Anne Weil

A fines de la década de 1980, Stella, Victor, Adèle y Etienne tienen 20 años. Realizan el examen de ingreso a la famosa escuela de interpretación creada por Patrice Chéreau y Pierre Romans en el Théâtre des Amandiers de Nanterre. Lanzados a toda velocidad a la vida, la pasión y el amor. Juntos vivirán un momento crucial en sus vidas, pero también sus primeras grandes tragedias.

Anna va con su hija de vacaciones a pasar unos días a una gran casa situada en la Costa Azul. Allí tendrá que buscar un tiempo para estar a solas y así escribir el guión de su próxima película. Para ello, deberá evitar a familia, amigos y empleados. Detrás de la risa, la ira y los secretos se encuentran unas relaciones de dominación, miedos y deseos. Llega un punto en el que todas las personas tienen que dejar de escuchar los sonidos de su alrededor para enfrentarse al misterio de su propia existencia.

For her latest project, commissioned by Arte and starring members of the Comédie-Française, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (A Castle in Italy, Rendez-Vous 2014) shot an idiosyncratic, half-modernized adaptation of one of Chekhov’s greatest, most expansively melancholy plays.

1979: Cousins Carole and Jérôme go on an organized trip to Odessa, behind the Iron Curtain. During the day, posing as tourists celebrating their engagement, they visit monuments and museums. In the evening they slip away from the group and meet “refuseniks”, Jews persecuted by the Soviet regime for wanting to leave the country. While Carole is motivated by political commitment and a taste for risk, Jérôme’s motivation is Carole.

1979: Cousins Carole and Jérôme go on an organized trip to Odessa, behind the Iron Curtain. During the day, posing as tourists celebrating their engagement, they visit monuments and museums. In the evening they slip away from the group and meet “refuseniks”, Jews persecuted by the Soviet regime for wanting to leave the country. While Carole is motivated by political commitment and a taste for risk, Jérôme’s motivation is Carole.

La historia abre el telón en abril de 1986, en Prypiat, una ciudad soviética cercana a la central nuclear de Chernóbil, algunos días antes de la explosión. Un niño, Valery, y su padre, físico de la central, plantan un árbol. Joshia, guardabosques, efectúa su ronda diaria. En medio de un claro, Anya y Piotr celebran su matrimonio. La fiesta se interrumpe brutalmente y Piotr, un bombero voluntario, debe ir a apagar un incendio…

La historia abre el telón en abril de 1986, en Prypiat, una ciudad soviética cercana a la central nuclear de Chernóbil, algunos días antes de la explosión. Un niño, Valery, y su padre, físico de la central, plantan un árbol. Joshia, guardabosques, efectúa su ronda diaria. En medio de un claro, Anya y Piotr celebran su matrimonio. La fiesta se interrumpe brutalmente y Piotr, un bombero voluntario, debe ir a apagar un incendio…

In the 1950s, Louise left her husband when their children were still little. She was never heard from again. Her daughter Martine stayed in the small seaside town, where she became a doctor. Martine's daughter, Audrey, a thirty-year-old independent woman, returns to visit her parents. By chance, she finds a notebook that belonged to her grandmother, a diary that may at last explain her departure. Will it reveal the things left unsaid, that have altered the relationships within the heart of the family ever since? In it, will Audrey find answers to the questions that she is asking herself about her own future?

A group of Kurdish refugees tries to get to Great Britain. A female student travels through Europa. A young executive relocates a factory to Hungary.

Marcelline is an actress. Forty, single and childless, she begins rehearsals for Turgenev's A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY. Denis, the director, admires her greatly and promises he'll make her happy on stage - she will shine. But things don't go to plan. Denis introduces Marcelline to his assistant, Nathalie. The two women were at drama school together twenty years earlier. Nathalie tells her she had to give up acting: she has a husband and children. Marcelline and Nathalie look at each other as if in a mirror, each seeing in the other the life she doesn't have, the dreams she cannot bear to abandon. Their meeting is the first in a series of tremors that will turn Marcelline's life upside down.

En París, dos hermanas, llevan una vida con la que no son felices. Ariane escribe en la revista ‘Tú y yo’ fotonovelas en las que idealiza, tanto su vida como la de su hermana Lena. Ariane lleva mucho tiempo con su novio Farid, pero este no la quiere. Por otra parte, Lena es una violonchelista, tranquila y prudente, tanto en su vida como en su trabajo. Su historia de amor con su novio François no tiene pasión, a pesar de que ellos están hablando de tener un bebé. Tanto Ariane como Lena tienen una salida para escapar de sus vidas. Ariane podría dejarse llevar y empezar una historia de amor con Pablo, un constructor español que trabaja en su edificio. Lena se siente atraída por Mark, un gran violinista que pronto se irá a Asia. ¿Qué harán Lena y Ariane?

Federica (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) es rica, demasiado rica. Esto que a priori no sería un problema para ninguno de los mortales, para ella es una gran carga y un enorme lastre para poder vivir su vida. Si a esto le unimos las presiones de su novio para crear una familia, la vuelta inesperada de un antiguo amante, y sus conflictos familiares, el resultado es una vida completamente desestabilizada. Para poder soportar la rutina diaria, Federica busca consuelo en lo imaginario: sueños donde la realidad se vuelve perfecta y maravillosa. (FILMAFFINITY)

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.

A documentary film of The Black Panther Party as told by four former Party members

Despite his lifelong efforts, Jean is one of those unfortunate men who can never understand women. This arty, metaphorical French film presents three examples of Jean's difficulties over the course of his long life. Each of the three episodes takes place beside the same river. He is first seen as a small boy playing on the river banks with the teenage girl he secretly loves. She mischievously promises to tell him her darkest secret if only he will perform a certain task for her. The story then takes a more surreal turn as a now-grown Jean, once again beside the river, toys with a beautiful woman at a picnic. She wants a commitment from him, but wily Jean is unwilling to satisfy her. In the final segment, Jean has become an old man and is once again deeply in love.

A film by Haydée Caillot with Any Bertin, Evelyne Marceau, Jacques Mandréa et al.