An asylum patient must find her mother amid the guests at a large gala held at the hospital.
Judith Godrèche, who plays her fictional alter ego, returns to Paris after ten years of exile in Hollywood with the intention of making a comeback. Haunted by her past, Judith must confront the realities of her personal ambition and maternal angst with humor and disillusionment.
O vínculo profundo e excepcional entre um cavalo e um jovem cavaleiro e sua batalha incansável para superar as adversidades após um acidente devastador.
For this new year, Pierre, the director of the Grand Restaurant is thinking big to try to get the famous star from the famous Michalon guide! And for that, he settles at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. Pierre faces an unscrupulous culinary critic, who will offer him a dubious deal: to dismiss his historic chef in exchange for this famous star. Will the manager of the Grand Restaurant accept?
Delphine
Follows the intertwined stories of five couples and their entourage, living in the same opulent Parisian building, over the four seasons of the year.
Self
Marie (sketch 'Thanatophilie')
Seis casais exploram suas fantasias mais secretas em busca de prazer. Da abstinência ao exibicionismo, eles tentam desvendar os caminhos do próprio desejo nas situações mais inusitadas.
Caroline (segment "La réunion de chantier")
Liliane and Maud are twin sisters. The first is a modest provincial hairdresser while the second leads the great life in Paris. They both fight over their mother's custody.
Paula
Paul and Virginie just had a baby boy. Happy to discover their new life as young parents, they did not imagine that their Boutchou would become the stake of a merciless struggle between the grandparents ... To gain the exclusivity of the little adored, grandfathers and grandparents. mothers are ready to implement any stratagems ...
Irène Haffner 60 ans
Depois de uma briga com o marido, Catherine resolve dar um tempo e sai de casa. Ela se muda para o quarto 212 de um hotel do outro lado da rua, com vista privilegiada para seu antigo apartamento, para o marido que acaba de deixar e, de certa forma, para a vida que dividia com ele. Enquanto pensa se tomou a decisão certa, muitos personagens de sua trajetória opinam sobre o assunto. Todos a confrontam, ela gostando disso ou não, ao longo de uma noite que se revela transformadora.
Lucie
Piloto aos 16 anos, Giulia cresceu cercada pela paixão de seu pai por corridas de automóvel. Participando do Campeonato GT, a garota é surpreendida pela morte do ex-campeão que sofre um ataque cardíaco durante uma das primeiras corridas. Complicando ainda mais a situação, seu irmão mais velho, que havia abandonado a família, retorna à cena.
Nathalie Leproux
Michel, apaixonado por jazz, encontra um álbum raro que ele sempre sonhara em ouvir tranquilamente em sua sala de estar, mas o mundo parece ter conspirado contra ele. Sua esposa escolheu aquele momento para fazer uma revelação inoportuna, seu filho chega de repente, um de seus amigos bate à sua porta, enquanto sua mãe não para de ligar para o celular dele, sem mencionar o fato de que, neste dia, ocorre o famoso "Dia dos Vizinhos", comemoração francesa que tem o intuito de estreitar as relações entre os vizinhos. Manipulador e mentiroso, Michael se desespera para ter paz. Ainda é possível, atualmente, conseguir uma hora de tranquilidade?
A documentary about Luis Buñuel's 1977 film THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE, featuring interviews with the leading ladies, Carole Bouquet and Angela Molina.
Alice
Louise recebe a boa notícia de que está grávida, mas também descobre que sua mãe está muito doente. Alegria e tristeza se misturam em seu íntimo e ela não sabe o que fazer. É justo ficar feliz quando sua mãe está prestes a morrer?
Judith
A middle-aged writer is looking for a quiet retreat; a slightly younger female estate agent gives him details of a house a close to Venice.
The courted dominatrix affected by reality TV
The great restaurant reopens with new extravagent costumers and the same beloved manager.
Marthe
Aude Lettelier
A pair of bumbling French cops team up to take on the underworld.
Denise
Julia
In an airport, six destinies, during a short moment, will change, separate and meet. And if these characters were going through, without knowing it, the most important moment of their lives? Olivier and Lila ... Will he miss his love or will she miss the plane? Julia and Marcel ... Will she avoid death or will he mess up his life? Fanny and Max ... Will she lack of courage or will he be out of luck?
Mme Drohne
Na vila de Timpelbach, as crianças afrontam os adultos e todas as formas de autoridade. Impotentes, os adultos decidem abandonar a vila, deixando-os a imaginar que todos partiram numa viagem. Quando as crianças se dão conta de que não existe um só adulto na vila, eles tomam conta de tudo, fazendo suas próprias leis. Mas existe algo com o que eles não contavam...
la mère de fil de fer
Yves Treguier é um órfão de 14 anos na França dos anos 30 que já passou por várias casas de correção durante a infância. Assim que ele se vê em uma dessas "escolas", prédios austeros cercados por altos muros, Yves, o rei da fuga e terno sonhador, tem apenas uma idéia em sua mente: fugir para o porto e pegar um navio para Nova York...
Hélène
Melina Havelock (archive footage)
A tour of the Exotic Locations of 'For Your Eyes Only'.
Anna
"Julien Rossi wakes up in a hospital bed and finds he has no memory of the events that left him in a coma in the early hours of New Year's Day. Was he attacked? Or was his head injury caused in an accident? This is only the first of many mysteries Julien has to resolve. Who is Marl?ne, the beautiful woman who claims to be his girlfriend? Why doesn't his real girlfriend, Anna, return his calls? What made him walk out on his job as a leading investigative reporter? Julien relies on Lucas, his best friend and
La Reine
Once upon a time there was a kingdom where dancing was forbidden by a tyrant king. Defying the edict of her father, the Princess Aurore continues to dance, for the amusement of herself and brother, Solal. With the kingdom virtually bankrupt, the King has no choice but to marry his daughter to a wealthy prince. As preparations are made for a ball that will set the seal on the marriage, the princess discovers that she is in love.
Marie, la mère
Sophie (Emmanuelle Béart), Céline (Karin Viard) e Anne (Marie Gillain) são irmãs. Sophie, a mais velha, mora com o marido em Paris. A caçula Anne estuda arquitetura e mantém uma relação passional com seu professor, Frédéric (Jacques Perrin). Céline é solteira e vive para cuidar da mãe inválida, até que um misterioso homem surge em sua vida. Um incidente ocorrido na infância das três fará com que elas se reúnam para discutir o passado.
Chantal Letellier
Chantal, an advocate involved in defending homeless illegal immigrant, decides to refurbish her flat. Following her convictions she calls Columbian workers led by an unforeseeable architect. In the mean time a former client decides he is in love with her, her son and daughter are becoming nearly homeless since the flat's walls are demolished, the architect has new plans every day, an irregular workers fall in love with Chantal too and dance with her daughter, Martin (the son) still continue to roller blade around... Could the works go forward in this mess?
Hélène
Executiva de indústria farmacêutica, a francesa Hélène não pode engravidar. Desejando um bebê, parte para a Argentina em busca de adoção. Mas por lá, o único caminho é entrar em contato com pessoas que traficam criancinhas. Enquanto aguarda um bebê disponível, Hélène fica conhecendo Juana e seu filho Matías. Moram num casebre de lata e madeira e estão sendo despejados de sua rocinha que nada dá. Sem dinheiro nem para comer, Juana carrega na barriga uma gravidez, de seu amante, um homem casado. A vida boa e a vida dura se cruzam e Hélène precisa ter consciência de seu ato e entender um mundo que não é o seu.
Geneviève Massu
At a French boarding school for troubled youth in the early 1970's, the Headmaster and his wife decide that their son Daniel, who is fifteen years old but looks younger, should finally go live in the dorm with all the other students, as they do not want it to seem Daniel is receiving any special treatment. Daniel is now faced with the challenge of earning the trust and respect of the other students, who all come from troubled backgrounds.
Hélène
Num fim-de-semana de Verão, Antoine e Hélène decidem ir buscar os filhos à colónia no sul de França onde estão a passar férias. Como Hélène está atrasada, Antoine bebe enquanto espera. No carro, exasperado com o calor e o trânsito, Antoine decide sair da auto-estrada e parar num bar. Sob o efeito do álcool começa a conduzir de forma cada vez mais perigosa. Acaba por discutir com Hélène, que decide abandoná-lo e seguir a pé, sozinha na noite. Entretanto, a polícia anda à procura de um criminoso em fuga e Antoine, enquanto procura a mulher, cruza-se na estrada com um estranho indivíduo...
Béatrice
Two ex-convicts, MG and Gilbert find refuge in a charming middle-class house whose couple is about to celebrate its 20-year old marriage. Our duo has no other solution than to take this entire brood in hostage. But, contrary to all expectations, they are warmly greeted by the occupants who don't think twice before helping them, they are even ready to put their guests off, even to kill them if necessary...
La reine
Chased out of the Spanish court, a nobleman uses the services of his valet to take revenge. He orders him to seduce the queen in order to better compromise her.
Anne d'Autriche
In 17th century France, cardinal Mazarin's death squad kills young Blanche's parents. She grows up to become a thief and steels a substance called Powder of the Devil and a coded letter that were sent to cardinal Mazarin. He is furious.
Lulu
Two couple of friends, one very rich, the other almost homeless, decide to go on Holiday. Julie, a single mother, joins them too. Once at seaside, it starts a complicate love cross among them that will involve also a transsexual, a jealous brother, a Latin Lover and another nervous stressed couple. Not to mention about the daughter of one of them that is secretly in Chicago with one of her father's employees... At the end of the summer, all of them will join the same party...
Sofia
Após uma briga com o chefe de policia, Hubert Fiorentini, um detetive policial, é obrigado a tirar férias. Poucos dias depois ele recebe um telefonema de um advogado do Japão, avisando que Miko, o grande amor de sua vida e que estava desaparecida há 20 anos, havia falecido recentemente. Hubert, parte imediatamente para Tóquio, onde descobre que Miko, lhe deixou duzentos milhões de dólares e a posse de Yumi, sua filha problemática. Desconfiado, Hubert, procura Momo, seu antigo parceiro na polícia, sendo que juntos descobrem a verdade em torno da misteriosa morte de Miko, e seu envolvimento com a máfia japonesa.
Madame de...
The action takes place in Paris in the 30-ies. The Countess Louise de... has made debts and she urgently needed cash. She decided to sell the family jeweler Remy earrings — a gift from her husband…
Bérénice
An adaptation of Jean Racine's tragedy which depicts the thwarted loves of Antiochus, Titus (the future emperor of Rome) and Berenice (the queen of Palestine).
Anna Ghirardi
Joseph and Olga Stegudith, who are elderly Parisians of Viennese Jewish extraction, come to luxurious Evian with Olga's brother Michel Mazelsky to hear their son, virtuoso cellist Jascha, perform. Jascha is lovesick over violinist Anna Ghirardi, with whom he had a brief affair a year ago, although she's happily married to naturalist Primo.
Mina
Actor Gerard Depardieu co-directed this drama about a married woman who falls in love with another man. Mina is a movie buff with a husband, Georges, who's out of work, and a 15-year-old son, Tommy. While Mina works part-time as a domestic for Claire Daboval, the family is terribly short on money, so when Georges is offered construction work on a massive bridge project, he immediately accepts, even though the job site is far enough away that he'll only be able to come home on weekends. One day, while taking in a matinee screening of West Side Story, Mina meets a man named Matthias, an engineer associated with the bridge project. It's love at first sight for the both of them, and while Mina has no desire to hurt Georges, who is a good and decent man, she has found another good and decent man whom she loves even more. Tommy, on the other hand, has to deal with this crisis in his parents' marriage while he's sorting out his own infatuation with Ms. Daboval's daughter, Lisbeth.
Viviane
High-profile lawyer Michel takes on the defence of a young and pretty small-time thief, Cécile, after the botched hold-up of a jewellery shop. As predicted by his elegant art-dealer and sculptress wife Viviane, Michel goes well beyond his brief, jeopardising his career and ruining his marriage of 18 years.
Louise de Rénal
In 1827, Berthet, the son of a craftsman and a young seminarian, was tried and sentenced to death for murdering his former mistress, the wife of a notable who had hired him as tutor to his children.
Lucie Aubrac
A love story or a tale of the resistance, this poignant movie tells both the haunting story of a French resistance cell in Lyon but also the love of Lucie Aubrac for her husband...
Interviewer
German director Werner Schroeter invited his favourite opera singers to a 13th century abbey near Paris. There was no pre-planned action. There was no script, no continuity. On the other hand, there were precise constraints that provided the rules of the game: the setting, the Abbey of Royaumont, and the chosen participants. Each singer came accompanied by a person of his or her choice, and worked on an aria chosen by the director.
Carole Bouquet
Stressed and overworked, famous French movie star Michel Blanc is beginning to wear down, physically and mentally, from the pressure and demands of fame. Already in a fragile state of mind, strange events start to transpire all around him, and he gradually loses his grip. Taking the advice of a psychiatrist, Blanc retreats to the countryside with his friend Carole Bouquet, but Blanc still has not managed to escape all of his problems.
Kate Swallow
This is the story of the lovely Kate Swallow and the loves of her life. At the start she is with Alec Bolton, a noted author, who discourages her when she wants to write a novel. Later she is swept off her feet by Alecs publisher, Vanni Corso, and leaves Alec for Vanni. She writes another novel and Vanni tells her he doesn't think the book will sell. Both of their actions are an indication of their vanity and fear of losing her.
Female Guest
Vincent, a stunt pilot, is acquitted of murdering his wife and her lover. However, a few years later, L'Elegant, the Judge in the case, comes to blackmail him. The Judge's nephew, Paul, is having trouble with his wife and they demand that Vincent kill her. The Judge, a confirmed bachelor, takes Paul and Vincent on the road to search for Paul's wife Marie. The three men get on well together, and spend their time discussing their relationship with women.
Herself
Part II of a compilation movie featuring European T.V. commercials directed by a variety of well-known directors from across Europe and the U.S. Compiled and produced by Jean-Marie Boursicot.
Margherita
Renzo falls in love with feminist Margherita, too emancipated for him: they start a troubled relationship until he kidnaps her, forcing her to be an housewife devoted to her husband.
Self
Contre l'Oubli (Against Oblivion) is a compilation of 30 French filmmakers, Alain Resnais and Jean Luc Godard among them, who use film to make a plea on behalf of a political prisoner. Jean Luc Godard and Anne Marie Mieville's film concerns the plight of Thomas Wanggai, West Papuan activist who has since died in prison. The short films were commissioned by Amnesty International.
Florence Barthélémy
A car dealer, well-to-do and with a beautiful wife, finds himself attracted to his rather plain new temporary secretary. Despite her own commitments she feels the same and the two soon embark on an affair. Though it would seem it has happened before his wife finds this particular entanglement of her husband's very difficult to accept.
Clara
Em uma ditadura imaginária de um mundo futurista, a rebelião eclodiu. Os homens no poder correm para o Bunker Palace Hotel, um bunker construído há muito tempo para esse tipo de contingência. Mas um espião rebelde se infiltra e, embora sua natureza seja rapidamente suspeita, ela é deixada a observar o delírio da decadente classe de poder, que fica imaginando o que aconteceu ao líder, que não apareceu.
Princess Soraya
Na primeira história, Lições de Vida, Lionel Dobie, um famoso artista plástico, fica arrasado quando Paulette, sua namorada e assistente, planeja abandoná-lo. Na segunda, A Vida Sem Zoe, Zoe, uma menina, vive esquecida em um hotel de luxo enquanto seus famosos pais viajam o mundo. Na terceira, Édipo Arrasado, Sheldon Mills é um advogado que não consegue se libertar da mãe dominadora.
Lucrezia von Planta
A journalist is assigned to interview an eccentric anthropologist who has exhumed the skeleton of Jörg Jenatsch, a revered freedom fighter who was mysteriously murdered in 1639. Initially disinterested, the journalist begins to uncover unflattering truths about the national hero and experiences visions in which he seems to be witnessing events that transpired over 300 years ago. As he obsessively pursues the investigation, his personal life and his grip on reality disintegrate, drawing him relentlessly toward the fatal carnival at which Jenatsch was killed.
Eleonore
Physician Robert Briand (Robin Renucci) runs a leper colony in the 15th century that takes in new residents who suffer from the ravages of syphilis. When the beautiful Marie-Blanche (Isabelle Pasco) is brought to the grim, prison-like facility, Robert finds she displays no apparent signs of disease. He risks everything when he falls in love with the woman and makes plans to run away with her. Erland Josephson plays Robert's father, with Piera Degli Esposti as Robert's faithful assistant Terese.
Hélène
In a routine look at what it means to finally leave adolescence behind — even in one’s mature years — this series of mood swings and sequences focuses on two grown men. Francois (Jean Francois Stevenin, the director) and Leo (Yves Alonso) are old friends, and at one point they decide to go out and search for one of their childhood buddies, the brunt of several of their practical jokes. In true form, the men opt for playing yet another practical joke on their friend, but their plans backfire when his wife Helene (Carole Bouquet) comes into the picture instead. Her presence forces them to reconsider their shenanigans in a new light.
Isabelle Rodin
Paris Flic and computer-crack David Ackermann is a teacher at the academy advising the rookies in computer-crime. By coincidence Informations about personalities from the high-politics and police-authorities that are involved in organized crime fall into his hands. From than on he's been chased merciless, even having his ex-wife kidnapped to blackmail him. With the help from his new girlfriend he lashes back.
Rals-Akrai
Based on Winsor McCay's comic strip, a little boy embarks on a dream-like adventure. Also known as Dream One.
Babée Senanques
Longtime friends Guarrigue and Sénanques own a successful law practice in Paris. The dreaded businessman Pervillard is one of their clients. One night, Sénanques, who is in an unhappy relationship, meets Sacha. For her sake, he causes a political scandal involving Pervillard and puts himself in danger.
Héméré
King's Dagobert I intestinal and sexual problems loom large as he survives an attack on his royal caravan then barely makes it to Rome to personally give thanks to the Pope. After he arrives at the Vatican, he becomes involved in the battle between two contenders for the papacy and has to face the machinations of a ruthless Byzantine princess.
Mystère
Assassins are after a prostitute who has come into possession of a cigarette lighter that, unbeknownst to her, contains the negatives that show a politician's assassination. A delightfully playful giallo starring the beautiful Carole Bouquet as Mystère, a high class call girl who becomes the target for a couple of assassins.
Laura
The ape-man, found somewhere in the jungles of Congo, transferred to Milan and named Bingo Bongo. The only one who believes in the human qualities of him is Laura, a woman anthropologist , so their affection for each other even grows to love.
Carole
A woman experiences psychic disintegration and ends up in a psychiatric hospital.
Melina Havelock
Quando um navio britânico é afundado em águas estrangeiras, as superpotências mundiais começam uma corrida desesperada para achar sua carga: Um sistema submarino de controle nuclear. E James Bond (Roger Moore) é lançado a uma de suas mais eletrizantes aventuras ao participar da procura... E evitar a devastação mundial!
Nada
Nada, a beautiful French journalist on assignment in New York, records the life and work of an up and coming punk rock star, Billy. Soon she enters into a volatile relationship with him and must decide whether to continue with it, or return to her lover, a fellow journalist trying to track down the elusive Andy Warhol.
Valentine
Piero arrives in Paris from Luino after having won a pool tournament with friends. In the train he meets the famous place Ramazzini and has so many incidents that culminated with his arrest and the confiscation by the commissioner Juvet. Released, find randomly hospitality at the madame Lenormand and know the great painter Valentine. Both women are tied up, as a wife and lover, Maurice, in prison for robbery. A day Piero wears a mistake and the coat of astrakhan, Maurice, and then...
La jeune femme
Alphonse encontra um cadáver esfaqueado no metrô por alguém que usou a faca dele. Ele tenta falar com as autoridades, mas o detetive de polícia Morvandieu não quer ouvir. Quando um assassino excêntrico faz amizade com Alphonse, os dois recrutam Morvandieu para cometerem uma série de crimes juntos.
Conchita
A história de uma jovem que instiga e faz de tudo para manter a obsessão de um homem mais velho por ela, mas que não permite que ele concretize sua fantasia. Baseado em obra de Pierre Louys. Elenco: Fernando Rey, Carole Bouquet e Ángela Molina.
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