Daniel Duval

1949, a French explorer goes on a solitary expedition in the Amazon forest. He leaves behind him a diary that reflects the meaning of Pure Life and his encounters but leaves the mystery of his own disappearance unsolved. Based on a true story.

Holed up in a small Normandy town, Louise hides from her ghosts as she looks after grumpy old Theo, the retired lighthouse keeper who shares her passion for ornithology. As she wanders the twisted shores, observing birds and people alike, Louise also keeps track of old Florelle, another broken soul who searches the beaches, seemingly waiting for the crashing waves to return something to her. Observing the locals' reactions to Lambert's return, the heir of a family lost at sea, Louise is intrigued by his past but, at the same time, attracted to him. As their relationship deepens, they start to unravel the web of secrets that have haunted the small village for decades. Together, they struggle to uncover the truth that could set them both free.

In this study of the lust for youth, Michel, a disillusioned cop nearing retirement, becomes obsessed with the body of a beautiful woman he meets on the beach. His search for an unattainable love drives him deeper into darkness.

Tras formar parte de la banda "Los lioneses", que atracaron media Francia en los 70, Edmond Vidal, alias "Momon", vive ya retirado del mundo del crimen. Tras el nacimiento de su séptimo nieto, recibe la noticia de que su compañero Serge, con el que se inició en el mundo criminal y al que quiere como a un hermano, ha sido detenido después de burlar a la justicia durante trece años. La amistad y la lealtad hacen que Momon se plantee sacar de la cárcel a su amigo. A la vez, la película narra la vida criminal de Momon y Serge en su juventud

Emilie es una joven que, además de tener su propia peluquería, sabe aconsejar a sus clientas y amigas. Sin embargo, este don no le sirve para ayudar su madre, que no tiene ganas de vivir desde que perdió a su marido. Una mañana de primavera, Emily encuentra una hermosa carta de amor anónima y decide enviársela a su madre con la esperanza de que la ilusión la ayude a recuperarse.

When Florence, his companion of five years, shocks him with the news that she's leaving him, moving to Miami and marrying another man, Arthur loses it. He follows Florence to all the way to Florida with plans to stop the wedding, which is set to take place in just a few days. Along the way, he crosses paths with Emilie, who is also heading to Miami, but unlike Arthur, is wanted by the police. As a result, Arthur gets stuck on an adventure he definitely never expected.

En la ciudad de Lisboa, Guilherme y Sofia crecieron juntos compartiendo experiencias, y poco a poco, fueron descubriendo su sexualidad. Guilherme, protegido en un mundo femenino, era incapaz de relacionarse con el amor incorrespondido de su hermana y con otros chicos y termina por escaparse. Después de la muerte de su abuela Clara, Él se refugia en casa de su padre, quién está inmerso en un mundo autista, el cual lo deja a él cada vez más aislado.

En el año 2010 los suburbios de París son pasto de las bandas y el caos. Un agente de policía especial tendrá que infiltrarse en la más peligrosa y dura de las bandas para tratar de resolver una complicada e importante misión.

A man endeavors to collect memories of his grandparents who died in a concentration camp during the Holocaust.

Segunda adaptación de una novela de José Giovanni. La primera, "Hasta el último aliento", es de Jean-Pierre Melville. Manouche y Gustave se enamoran. Él, un delincuente relacionado con la mafia, es buscado por la justicia. Ella le propone huir a Italia para olvidar el pasado. Lo malo es que él, antes de retirarse, pretende dar un último y provechoso golpe. (FILMAFFINITY)

Three childhood friends support each other through life's ups and downs in this comedy/drama. Each goes through a difficult time in their life, and is "helped" by the others - always well-intentioned, but not always with the intended results! Baptiste's (Kad Merad) wife leaves him and he becomes depressed then obsessive-compulsive. César (Pascal Elbé) has a secret affair with his boss's daughter - he's nervous about seeing her in case dad finds out, but if he stops seeing her she threatens to tell all anyway - either way his job is on the line. Claire (Mathilde Seigner), adopted as a baby, struggles to decide whether to try and find her birth-mother.The links between the three play a crucial part in each of their lives - a deep and supportive bond, but one which risks preventing them ever forming a relationship with someone else.

Es verano y Antoine debe dejar la ciudad para ayudar a su madre en la tienda de ultramarinos que tiene en un pueblo del sur de Francia. Su padre, enfermo, no puede continuar conduciendo el camión que abastece las aldeas aisladas. Antoine descubre, entonces, el encanto de estos últimos habitantes: testarudos, contradictorios, vividores... Antoine va a reencontrarse con la tierra de su infancia, con la alegría de vivir y puede ser que con el amor.

Two crooked lawmen (Stomy Bugsy, Titoff) search for a precious stone to collect an inheritance.

Adapted from the best-seller, the films is a road movie full of music and poetry, driving us from the hot districts of Marseille, to Paris, Montrealand Dakar. Paulo, the young writer, follows Richard, the old musician, in his wanderings, encounters, love stories and will share his vision of life. Richard transmits to Paulo his crazy and strange experience, opening the door to an enchanting world of passion.

In 1950s France, a young boy is taken in by a couple after spending a few months in the care of social service.

In 1950s France, a young boy is taken in by a couple after spending a few months in the care of social service.

In 1950s France, a young boy is taken in by a couple after spending a few months in the care of social service.

Georges es el típico burgués: presenta un programa literario en televisión y lleva una vida acomodada con su mujer y su hijo adolescente. Pero, empieza a recibir unos paquetes anónimos que contienen cintas de vídeo, grabadas desde la calle, y unos dibujos inquietantes cuyo significado es un misterio. No sabe quién los envía; sin embargo, las secuencias que aparecen en las cintas se hacen cada vez más personales, lo que sugiere que el remitente le conoce desde hace algún tiempo. Georges siente que una amenaza se cierne sobre él y su familia, pero, puesto que no hay evidencias de delito alguno, la policía se niega a ayudarlo.

Francia /// A Romain, un joven fotógrafo de moda, gay, egocéntrico y arrogante, le diagnostican un cáncer. No hay ninguna esperanza de curación. Su primera reacción es descargar su ira sobre sus padres, su hermana y su novio, al que expulsa del piso que comparten. Ninguno de ellos conoce la razón de su conducta...

En París hace varios meses que una banda de atracadores actúa con total impunidad, haciendo gala de una violencia poco habitual. El director de la Policía Judicial, Robert Mancini, les plantea la cuestión con claridad meridiana a dos comisarios: Léo Vrinks, jefe de la Brigada de Investigación e Intervención, y Denis Klein, jefe de la Brigada de la Represión de la Delincuencia: el que consiga atrapar a la banda le sustituirá y se convertirá en el gran jefe del 36, Quai des Orfèvres, sede de la Policía Judicial. Esto significa la guerra entre los dos policías, otrora amigos.

The story of a woman who decides to kill herself. She puts herself through a series of experiences that test the limits of what is humanly bearable in an ultimate attempt to find a reason to live.

En la mitología germánica, el momento anterior al Apocalipsis, en el que se trastocan los valores y caen las más altas torres, se conoce como "El tiempo del lobo". Una familia de clase media (padre, madre y dos hijos) huye de la catástrofe ocurrida en la ciudad, y se refugia en su casa de campo. Piensan que así lograrán librarse del caos generalizado, pero pronto comprenderán que eso es de todo punto imposible.

Two very different cops are forced to work together...

A man is murdered soon after getting out of jail. His longtime friend, a cop, sets out to find out who did it and why.

The ambitious Alex is trapped by his father-in-law who fears that he will take his place in the multinational company of which he is the CEO. The latter has a photo montage made that accuses his troublesome son-in-law of adultery. This ploy leads Alex and his wife into a heated argument which, unfortunately, leads to an accident in which the wife is killed. Alex is then accused of his wife's murder. But in this descent into hell, he finds the strength to react.

A housewife's affair with a younger man goes nowhere.

Muriel, a writer nearing 50 whose older lover won't live with her in Paris, meets a man on a train - Samuel, an Arab. He's attracted to her and pursues her, dropping in, asserting himself. She's willing to connect. He's passionate, then boorish, then jealous and possessive. He seems fixed on "Who's the strongest?," while she wants respect and trust. She's self-possessed as well as sexually charged, willing to laugh, and alternately firm and forgiving. He has little money, no immigration papers, few prospects, and a gambling jag. What does each want, and why does she stick with it? Is this colonial strife, war between the sexes, or a love story?

In this French gangster drama, a young hoodlum, new to his famed father's dubious profession, successfully completes his first hit but then finds himself trapped in between a brutal vendetta between rival gangs. To save himself, Francois joins forces with a motley gang of crooks, led by the emotionally unstable Rufin, and tries to wait the situation out while amusing himself with the affections of a nightclub chanteuse. Meanwhile, his colleagues are being killed off, one by one, leaving him to wonder whether or not his father will use his clout to save him.

A woman and her seven children live on a farm in Southern France. In spite of the hard work and the mediocre accommodation, their life would be a happy one, but for one person: the owner of the farm, an egotistic and authoritarian individual who is also the lover of the woman and the father of all her children. The farmer handles them as his property, uses them as cheap labour to work in the fields, and denies them the right to leave the farm. It is only the love of the woman for her children that allows them to endure their situation; but even for her, disenchantment has set in.

Son los mejores amigos del mundo desde hace 20 años, durante los cuales Pierre ha hecho uso de su encanto, su excentricidad, su audacia y de un verdadero talento para gustar. 20 años durante los cuales Benoit ha trabajado para salir adelante en la vida, pagando las cuentas de su colega, y esperando prudentemente que aparezca el amor de su vida, deseando lo razonable. Marie, es tímida o más bien discreta, y cree saber lo que quiere. Ella está buscando a Pierre, pero se casa con Benoit... (FILMAFFINITY)

Esta película se apoya en la teoría de que Nefertiti era la princesa de Mitanni enviada a casarse con el faraón Amenhotep III, pero que al final terminó siendo esposa de Akenatón. La historia está basada en el deseo de un arqueólogo por encontrar la manera de reavivar este mito varios milenios después de su muerte.

An American general with highly confidential defence information has been kidnapped by terrorists and is being held in a cliff-top fortress in the Mediterranean.

An amateur detective helps a hotel owner to find her younger sister.

A courageous judge tries to dismantle a drug traffickers ring.

During a robbery that goes wrong, Valentin Tralande kills his accomplices and bank customers.

Max is an old and unsuccessful actor while Charlie is an ambitious young director, yet they are bound together by close friendship. Until the day Rose-Marie, a rather conservative young antique dealer, walks into Charlie's life. When Max's wife walks out on him, he clings to the young couple like ivy. However he soons becomes a dead weight and Rose-Marie threatens to leave if Charlie doesn't choose between her and Max.

Max is an old and unsuccessful actor while Charlie is an ambitious young director, yet they are bound together by close friendship. Until the day Rose-Marie, a rather conservative young antique dealer, walks into Charlie's life. When Max's wife walks out on him, he clings to the young couple like ivy. However he soons becomes a dead weight and Rose-Marie threatens to leave if Charlie doesn't choose between her and Max.

Max is an old and unsuccessful actor while Charlie is an ambitious young director, yet they are bound together by close friendship. Until the day Rose-Marie, a rather conservative young antique dealer, walks into Charlie's life. When Max's wife walks out on him, he clings to the young couple like ivy. However he soons becomes a dead weight and Rose-Marie threatens to leave if Charlie doesn't choose between her and Max.

A gangster (Daniel Duval) incurs the wrath of the patriarch of a well-established crime family.

Marie es una jovencita, hija de una familia de clase obrera, que se enamora de Gérard, del que luego descubrirá que es un tipo sádico y retorcido. No mucho después de iniciar su relación, Gérard comienza a maltratarla física y psicológicamente. Marie intentará huir de él y emprenderá una aventura personal para recobrar el control de su cuerpo y de su espíritu.

Marie es una jovencita, hija de una familia de clase obrera, que se enamora de Gérard, del que luego descubrirá que es un tipo sádico y retorcido. No mucho después de iniciar su relación, Gérard comienza a maltratarla física y psicológicamente. Marie intentará huir de él y emprenderá una aventura personal para recobrar el control de su cuerpo y de su espíritu.

Marie es una jovencita, hija de una familia de clase obrera, que se enamora de Gérard, del que luego descubrirá que es un tipo sádico y retorcido. No mucho después de iniciar su relación, Gérard comienza a maltratarla física y psicológicamente. Marie intentará huir de él y emprenderá una aventura personal para recobrar el control de su cuerpo y de su espíritu.

Family mother and model wife, Agnes hits a vehicle while driving in Paris. She immediately falls in love with the driver of the damaged car.

In the north of France, the life of a nice family of marginalized.

In the north of France, the life of a nice family of marginalized.

Ben (Françoise Lebrun) is a woman who never gets to do what she really wants to do and is the victim of everybody and everything. Benedict is her imaginary creation: the girl who would respond with strength and mastery to situations she can only submit to. She is married to a cad who says he only married her because she was pregnant, and now he wants his freedom. Her real love is a fellow medical student, who shows some interest in her. Nonetheless, she remains faithful to her unenthusiastic husband, until she becomes pregnant again. At this point, she begins to act more like the Benedict of her dreams and less like the "Ben" she has lived as until now.

Estando de viaje, una familia se topa con un grupo de moteros que le cierran el paso, lo que provoca un accidente en el que el marido pierde el conocimiento. Cuando despierta descubre que su mujer y su hija han sido violadas y asesinadas. Poco después conoce a Catherine y empieza a viajar por las carreteras en busca de venganza.

In this gentle comedy, a disaffected group of young people bungle their first hold-up when the old lady they choose to rob turns out to be even poorer than they are. Not only that, but her husband has died, and she needs to get his body back to his hometown for burial and she is getting no help from the state. The would-be robbers good-naturedly agree to help her, and have a series of odd adventures involving the old lady, the corpse, and themselves. Eventually, the old lady dies as well, and they are really in a pickle.

In this gentle comedy, a disaffected group of young people bungle their first hold-up when the old lady they choose to rob turns out to be even poorer than they are. Not only that, but her husband has died, and she needs to get his body back to his hometown for burial and she is getting no help from the state. The would-be robbers good-naturedly agree to help her, and have a series of odd adventures involving the old lady, the corpse, and themselves. Eventually, the old lady dies as well, and they are really in a pickle.

In this gentle comedy, a disaffected group of young people bungle their first hold-up when the old lady they choose to rob turns out to be even poorer than they are. Not only that, but her husband has died, and she needs to get his body back to his hometown for burial and she is getting no help from the state. The would-be robbers good-naturedly agree to help her, and have a series of odd adventures involving the old lady, the corpse, and themselves. Eventually, the old lady dies as well, and they are really in a pickle.

A fake documentary on the life forms of the Paris Suburbs, viewed through the eyes of homeless, unemployed people the sharks of politics and building societies push to hopeless life.

Short film about marginal scrap dealers. After viewing it, the O.R.T.F. refuses to broadcast the film for its "pessimistic darkness".