Francis Frappat

A blind teacher breaks the rules to help a female student rediscover the pleasures of life.

During the night of August 4-5, 1952, three Englishmen, Jack Drummond, his wife Anne and their daughter Elizabeth were murdered near their car near the farm of the Dominici family, in the commune of Lurs in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Denounced by two of his sons, the patriarch Gaston Dominici was judged and condemned without any real evidence.

환상의 나비 ‘이자벨’을 수집하기 위해 여행에 나선 ‘쥴리앙’. 그런 그의 자동차에 몰래 숨어든 윗집의 맹랑한 주근깨 꼬마 ‘엘자’. 여행 첫날 저녁, 쥴리앙에게 발각된 엘자가 그렁그렁한 눈물을 보이며 예쁜 나비를 꼭 보고 싶다며 떼를 쓰자 결국 쥴리앙은 엘자와 함께 나비를 찾기 위한 여행을 떠난다. 동행이 시작되자 엘자는 줄리앙의 이름이 촌스럽느니, 애 안 키워본 티가 난다는 둥 귀여운 구박(?)을 하는 만만찮은 말동무가 된다. 한걸음 한걸음 옮길 때마다 눈길을 사로잡는 진풍경, 호기심 소녀 엘자는 “꿈이랑 악몽이랑 어떻게 달라?”, “부자는 어떻게 돼?” 등 쉴 새 없이 질문을 쏟아내고, 팔랑거리는 나비와 귀여운 꽃사슴 모녀, 밤하늘의 별똥별 그리고 줄리앙의 흥미진진한 그림자 마임으로 여행은 더욱 아름답고 풍성해진다. 한편 엘자 엄마가 경찰에 실종신고를 하자 줄리앙은 졸지에 유괴범으로 몰리게 되는데…. 과연 두 사람의 7박 8일 여행은 무사히 끝마칠 수 있을까?

What is the nature of life? What is the nature of art? How can art influence our lives? These are the questions of this movie. The main character, a man who lives both in the world of dreams and reality, searches his past, in order to understand its meaning. He has meetings with the ghosts of his dead friend, his dead lover, his dead father and Pessoa, the great portuguese writer. These four encounters give him clues about what he is looking for. Beside that, he finds himself in front of art, discovering how it modifies our comprehension of life. It's based in one of Tabucci's (the italian writer)books: "Requiem". This few lines cannot resume the greatness of this movie. The last thing I can say is: If you like art, I recommend you to see it. If you ever wonder about the nature of dreams, or you live in dreams half of the time, I think you'll feel like this movie was made for you.

Fred (Vincent Lindon) is a former crane driver who was a victim of the closure of his factory. He takes care of the little boy of his girlfriend (Clotilde Courau), does the housework and sometimes goes to the job center but boredom is inescapable. One day, because he accepted to drive a truck for a friend to a warehouse, he's caught up in a vicious spiral that goes beyond him. It's all the more serious as shady men want to eliminate him an the police is on his back.

Lovers Beatrice Dalle and Wadeck Stanczak can't quite cope with the situation when Dalle becomes pregnant. Stanczak fears that his future as an architect will be scuttled by any parental responsibilities. For her part, Dalle wants to keep the baby, but she also wants to keep Stanczak. Attempting to smooth the waters is the couple's mutual friend Francis Frappat. Chimere was the second feature-film project for director Claire Devers, who rose to prominence on the strength of her award-winning maiden effort Black and White.

The oddest things come in pairs. In 1989, there were two foreign films on the market whose titles translated to Errors of Youth or Youthful Indiscretion. One was a Russian film, the other was a French picture, originally titled Erreur de Jeunesse. In this one, would-be poet Francis Frappat breezes through a number of relationships. Of paramount importance to Frappat are his attempts to seduce the lovely Géraldine Danon.

A poor french guy, in love with a 50's actresse, meet her husband who send him in an other dimension to fight for her love.

An aging trans woman dreams of becoming a real woman before she dies.

Antoine is an accountant, uptight and withdrawn, married to Edith, who picks out his clothes and shoes. He's assigned to a fitness gymnasium for a month to straighten out their books. The owner, M. Roland, encourages Antoine to use the facilities, including the massages, so Antoine goes to Dominique, a muscular African. In these sessions, Antoine discovers that the pain is comforting, and Dominique finds the accountant ideal for his own sadism. When Dominique breaks Antoine's arm and then goes to the hospital to take Antoine away, Antoine confesses his fascination with and fear of death. With Dominique's help, the accountant breaks all earthly ties to confront his fear.