François-Olivier Rousseau

An elderly woman, whose best friend has died, meets her friend's favorite nephew to give him his inheritance. The nephew is rather different than expected.

Guerras de religión, siglo XVI. Adaptación de una novela de Madame de Lafayette (1662) que narra la vida de Marie de Mèzières, una dama de la nobleza francesa. En 1562, bajo el reinado de Carlos IX, las guerras de religión entre católicos y protestantes causan estragos en Francia. Marie está enamorada del joven Duque de Guisa (“el Acuchillado”), pero su padre, guiado por la ambición, la obliga a casarse con el príncipe de Montpensier, a quien ni siquiera conoce. Para proteger a su esposa de los desastres de la guerra, Montpensier la envía, en compañía del Conde de Chabannes, al castillo de Champigny, donde Marie intenta olvidar su ardiente pasión por el conde de Guisa. La misión de Chabannes será perfeccionar la educación de Marie para poder presentarla un día en la Corte.

After the Liberation of France during the World War II, ten former Resistant fighters meet again during a dinner organized by Marie-Octobre...

Parisian authorities clash with the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) in director Alain Tasma’s recounting of one of the darkest moments of the Algerian War of Independence. As the war wound to a close and violence persisted in the streets of Paris, the FLN and its supporters adopted the tactic of murdering French policemen in hopes of forcing a withdrawal. When French law enforcement retaliated by brutalizing Algerians and imposing a strict curfew, the FLN organizes a peaceful demonstration that drew over 11,000 supporters, resulting in an order from the Paris police chief to take brutal countermeasures. Told through the eyes of both French policemen as well as Algerian protestors, Tasma’s film attempts to get to the root of the tragedy by presenting both sides of the story.

The story of Napoleon Bonaparte's grandniece, the famous Princess Marie, her friendship and her work with Sigmund Freud.

Catherine (Fanny Ardant), una atractiva ginecóloga de mediana edad y casada desde hace 25 años, descubre un día que su marido (Gérard Depardieu) la engaña. Decide entonces vengarse y, para ello, contrata a Nathalie (Emmanuelle Béart), una prostituta de un nightclub.

The wildly popular British television show Absolutely Fabulous gets a Francophonic makeover with this film version directed by Gabriel Aghion. In this go around, Josiane Balasko and Nathalie Baye play the incorrigible Eddie and Patsy, who leave no impulse unenacted and no lust unsated -- be it for sex or the latest in designer clothing. Waking up from a night of drunken debauchery, the two dip right into a feast of champagne and caviar, much to the irritation of Eddie's elegant mother and her resentful daughter. As Eddie stretches an appalling pair of leopard-print leotards (complete with matching shoes, purse, and hat) over her massive rear end, she and Patsy learn of a handsome young Rollerblading delivery boy who quickly becomes the object of their lust. This film was screened at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival.

París, 1832. Dos palabras, "romanticismo" y "revolución" están en boca de todo el mundo. El 3 de junio, una sublevación estudiantil provoca una revuelta, y las calles se llenan de sangre. Ese mismo día, la baronesa Dudevant llega de provincias para emprender su carrera literaria bajo el seudónimo de George Sand. A los 23 años, Alfred de Musset, "el poeta y escritor de mayor relieve de su generación", es el cabecilla de una pandilla de vividores que malbaratan su juventud en una disipación absurda, sin esperanza ni ideal alguno.

Thierry is a former battered child, who has managed to build himself up despite the violence he has suffered. But the childhood traumas are still present, generating anguish and a perpetual lack of self-confidence. The announcement of the imminent death of the guilty father of the brutalities, and with whom Thierry broke all relation, sounds the hour of the accounts. The moment has come for him to put his memory and his feelings in order.