Simon Abkarian

Simon Abkarian

Nascimento : 1962-03-05, Gonesse, Val d'Oise, France

História

Simon Abkarian (born 5 March 1962) is a French-Armenian actor. Born in Gonesse, Val d'Oise, of Armenian descent, Abkarian spent his childhood in Lebanon. He moved to Los Angeles, where he joined an Armenian theater company managed by Gerald Papazian. He returned to France in 1985, settling in Paris. He took classes at the Acting International school, then he joined Ariane Mnouchkine's Théâtre du Soleil. Abkarian left the Théâtre du Soleil in 1993 and played in 2001 "Beast on the Moon" by Richard Kalinoski, directed by Irina Brook, a play about the life of a survivor of the Genocide of the Armenians, a role which won him critical acclaims and the Molière of the best comedian. His first roles in cinema were proposed by French filmaker Cédric Klapisch, who asked him to play in several of his movies, notably in "Chacun cherche son chat" ("When the Cat is Away" (1996) and in "Ni pour, ni contre (bien au contraire)" en 2003. He was featured in Sally Potter's Yes (2004), in which he played the lead role. Abkarian then played Mehdi Ben Barka in the thriller "J'ai vu tuer Ben Barka" by Serge Le Péron, about the kidnapping and the murder of the leader of the Moroccan opposition. He then played in "Prendre Femme" by Ronit Elkabetz which won him several interpretation prizes. Playing different roles and in different genres, he was featured in the adventure "Zaïna, cavalière de l'Atlas" by Bourlem Guerdjou, in the comedy "Le Démon de midi" by Marie-Pascale Osterriet. He has also appeared in Atom Egoyan's Ararat (2002), he was Albert in Almost Peaceful (2004) by French Director Michel Deville a film about Holocaust survivors, he was featured in "Your Dreams" (2005) by Denis Thybaud. He played the role of villain Alex Dimitrios in the James Bond film, Casino Royale. The character is a Government contractor and arms dealer working against Bond. He was featured as Sahak in the thriller "Les Mauvais Joueurs" ("The Gamblers") (2007) by Frédéric Balekdjian. He has also been the voice of Ebi in the French version of the animated feature "Persepolis". Abkarian played the role of the eminent Armenian poet Missak Manouchianin in "Army of Crime" (2010) by Robert Guédiguian, a French filmaker based in Marseilles, who is also of Armenian parentage. He has also played Dariush Bakhshi, the Iranian Special Consul, in the BBC drama Spooks MI-5. Abkarian is known for his intensity in acting and for his ecclectism in the roles he choses. Description above from the Wikipedia article Simon Abkarian, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia .

Perfil

Simon Abkarian
Simon Abkarian

Filmes

Overdose
Daniel Prat
A capitã Sara Bellaiche, da Polícia de Toulouse, investiga uma transação de tráfico de drogas ligada ao assassinato de dois adolescentes, investigação liderada por Richard Cross da Criminal de Paris. Forçados a colaborar para encontrar o assassino e impedir a corrida sangrenta, Sara e Richard, apesar de seus métodos opostos, são lançados numa corrida frenética nas estradas da Espanha e da França.
The Way to Happiness
Saül Birnbaum
Saul escaped the coming Shoah as a child by being sent from Vienna to Brussels by a Kindertransport. Now in 1986, he is on the road to resilience and owner of a Delicatessen dedicated to the "Septième Art" - the movies. With Joakin, his protégé, a young Chilean director, they decide to write the story of Saul's childhood and make it into a film. But love comes knocking at his door and confronts him with his past as a hidden child...
Um Dia Difícil
Marelli
Depois de tomar medidas extremas para encobrir um acidente, um policial corrupto começa a receber ameaças de uma misteriosa testemunha e as coisas saem do controle.
Cop Goes Missing
Tristan
One morning, a worn-out field cop, nicknamed Ping-Pong by everyone, burns his police ID and disappears. During one night and one day, his colleagues look for him, meet him and lose him in Toulouse and its suburbs. But every hour that passes brings Ping-Pong a little bit closer to his own destiny.
Off-Season
Anthony
A seaside resort in the middle of winter, with its abandoned beach bars and rain-battered alleys, can easily flank the drone. Refugees on the top floor of a building in La Grande Motte, Carole and Richard Lazure have zero morale: swindled by their tax advisor and badly defended by an incompetent lawyer, they lost their business, their house and no longer even enough to buy the essentials. The eruption into their life of a childhood friend of Richard, a talkative talker with questionable dating, could be a game-changer - or make their situation worse.
Permis de construire
Müller
When his father passes away, a dentist in Paris inherits a plot and the will to build a house on it. The situation becomes tricky when he learns the plot is located in Corsica.
Black Notebooks
With this two-part feature documentary, Shlomi Elkabetz shares a poignant love letter to his sister, the late actress and director Ronit Elkabetz, and delivers a rare cinematic experience.
Les Damnés de la Commune
Narrateur (voice)
Le dernier jour du jeûne
Le dernier jour du jeûne
Writer
The Audition
Philippe
Anna teaches violin at a music school, her husband is an instrument-maker. They have a 10-year-old son, Jonas. At school, Anna champions young Alexander, in whom she alone sees great talent. She devotes much energy and attention preparing him for the next stage exam to prove she was right. Soon Anna devotes more time to him than to Jonas, bringing the two boys into rivalry. At the same time her marriage is collapsing, she withdraws increasingly from her own family and starts an affair with her colleague Christian, who is encouraging her to join a quartet. When she fails during their joint concert, the pressure mounts. With Alexander now her vehicle, she drives him ever onwards and upwards. Come the day of the exam, events take a tragic turn...
Encontros
Mansour
Rémi e Mélanie têm em torno de 30 anos e, apesar de morarem em prédios um ao lado do outro, não se conhecem. Ambos estão solteiros e enfrentam problemas pessoais: ele, devido à demissão de praticamente todos de seu antigo trabalho enquanto foi promovido para outro setor, ela sem conseguir superar o término de um longo relacionamento, cujo fim já tem um ano. Cada um à sua maneira, os dois buscam meios de lidar com o momento depressivo através das redes sociais: ele pelo Facebook, ela através do Tinder.
Os Olhos de Cabul
Atiq (voice)
Verão de 1998, Cabul em ruínas é ocupada pelos talibãs. Atiq e Mussarat estão casados ​​há muitos anos e quase não falam mais um com o outro. Ele não apoia sua vida como guarda de prisão para mulheres. Ela, sofrendo de uma doença incurável, está em agonia. Mohsen e Zunaira são jovens, eles se amam profundamente, apesar da violência e da miséria cotidiana, eles querem acreditar no futuro. Um movimento insensato de Mohsen transformará seu destino em tragédia.
Ce soir-là et les jours d'après
Karan
Mulheres Armadas, Homens na Lata
Simon Bénéké, Sandra's father
Unidas pelo assassinato acidental do patrão abusivo, as funcionárias da fábrica de atum enlatado Sandra, Marilyn e Nadine encontram uma mala cheia de dinheiro no corpo do defunto. As três estão desesperadamente precisando de grana, e decidem roubar o dinheiro e se livrar do cadáver, enlatando-o. O que poderia ter sido um plano perfeito, transforma-se em uma terrível confusão, quando os gângsteres donos do dinheiro aparecem, e as latas com os restos mortais vão para uma instituição de caridade.
A Sonata Maldita
Charles Vernais
Uma jovem violinista desvenda o passado do pai perdido há muito tempo, desencadeando forças sombrias que vão além de sua imaginação.
Cyrano, Mon Amour
Ange Fleury
Na Paris do final do século XIX, Edmond Rostand, um jovem autor fracassado de peças em verso, encontra inspiração e coragem ao escrever uma comédia destinada a se tornar lendária.
Journey from Greece
Kakourgos
Djam, a young Greek woman, is sent to Istanbul by her uncle Kakourgos, a former sailor with a passion for Rebetiko, to find a rare part that will repair their boat. In Istanbul, she encounters Avril, a nineteen-year-old French girl, alone and without any money, who came to Turkey as a voluntary worker with refugees. Djam, generous, cheeky, unpredictable, and free-spirited, takes Avril under her wing on the way to Mytilene. A journey filled with encounters, music, sharing, and hope.
No Limite
Jacomo Morier
Andrew e Garrett Foster são dois irmãos que ganham a vida roubando carros de luxo. Quando são contratados para roubar uma raridade no sul da França, eles pensam ter encontrado o trabalho de suas vidas. O que eles não imaginam é que o dono do veículo, Jacomo Morier, é um mafioso perigoso.
J'ai tué ma femme
Le patron du café
Max and Minou are having a relationship crisis: she's crying, he's getting annoyed. Their car has been vandalised but this is not why she's crying. While looking for a car repairer on a small industrial estate, they come across some people who are even more troubled than they are. The world seems about to erupt.
Mecânica das Sombras
Gerfaut
Um empresário enigmático em nome de uma misteriosa organização entra em contato com Duval para oferecer-lhe um trabalho simples e bem remunerado: transcrever escutas interceptadas. Duval, desempregado e em difícil situação econômica, aceita sem perguntar sobre o propósito da empresa que o contrata. De repente, envolvido em um enredo político, deve enfrentar os mecanismos do mundo oculto dos serviços secretos
Chouf
Le libanais
Chouf: It means “look” in Arabic, but it is also the name of the watchmen in the drug cartels of Marseille. Sofiane is 20. A brilliant student, he comes back to spend his holiday in the Marseille ghetto where he was born. His brother, a dealer, gets shot before his eyes. Sofiane gives up on his studies and gets involved in the drug network, ready to avenge him. He quickly rises to the top and becomes the boss’s right hand. Trapped by the system, Sofiane is dragged into a spiral of violence…
Uma História de Loucura
Hovannès Alexandrian
Berlim 1921. Talaat Pacha, a principal pessoa por trás do genocídio armênio, é morto na rua por Soghomon Thelirian, cuja família inteira foi exterminada. Sessenta anos mais tarde, Aram, um jovem de ascendência armênia nascido em Marselha, explode o carro do embaixador turco em Paris.
Tehlirian on Trial: Armenia's Avenger
Narrator
On 15 March 1921, Talat Pasha, a high-ranking Turkish dignitary, was shot dead in a Berlin street by a young Armenian. A few months later, Soghomon Tehlirian, his assassin, appeared before a German court. He faced the death penalty. Yet, during the trial, the victim gradually changed into the guilty party, and the accused was finally acquitted.
1915
Simon
Exactly 100 years after the Armenian Genocide, a theatre director stages a play to bring the ghosts of the past back to life.
The Cut
Krikor
In 1915 a man survives the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night he learns that his twin daughters may be alive, and goes on a quest to find them.
Colt 45
Commander Luc Denard
No filme seguimos um jovem policial, Vincent, que possui um dom, mas que é incompreendido pelos seus colegas. Quando ele cruza o seu destino com o de Milo Cardena, um policial problemático, as consequências serão dramáticas, entrando a dupla numa espiral de violência onde as inúmeras rivalidades entre agentes serão colocadas a prova. Será o jovem ‘Flic’ capaz de ingressar no seu lado negro para sobreviver?
O Julgamento de Viviane Amsalem
Elisha
Em Israel, os Judeus ortodoxos só se separam após o julgamento de Rabinos e o consentimento do marido. Baseado em uma história real. Ela não mede esforços para conseguir sua liberdade.
Angelique
L'avocat François Desgrez
The incredible destiny of Angélique: a beautiful girl who found in her love for Joffrey Peyrac the strength to fight injustice and submission in a century plagued by power struggles, inequality and the oppression.
The Marchers
Le père de Farid
In 1983, in France experiencing intolerance and racial violence , three young teens and the priest Minguettes launching a largely peaceful march for equality and against racism, over 1,000 km between Marseille and Paris . Despite the difficulties and resistance encountered, their movement will bring about a real boost of hope in the way of Gandhi and Martin Luther King. They unite with their arrival more than 100 000 people from all walks of life and give France its new face.
Qu'est-ce qu'on va faire de toi?
Abraham Drucker
1953. O menino Michel Drucker, de 11 anos, é mais apaixonado pelo Tour de France que pela escola. Os anos passam. Seus irmãos vencem na vida; já Michel rateia em tudo, para desespero dos pais.
Zarafa
Hassan (voice)
Sob um baobá, um velho conta às crianças a história da amizade entre Maki, de apenas 10 anos, e Zarafa, uma girafa órfã. O animal foi dado ao rei francês Charles X por Muhammad Ali, do Egito. Em meio a uma longa jornada que vai do Sudão até Paris, Maki e Zarafa vivem diversas aventuras.
Force
Jimi Weiss
Following a series of unsolved robberies, the authorities decide to give carte blanche to commander Clara Damico to neutralize a particularly organized gang. Manual Makarov, a well-known figure in organized crime, is currently serving a sentence of twelve years in prison. Commander Damico promises him freedom in exchange for his cooperation. He refuses. There is no other solution, she is obliged to compel him by force.
Les Amants naufragés
Milo Garavan
Stan Mirkine would have everything to be happy. Now, he is sure of it: his wife is cheating on him. Too much in love, possessive to the extreme, he is haunted every day by the only fear of discovering that Mathilde is unfaithful. Day after day, week after week, suspicions precipitate Stan in an infernal spiral driven by jealousy. The existence of Mathilde and Stan rocking after an irreparable act: Stan kills the one he thinks is his rival. Soon, doubt settles, jealousy resurfaced. What if Stan was abused by his paranoia? Could it be that his jealousy is only the result of a mad scheme? Who would then draw the strings? ...
Turk's Head
Le veuf
A 14 year old boy, an ER doctor, a cop looking for revenge, a mother fighting for her children and a man distraught by the death of his wife see their destinies come together. As the doctor spends several days in a coma, events keep on happening and all will be swept by the shock wave.
Raiva
Merlin
A schoolboy uses his cellphone camera to shoot intimate interviews with people working at a New York fashion house and secretly posts them on the internet. Result: a bitterly funny expose of an industry in crisis, during a week in which an accident on the runway becomes a murder investigation, and denial leads to devastation.
O Exército do Crime
Missak Manouchian
Numa Paris ocupada pelas tropas alemãs, o operário Missak Manouchian encabeça uma pequena resistência formada por jovens comunistas. Por sua coragem, vão se tornando lenda de um combate desigual contra as tropas nazis.
Segredo de Estado
Al Barad
Todos os dias na França, movimentos terroristas e os serviços estão empenhados numa guerra entre si. No entanto, terroristas e agentes secretos levam praticamente a mesma vida. Condenados à clandestinidades, esses estrategistas da manipulação seguem os mesmos métodos. Alex Barad e Al são dois deles. Um na chefia anti-terrorismo da DGSE (Direcção Geral de Segurança Externa), outro na rede terrorista, eles lutam com uma arma assustadora: seres humanos.
The Wedding Song
Raoul
The Nazi occupation of Tunisia strains the bonds of friendship between a Muslim woman and a Sephardic Jewess who are both preparing for their marriages.
Le Menteur : La Pièce !
Lelio
Musée haut, musée bas
Gilles Paulin
Un conservateur terrorisé par les plantes vertes, une mère plastifiée pour être exposée, un ballet de Saintes Vierges, des gardiens épuisés par Rodin, un ministre perdu dans une exposition de sexes, une voiture disparue au parking Rembrandt, des provinciaux amoureux des Impressionnistes, touristes galopins galopant d'une salle à l'autre, passager clandestin dans l'art premier, Picasso, Gauguin, Warhol, ils sont tous là dans ce petit monde qui ressemble au grand, dans ce musée pas si imaginaire que ça, valsant la comédie humaine jusqu'au burlesque.
Khamsa
Père
A 13 year old Gypsy boy escapes from foster home to continue a life of mischief and delinquency during a French summer.
The Seven Days
Eliyau
When one of the brothers (Ohayn) dies, all the whole family comes for Shiva (Jewish tradition,when the family sits seven days at the home after the death one of their family). A large family with a lot of problems and conflicts between them.
Minor Revelations
"The choice of each period is intimate, as each period awakens a particular emotion in me. This emotion reflects what is around me, not everyone is able to recognise it -- that is the risk I take. I think that this is good enough reason to make a film that will make visible small yet revealing things in differeent ways. I believe in tropisms and that is what interests me in this film." -- Marie Vermillard [taken from London Film Festival 2006 catalogue]
L'Affaire Ben Barka
le général Oufkir, ministre marocain de l'intérieur
O Suspeito
Said Abdel Aziz
Isabella está à espera do marido que está retornando aos Estados Unidos após uma conferência, mas, antes de desembarcar, Anwar El-Ibrahimi é retido por autoridades do governo e ninguém o encontra. Corrine Whitman, que investiga a morte de cidadãos americanos em um atentado terrorista, desconfia que ele esteja envolvido com um grupo perigoso no Egito, seu país natal. Anwar é levado para fora dos Estados Unidos, onde passa a ser torturado com o objetivo de revelar as informações que sabe.
Persépolis
Marjane's Father (voice)
Marjane é uma jovem iraniana de oito anos, que sonha em ser uma profetisa do futuro, para assim salvar o mundo. Querida pelos pais cultos e modernos e adorada pela avó, ela acompanha avidamente os acontecimentos que conduzem à queda do xá e de seu regime brutal. A entrada da nova República Islâmica inaugura a era dos “Guardiões da Revolução”, que controlam como as pessoas devem agir e se vestir. Marjane, que agora deve usar véu, deseja se transformar numa revolucionária. Mas, para tentar protegê-la, seus pais a enviam para a Áustria.
A Chave do Mistério
Pierre
Misteriosa produção, o segundo longa-metragem da também atriz francesa Sophie Merceau na direção. Ele conta a história de um homem que, depois que é encontrado um corpo, decide investigar o que está acontecendo. Assim, ele mergulha em uma trama cheia de elementos que fazem até mesmo um elogio aos bons filmes de suspense, com direito a uma misteriosa mulher que é semelhante a uma atriz que morreu seis anos antes. As revelações vão aparecendo aos poucos e surpreendendo os espectadores.
New Délire
Gunter (voice)
Take a Bollywood film--a good Bolllywood film--with action, emotion, suspense, and laughter. With Indian actors who act, dance, sing and smother themselves with tomato sauce when feigning a bloody head wound. Now, watch the image with the sound turned down! And let Pascal Legitimus and Eric Le Roch re-invent a story, recreate the sounds and the atmosphere, rewrite the lyrics to the songs. They'll give a new meaning to the film, helped in doing so by many well-known actors, who'll lend their voices to the Indian actors on screen. This diversion isn't a danger to your health. You simply risk killing yourself laughing!
A Marca da Serpente
Sam
Vincent Mandel (Yvan Attal) é um fotógrafo passando por um dificil processo de divórcio e lutando pela guarda de seus filhos. Sua existência já conturbada se torna ainda mais abalada pelo aparecimento de um fantasma de seu passado: Joseph Plender. Sedutor e simpático, Plender é, no entanto, totalmente cruel e um predador sedento por vingança.
007: Cassino Royale
Alex Dimitrios
Depois de obter o status 00 e uma licença para matar, o agente secreto James Bond parte em sua primeira missão como 007. Bond precisa derrotar um banqueiro privado que financia terroristas em um jogo de pôquer de alto risco no Casino Royale, Montenegro.
Armenia
Sarkis Arabian
This is a story about returning to ones ancestral homeland. Anna is a cardiologist who discovers her father has fled to his native Armenia after being diagnosed with a heart problem. Despite their contentious relationship, she sets out to bring her father back for this operation. Anna is a tough-minded, headstrong woman with little feeling for her fathers homeland or patience with its politics and socially intrusive culture, yet she finds this journey not only a reunion of sorts, but one of reconciliation as well.
S.A.C. : Des hommes dans l'ombre
Cesari
I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed
Mehdi Ben Barka
January 1966. In a Paris apartment, police discovered the corpse of Georges Figon, the man who broke the scandal of the Ben Barka affair and undermined Gaullist power. A year earlier, Figon, tired of dubious deals and petty scams, is looking for a juicy blow. Close to the "middle" since his years in prison, he was given a large mission: to produce a documentary about decolonization, written by Marguerite Duras and directed by Georges Franju, with the help of the famous Moroccan opponent Mehdi Ben Barka, hired as a historical consultant. This film project is a trap ...
Zaina, A Guerreira do Atlas
Omar
Zaina (Aziza Nadir) é uma menina de 11 anos que acaba de perder a mãe, Selma. Perturbada, ela culpa seu próprio padrasto, Omar (Simon Abkarian), pelos incidentes que acabaram causando a morte de Selma. O destino coloca frente a frente a jovem Zaina e Mustapha (Sami Bouajila), seu verdadeiro pai, que sequer sabia da existência da filha. Juntos, ambos empreenderão uma dura viagem de 20 dias até Marrakech, onde Mustapha vai participar da mais prestigiada corrida de cavalos do norte da África. Durante a jornada, entre desertos e montanhas, pai e filha começam a se conhecer e criar seus primeiros laços de amor e ternura.
Yes
He
She is a scientist. He is a Lebanese doctor. They meet at a banquet and fall into a carefree, passionate relationship. But difficulties abound because of his heritage and her loveless marriage. She flies to Havana to sort things out on the beach and in the cabarets. She sends him a ticket, but harbors no illusions that He will join her in this Caribbean melting pot.
The Demon Stirs
Julien Cestac
Anne Cestac accepts the obvious: her husband Julien, in his forties, has fallen madly in love with another woman. Annoyed, Anne sets out to find potential lovers.
Les mauvais joueurs
Sahak
Paris, le quartier du Sentier. Noël approche et la vie de Vahé Krikorian part à vau-l'eau. La boutique de son père, avec qui il travaille, va bientôt fermer. Trop de dettes et d'impayés. Lu Ann, la femme qu'il aime, le quitte et il sent bien que les arnaques au bonneteau qu'il pratique avec Sahak et son frère Toros ne vont pas le mener loin.
In Your Dreams
Wilson
Ninth is a promising young rapper whose reputation does not exceed even the few streets of his neighborhood. With his band and supported by Keuj, hairdresser apprentice producer, he tries to attend concerts and trying to break into the music, to the chagrin of his mother, who would see him in a more conventional career at the post office...
To Take A Wife
Eliyahoo
The story takes place in Haifa, Israel, in 1979, during three days before the Shabbat. A young woman trying to raise three children, work from home, and observe the strict Moroccan traditions of her family finds herself at constant odds with her husband and her brothers, who want her to stay married and leave behind the notions of being loved and free.
Nem a favor, nem contra (muito pelo contrário)
Freddy
O filme acompanha a queda de uma cameraman jovem, Caty, depois que ela se envolve com um grupo de pequenos criminosos e seu enigmático líder, Jean. A turma vive como irmãos, até o dia em que Jean planeja um grande assalto a banco. Apesar dos outros membros da gangue se sentirem fora da sua liga, as dificuldades financeiras e o bom papo de Jean os convence. Agora Caty encontra-se em um mundo infernal de violência, traição e assassinato.
The Legend of Princess Parva
Swami (voice)
The island of Kiam was once a paradise place with a kind Maharaja as a ruler. But one day the villainous Malaw killed the island’s ruler and deprived the Crown Prince Shiva of the throne. The insidious Malaw had the prince locked up in a dungeon in the palace’s underground labyrinth, and he announced to the Kiam residents that he would kill Shiva if they only tried to rebel. Then the Old Sage Swami, aided by programmer Agni, came into contact with the Light of Crystal. That’s what he called a girl named Parva, who embodied radiant innocence and was born of the same astral combination as Prince Shiva. Only she and her love could save the prince and bring peace back to the island of Kiam.
Almost Peaceful
Albert
Set during the largely unexplored period immediately following World War II, the film follows a group of mostly Jewish Parisians who attempt to restart their lives and rekindle their capacity for happiness in the shadow of unspeakable horrors. Variety called it "thoroughly charming. Sad, gentle, and funny in the best French tradition of high quality cinema." A film by Marcelo Gomes
Aram
Aram
Aram, an ex-soldier from the Armenian cause, has come to France to close an arms deal under secret service surveillance. Held responsible and banished by his faher for his brother's injuries in a terrorist ttack, he's also come to seek revenge for the drama that has marked his family and his life.
O Segredo de Charlie
Lieutenant Dessalines
Uma mulher retorna a Paris e encontra seu marido morto e suas contas bancárias zeradas. Um número de pessoas de caráter duvidoso aparece exigindo dinheiro. Um rosto do passado se oferece para ajudar, mas será que ela pode confiar ou ele só está jogando um jogo perigoso que pode ameaçar sua vida?
Ararat
Arshile Gorky
Com um roteiro em várias camadas, 'Ararat' traz quatro histórias que se unem. David é policial de alfândega no aeroporto de Toronto em seu último dia de trabalho antes da aposentadoria. Ele pára Raffi, que vem da Turquia com latas de filme e indaga-o sobre o que há dentro delas. Raffi é filho de Ani, que tem seu livro adaptado para as filmagens do genocídio impetrado pelos turcos sobre os armênios, em 1915. A vida do pintor Arshile Gorky, armênio radicado nos EUA também entra nessas filmagens. Raffi tem uma meia-irmã, Celia, com quem vive um romance. Celia culpa o tempo todo Ani por ter matado o seu pai. O diretor egípcio-canadense Atom Egoyan nos mostra um momento obscuro da história alinhavando tudo com muita competência e nos fazendo indagar o que há de verdadeiro em tudo que vemos.
Lila Lili
Simon
Micheline, who is pregnant, lives in a home for women from which she tries to observe the world with calm and serenity. Among other women of the home who are also pregnant the frequently asked question is whether they will keep their baby or not.
Tempest in a Teapot
American actor-director Arnold Barkus made this low-budget French film, a comedy set in New York, with scenes taking place in Chinatown, in a Franco-Greek cabaret, and on the Brooklyn Bridge. Brooklyn-born Max suspects his girlfriend Sophia has been cheating on him. His French pal Jean and a young woman, Vita, step in with a scheme to get back at Sophia, a character who is never seen during the entire film. Included is a parody of the Russian roulette scene from The Deer Hunter (1978).
When the Cat's Away
Carlos
When Chloe, a young Parisian, decides to take a long-overdue vacation, she has to find someone to look after Gris-Gris, her beloved cat. Everyone, including her gay male roommate, refuses to help her, but she finally makes an arrangement with the elderly Madame Renée, who often watches over other peoples' cats and dogs. However, when Chloe comes back, Madame Renée tells her that unfortunately the cat has been lost, and the unlucky owner goes on a search for her dear animal friend. While looking for the cat, she meets many colorful characters who populate the neighborhood.
Os Últimos Passos de um Homem
Thanks
A Irmã Helen Prejean, uma caridosa freira de New Orleans, é a conselheira espiritual de Matthew Poncelet, um assassino cruel, revoltado e complexo, que aguarda sua execução. A missão da irmã é ajudar a quem, como Matthew, precisa encontrar a salvação. Mas quando ela tenta navegar na sombria alma de Matthew, encontra uma densidade de maldade que a faz questionar até onde a redenção realmente pode ir. Ela conseguirá adiar a data fatal da execução o suficiente para ter tempo de salvar Matthew? Ou acabará descobrindo uma verdade que abalará os próprios preceitos pelos quais norteia sua vida?
Ana El Awan
Camille is a composer going back to his homeland Lebanon to write a song about his country. Raya is looking for her lost son. They meet, fall in love, and discover the despair of the people of war-torn Lebanon.
Le Poisson rouge
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Le Quatrième mur
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