Charles Van Damme

We hear the thoughts of Amy, a girl from a rural area of Senegal who works as a domestic for a well-to-do family in Dakar. She complains about her employer, who continuously criticizes her and gets on her case, and she talks about her dream of one day opening her own eatery. In Dakar, some 150,000 young women work as housekeepers for rich families to survive and help their families instead of going to school.

Can madness be described? Is it possible to express the pain that it entails? In 1994, when she was about to fall prey to her illness, Khady Sylla met Aminta Ngom, who exhibited her madness freely, without fear of provocation. During her years of suffering, Aminta was her window to the world.

The poet Jean Sénac is also a radio presenter. A Pied-noir, he opted to stay in Algeria after the country achieved independence in 1962. Ten years later he is monitored by the police of the present regime. His poems have a large public following and his radio show is a great success, especially with the young. The poet allies himself with two students, aspiring playwrights Hamid and Belkacem, to fight for the freedom and culture of Algerian youth.

Once upon a time a carnivorous advertising methodist (Richard Bohringer) finds himself stuck between floors in an old elevator. The owner of the deserted building (Ute Lemper) does not help, but plays with him like a prey trapped. To get out, he threatens, attempts to seduce, to deceive, to be honest. After this confrontation for several days...

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?

This European drama, set in Paris, follows a brilliant musician as he suddenly forsakes his career, to live and love amongst the common populace. Armand is the violinist who yearns to experience that life and to share his music with everyone, not just the wealthy and the elite. He leaves the glittering world of classical music without a backward glance and takes up residence in the Paris metro where he is surrounded by beggars and tramps. There he meets and becomes friends with Lydia, a metro employee.

A teenager at a predominantly male boarding school learns lessons in love when he is invited to stay at a remote estate for the holiday season.

Un dibujante de cómics, aprovechando un viaje de trabajo a París, visita a su hija que estudia en la Sorbona. El choque cultural y la extraña actitud de la joven hacen que su estancia en la capital francesa sea especialmente difícil.

France is a haughty, bourgeoise wife who is abandoned at the side of the road by her husband after a vicious quarrel. She meets Charles, a doctor. The meeting of the two strangers is the focus of the film, along with their encounters with characters at a truck stop.

Siglo XVI. Una vez que el duque de Alba aplastó la rebelión de Flandes contra España, Felipe II (1559-1598) restringió la libertad religiosa, aplicó los decretos del Concilio de Trento y reforzó el poder de la Inquisición en esas tierras. En este contexto, llega a Brujas con documentación falsa el venerable escritor y filósofo Zenón Ligre. Tras fundar una clínica y unas termas, se dispone a trabajar como médico y alquimista para los más pobres. El pensamiento y los métodos de Zenón, que se apartan de la ortodoxia oficial, tienen un gran éxito entre la población flamenca, pero corren el riesgo de ser condenados por la Inquisición. (FILMAFFINITY)

Diez años después de haber quitado su región natal, el inspector Molinat es obligado a volver por una investigación. Dos cadáveres son misteriosamente encontrados cerca de la costa. La llegada de el Inspector Leroyer, al que detestaba, no solo complicará más aún la investigación sino que sumergirá a Molinat en su propio pasado

Año 1926. Después de seducir a Marcel, un violinista amigo de su marido Pierre, Romaine intenta envenenar a su pareja.

Un apasionado romance en contraste con el intenso encuentro entre un cineasta y una novelista. La historia comienza con el joven guionista François tratando de localizar al autor de la de una vez escandalosa novela.

A crusader gets lost with his horse in the desert and stops to die. He ponders over the recent events, the pillaging of villages, and the four women who followed them to rob whatever was left.

Tras nueve años sin estrenar una película, Varda vuelve con un film feminista que narra la histora de dos amigas de vidas diferentes. (FILMAFFINITY)

Made at a time when Iran had a seemingly revolving door for incoming European directors and bottomless funding for their projects, Plaisir d'amour en Iran is a short, sort of love story between a handsome Iranian (Ali Raffi) and a visiting French woman (Valérie Mairesse). The film was shot at the Shah Masjed in romantic Esfehan.

A filmed essay about the painter Bouts.

Mathieu Grégoire es un escritor que vive felizmente en Spa con su mujer Jeanne y su hija Marie, que está a punto de contraer matrimonio. Circunstancias fortuitas lo llevan a descubrir a una joven que se esconde en la linde de los bosques que bordean la Fagne, unas llanuras baldías y desoladas batidas por el viento y donde las tempestades son muy fuertes. Mathieu deduce que la mujer, que no comprende ni una palabra de francés, ha debido de atraversar de forma ilegal la frontera belga. Dado que ignora su verdadero nombre, la llamará Belle. Con un ritmo rápido, la historia se desarrolla ineludiblemente, unida a los árboles, a las nubes, a la lluvia, al barro, al viento. Un extranjero llega a la Fagne, un compatriota de Belle. La presencia de ese hombre, que Belle acoje con temor, desencadena el drama.