Anne-Dominique Toussaint

Everyone in Marco's life seems constantly restless, from his brilliant but unhappily married parents to his own wife Marina, or even Luisa, the real love of his life, a girl he met during a fateful summer in the '70s and always stayed in touch with. Tragedy and fate seem to haunt him, yet he somehow manages never to get ensnared in the chaos—like his namesake, “the hummingbird”, he focuses all his energy at standing still.

The story centres on Sylvie, a nearly sixty-year-old woman who has fallen in love with Michel, a thug she marries in prison. The two of them dream of starting again with a clean slate by opening a flower shop. But Sylvie’s son Abel, convinced that Michel will fall into a life of crime, disapproves of this relationship…

A Parisian couple decides to sell an unsanitary basement in their building. A very ordinary, nondescript man, Mr. Fonzic, shows up to buy it. Nothing unusual there, until the man moves into the cellar and makes it his permanent residence. The couple tries desperately to cancel the sale but to no avail. Worse, Mr. Fonzic becomes a threat to their family as he befriends their teenage daughter on whom he seems to exert a perverted influence.

칼로 사람을 찌르고 교도소에 갇힌 12살 소년 자인은 부모를 상대로 소송을 제기한다. 신분증도 없고, 출생증명서도 없어서 언제 태어났는지도 모르는 자인. 법정에 선 자인에게 왜 부모를 상대로 소송을 제기하는지 판사가 묻자 자인이 대답한다. ‘태어나게 했으니까요. 이 끔찍한 세상에 태어나게 한 게 그들이니까요.’

Mona, a prisoner on work release, meets Clément, a shy actor. Desperate to impress Mona, Clément recruits his extroverted friend, Abel, to help. When Mona becomes more interested in Abel, it sets off a conflict between the two friends. Meanwhile, Mona attempts to keep her past hidden.

The film is set in a world, the Popular Democratic Republic of Bubunne, in which women hold the power and men are forced to wear veils and stay at home.

한 때 유명세를 날렸지만 이젠 대중들로부터 잊혀진 배우 세르주. 지난 3년 동안 홀로 고독 속에 살던 세르주의 유일한 낙은, 매일 같이 자전거를 타며 주위 풍경들을 감상하는 것이다. 그의 친구이자 잘 나가는 배우인 고티에는 몰리에르의 희곡 ‘미장트로프’를 연극으로 제작하려 하고 세르주에게 역할 하나를 제안한다. 고티에는 사회와 세상으로부터 멀어지고 있는 세르주가 이 작품을 재기의 기회로 삼아 선뜻 수락할 것이라 믿지만, 세르주는 그리 호락호락하게 넘어오지 않는데... (2015 시네프랑스)

Paloma is a serious and highly articulate but deeply bored 11-year-old who has decided to kill herself on her 12th birthday. Fascinated by art and philosophy, she questions and documents her life and immediate circle, drawing trenchant and often hilarious observations on the world around her. But as her appointment with death approaches, Paloma finally meets some kindred spirits in her building's grumpy janitor and an enigmatic, elegant neighbor, both of whom inspire Paloma to question her rather pessimistic outlook on life.

A coming-of-age tale about an adolescent boy and his efforts to fit in amongst a varied cast of characters.

Three story-lines run in parallel in a town in Ile de France. Louis, a divorced café proprietor, flirts with every woman he bumps into, but doesn't develop any deeper relationship with them, except a growing affection for Sabine, the prostitute he sees regularly at a local hotel. His sister Agnès is a teacher, and is apparently happily married to Jean-Philippe, but he works very hard and doesn't seem to have been giving her all the affection she needs recently. She bumps into Stéphane, a young man recently returned to the town whom she knew as a child. He is obsessively interested in a young family who live nearby. The film gradually explores the hidden feelings and desires of each of the main characters. Will any of them find happiness?

아름답고 매력적인‘레얄’은 절친한 친구‘니스린’,‘리마’와 함께 미용실을 운영하고 있다. ‘라비’와 달콤한 사랑에 빠져있는 ‘레얄’에게 그녀에게 주위를 서성대는 이 구역 담당 꽃미남 경찰관 ‘요제프’는 눈에 보일 리가 없다. 하지만 사랑하는 ‘라비’가 유부남이란 사실은 그녀가 감당하기에 점점 버거워진다. 화끈한 성격으로 늘 밝은‘니스린’은 다가오는 결혼이 고민스럽다. 따스한고 남자다운 약혼자를 사랑하긴 하지만 연애할 때 없던 구속감부터 철없는 자신이 가정을 잘 이끌어 나갈 수 있을지 내심 두렵다. 한편 미용실의 다른 친구들과 다르게 외모나 연애에는 심드렁한 보조미용사 ‘리마’, 그녀는 어는 날 미용실을 찾아온 긴 머리의 여자 손님으로 인해 처음으로 야릇한 설레임을 느껴 혼란스럽다. 자신의 나이가 최대 비밀인 단골 손님 ‘자말’은 늙기를 거부하고, 이웃집의‘로즈’는 멋쟁이 노신사‘찰스’를 만나 65세 생애 첫 로맨스를 꿈꾼다. 카라멜처럼 새콤 달콤한 그녀들의 유쾌한 로맨스가 펼쳐진다!

Objectively, Odette Toulemonde has nothing to be happy about, but is. Balthazar Balsan has everything to be happy about, but isn’t. Odette, awkwardly forty, with a delightful hairdresser son and a daughter bogged down in adolescence, spends her days behind the cosmetic’s counter in a department store and her nights sewing feathers on costumes for Parisian variety shows. She dreams of thanking Balthazar Balsan, her favorite author, to whom – she believes – she owes her optimism. The rich and charming Parisian writer then turns up in her life in an unexpected way.

잃어버린 딸을 찾아 베를린을 정기적으로 방문하는 프랑수아즈. 청소년 보호소에 몸을 의탁하게 된 니나와 보호소에서 만난 토니. 세상과의 소통을 간절히 희망하는 소외된 세 여자는 불안정해 보이지만 친밀함으로 연결되어 있다. 우연히 프랑수아즈는 니나를 만나 그녀에게서 신기할 정도로 자신을 닮은 모습을 발견한다. 또한 잃어버린 딸의 어린시절 얼굴에 난 상처와 같은 상처를 니나의 얼굴에서 발견하고 새로운 희망을 찾는다.

아내를 놀래 주려는 심산으로 남편은 10년 넘게 기른 콧수염을 깎는다. 하지만 아내는 아무리 시간이 지나도 그에 대해 언급하지 않고, 초조해진 남편에게 콧수염은 처음부터 없었다고 말하는데...

Andre starts as a teacher in a remote mountain village in Albania. His first task is to choose one of two communist slogans. He picks the shorter one, which is appreciated by his class, because they have to build the slogan on the hillside using whitewashed rocks. However, this means that the longer slogan goes to Diana, the French teacher to whom Andre is attracted. Andre gets on the wrong side of the communist party boss of the village, when he stands up for an unjustly accused goat herdsman, whom he had befriended. The boss is determined to take his revenge on Andre.

Jean is a family man and factory worker who dreams of becoming a songwriter. Pinning his hopes on his teenage daughter, Marva, he takes her to singing contests in which the awkward and overweight girl struggles to belt out a tune. When Jean is suddenly fired because of cut backs, he is ashamed and even more desperate to have his daughter succeed. In a chance meeting Jean kidnaps the most famous pop star in the country and holds her hostage demanding to be heard by the music industry. Catching the attention of the media and the eyes of the nation, Jean and Marva realize that the show must go on until everyone is famous.

Zac is a well-respected French filmmaker who creates a major uproar when for no apparent reason he suddenly vanishes from his posh Parisian apartment leaving behind his lover Helene, a popular star. Marcus, his producer searches for eight months before locating Zac who has since become a homeless street bum in an expensive neighborhood. Marcus sends Zac to a posh hotel. He then sends Daisy, an ambitious secretary and aspiring screenwriter to learn what happened to the great director. It takes a lot of mutual verbal sparring and false turns (which are presented as creatively filmed vignettes that are done using a variety of techniques) from Zac before he finally tells her the truth. The two then decide to turn the story into a film. As they write, Daisy and Zac slowly fall in love. At the same time, Marcus has his hands full trying to avoid some tough Russian Mafiosos who want the money they invested back.

In 19th century, a disillusioned priest helps a young boy drifter who's a chess wunderkind to move on up in life and social structures using his talent. Years later, he's a success, but game of life and love has higher stakes than chess.

In 1913, two French women, Madeleine Mignon-Alba and Marguerite Mespoulet, traveled to Ireland to create what are widely believed to be the first color photographs of the country.