ten tales as tribute to Monet’s Water Lilies, ten tales portraying an impressionist painting of today’s France.

John Duxbury, a fifty-year-old man disappointed by his life, sees his wife die from a fatal fall while they are on vacation together. And while an accident is initially thought to be the cause of death, suspicions soon turn to John... especially since a witness claims to have seen him push his wife.

John Duxbury, a fifty-year-old man disappointed by his life, sees his wife die from a fatal fall while they are on vacation together. And while an accident is initially thought to be the cause of death, suspicions soon turn to John... especially since a witness claims to have seen him push his wife.

Alain es un respetado hombre de negocios y un brillante orador. En su vida, no hay lugar para el ocio o la familia. Un día, sufre un derrame cerebral que frena su brillante carrera profesional y le causa problemas profundos en el habla y la memoria. En su rehabilitación cuenta con el apoyo de Jeanne, una joven logopeda. A fuerza de trabajo y paciencia, Jeanne y Alain llegarán a conocerse y él intentará reconstruirse y empezar una nueva vida.

La historia gira en torno a Laura, una chica de 22 años que se está buscando a sí misma. Después de finalizar con éxito sus estudios literarios, se alista en la marina francesa como oficial de comunicación. Se tiene que adaptar rápidamente y asimilar las reglas que rigen la institución. Pero Laura está decidida. Tiene que aprender. Seguir aprendiendo. Aprender a conocerse y a aceptarse. Encontrar su sitio.

La historia gira en torno a Laura, una chica de 22 años que se está buscando a sí misma. Después de finalizar con éxito sus estudios literarios, se alista en la marina francesa como oficial de comunicación. Se tiene que adaptar rápidamente y asimilar las reglas que rigen la institución. Pero Laura está decidida. Tiene que aprender. Seguir aprendiendo. Aprender a conocerse y a aceptarse. Encontrar su sitio.

La historia gira en torno a Laura, una chica de 22 años que se está buscando a sí misma. Después de finalizar con éxito sus estudios literarios, se alista en la marina francesa como oficial de comunicación. Se tiene que adaptar rápidamente y asimilar las reglas que rigen la institución. Pero Laura está decidida. Tiene que aprender. Seguir aprendiendo. Aprender a conocerse y a aceptarse. Encontrar su sitio.

Un París distópico, con el país galo sumido en la pobreza, en el que la única salida para la población son las violentas peleas televisadas en las que todo está permitido.

The frustrated loves of Jean Cocteau and Raymond Radiguet at the beginning of the 1920s. The death of Radiguet that sank Cocteau into opium. A story under the influence of drugs. A narrative in the spirit of Cocteau. And all this in a musical.

Marco Silvestri, capitán de un carguero, recibe una llamada que reclama su presencia inmediata en París. Sandra, su hermana, está desesperada. Su marido se ha suicidado, la empresa familiar se aproxima a la quiebra y su hija ha sido internada en un centro psiquiátrico. Sandra acusa al poderoso empresario Edouard Laporte de ser el responsable de su situación. Decidido a encontrar el punto débil de este hombre de negocios y llevar a cabo una terrible venganza, Marco se muda al edificio donde vive Raphaelle, la amante de Laporte.

A banker strikes up a sadomasochistic relationship with a mistress.

A banker strikes up a sadomasochistic relationship with a mistress.

A young woman tries to adjust to freedom after she spends eight years as a prisoner to a strange man.

A writer suffering from a lack of inspiration sneaks his way into the lives of a star television journalist and his lead ballerina daughter to write, unbeknownst to them, a non-authorized biography. Meanwhile, in Brittany, twenty-year-old Bruno, who lives with his parents, doesn't yet know the consequences that this story will have on his existence...

A gruesome discovery is made outside a London cemetery one night. Meanwhile in Paris, Police Captain Adamsberg discovers a body chopped into pieces. Could there be a link?

Bérengère y Vincent se van a casar respetando las tradiciones de las bodas burguesas y el buen gusto. Siguiendo la costumbre, las familias y los amigos se encuentran en el campo en un bonito día de primavera. Un día trascendental e inolvidable para todos, en el que se revelan secretos familiares que no dejan indiferentes a ninguno de los asistentes.

Philosophy teacher in the provincial city of Saint-Etienne, Gregoire is a discreet man of integrity. He strives to instill the fundamentals of wisdom in his lethargic high-school students. Circumstances lead him to Paris where he encounters a new student in the shape of Patrick, a star TV presenter. Patrick's career is on a high, but he's not happy. He wants to learn, he wants to change, he wants Gregoire to be his life-coach.

A wave of carnage is sweeping through Southern France, with locals blaming the return of wolves. However some begin talking of a werewolf, and Police Captain Adamsberg must investigate.

For months a strange phrase has been found scrawled on Paris sidewalks next to chalk circles containing odd objects. Policeman Adamsberg gets involved when a dead woman is found in one of the circles.

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.

Constance Reid (Marina Hands) tiene 23 años cuando se casa con Clifford Chatterley, un elegante teniente de la armada Británica, convirtiéndose en Lady Chatterley. Corre el año 1917 y Clifford se va a luchar en el frente de la batalla de Flanders, de donde regresa con una parálisis irreversible. La joven pareja se asienta en una casa cerca de la tierra de su juventud, Chatterley. Abandonándose a sí misma, triste e indiferente, Constance Chatterley se refugia en Parkin, el guardabosques de la zona, lo que supondrá el despertar a la sensualidad para ella, y la vuelta a la vida y sus placeres para él... Aclamada adaptación de la novela "El amante de Lady Chatterley", de D.H. Lawrence.

Hélène and Marianne are two girls with love on their minds. Together, they decide to play a short-lived game of deception. A guy called Agostino Stone charms the two but then disappears into thin air, but not without first leaving his mark…

After 10 years and two children together, Philippe and Marion, finally decide to take a honeymoon Holiday in Venice. At the train station, a abandoned bag filled with money will bring them to a different journey. A journey of doubt where reality never quite lies where it seems, leading from separation to reconciliation.

Noël is a different kind of man. He has maintained a state of innocence. His apparent non-conformism springs from his intuition, sensuality and, above all, his deep attachment to nature and its elements. People treat him like the village idiot and his one source of refuge and understanding is a little girl. Even Olivia, the local teacher with whom he falls in love, has trouble understanding and accepting his behavior which she considers primitive. In a state of despair about living in a world where there is no longer a place for the animal reign, Noël winds up committing an irreversible act...

Eric returns to his hometown to marry Edith. A beautiful summer, a woman he loves, a beautiful wedding: everything is in place for the party to be successful. But Eric's mother and brother disappear and his father remains imperturbable.

Francois Cluzet and Karin Viard are the couple behind a French shopping channel whose business and marriage are both drifting towards the rocks, with Nathalie Baye as a smiling Rottweiller out to steal their business by conning them into offering a duff product, the 'Fear Eliminator,' and picking up the network for pennies in the ensuing financial fallout.

Un tímido experto informático cae enamorado de una bella compañera mientras intenta convertirse en director de cine. Cinco años después, ellos tienen dos hijos, ella se ha convertido en una ejecutiva de éxito, mientras que la carrera de él no va a ninguna parte, y su relación está llegando a su fin.

Seaside takes place in a small coastal town on the Bay of Somme. The year-round inhabitants find ways to make their lives work; Paul, a lifeguard in the summer, works at the grocery all winter. His mother, Rose (Ogier) likes to play the slots just about anytime; his girlfriend Marie works in the local factory - the town's biggest business - but watching the summertime vacationers each year just makes her increasingly curious about what else might be out there. From these and several other stories, aided by close, revealing observations, we see a community perched between transition and stasis.

Una tarde, Fanette se encuentra con Bernard, un antiguo compañero de estudios. Durante la conversación, se nombra a Philippe, el primer amor de Fanette. El recuerdo de Philippe la lleva una vez más a la sala de cine donde proyectan "An affair to remember": Cary Grant y Deborah Kerr se reencuentran finalmente, tras haberse citado en lo alto del Empire State y nunca haberse producido dicho encuentro. Fanette está escribiendo un libro sobre el pintor François Arnal y tiene que ir a Nueva York para fotografiar dos cuadros suyos. Antes de su viaje, recibe una carta en la que se fija una cita en lo alto del Empire State. Cuando llega a Nueva York conoce a Matt, un americano encantador que se siente atraído por ella, pero Fanette, obsesionada por la cita, ni siquiera repara en él.

Paris, 1995. Laure is about to meet friends for dinner. But on her way out, she discovers that the entire city is stalled by a massive transit strike. When she offers a handsome stranger a ride, Laure takes a highly charged, impossibly erotic detour.

In Africa, two occidentals, a man and a woman, with totaly different minds, are obliged to make a long trip together in a cab.

Some days turn out to be simply unforgettable. For Marie, it all starts with a pregnancy test… that proves positive, a car accident and being fired from her job... For Hortense, mobile phone in hand, the frantic quest for sexual satisfaction begins in a traffic jam... For both Luis and Maurice, the unexpected appearance of a loved one pitches them into a world of dreams and nightmares. While some of the characters know each other, others come into contact by chance. One woman profits from all this, the other is shattered. One will have gone looking for trouble, the other will have asked for nothing. There'll be no fatalities.

Jeanne es una exitosa osteópata, se siente desesperadamente sola en su vida como madre y esposa. Su esposo e hijo le dan estabilidad a su vida, pero ella busca algo más, sintiendo que su juventud va desapareciendo. Así conoce en una fiesta de cumpleaños a Marie, una bailarina profesional con la que descubre una química inmediata. Aun dudando Jeanne se inscribe en la clase de baile de Marie, con quien comienza un romance y descrubre una sensualidad y vitalidad que antes no había conocido, además de un sentimiento poco familiar para ella: pasión hacia otra mujer. Su familia y conocidos no aprueban su amor, pero Marie con su libertad le permite olvidarse de los demás. Aun así, Jeanne tiene que decidir entre Marie y su familia después que su marido descubre su romance. (FILMAFFINITY)

A chance meeting with Aie, a waitress with a strange name, will drive a 50 year old neurotic man, Robert, crazy.

Two middle-aged friends meet a beautiful woman whom they set out to seduce. She invites them but only has eyes for one man: François Mitterrand.

Arthur is invited to a New Year's Eve party to celebrate the year 2000. His girlfriend Lucie would like a baby from him but he refuses. Through the ceiling of the toilets, he discovers a passage leading to this futurist Paris. There, he meets an old man Ako who affirms he is his son and that he wants to exist. Otherwise he will vanish into the air. Arthur is still hesitant because his life is an unfulfilled one: a has a little lucrative job, is uncertain about his future and things are getting out of hand when Ako discovers the passage and interferes in the party.

Vénus es un salón de belleza de barrio en el que, además de los tratamientos estéticos, se dan consejos, se escuchan los problemas graves o leves de las clientas. Se venden cremas, elixires, relajación, sol de mentira... Nadine es la dueña y tiene tres tres esteticistas: Samantha, Marie y Angèle. Angèle hace tiempo que trabaja allí. Se ha amoldado perfectamente a aquel universo rosa, atenta y tranquila, desconectada del tiempo y del ruido.

Ulysse, a gun-toting hood, gets together a team of four people, including himself, to carry out what he thinks will be a fail-safe heist...

Antoine Rivière, a highly-reputed psychoanalyst, is visited by a new patient, Edouard Berg. When Berg claims to have killed his own wife, the doctor suspects he is a compulsive liar. How could he know that he has been caught in a trap and it's already too late for escape?

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.

An indecisive, shy young woman is profiled in this French drama. Benedicte is 20 years old and lives with Henri who is considerably older. She is still haunted by two former loves, Pierre, whom she still cares for, and Paul, who still cares for her. She is faced with a major decision when she finds a bag filled with a fortune of francs and a gun. Should she keep it for herself, or should she return it? This question plagues her; she gets no help from family, friends, or lovers.

Two friends are walking in the street while playing "Do you prefer to" ...