Jean-Pierre Améris

John Duxbury, a fifty-year-old man disappointed by his life, sees his wife die from a fatal fall while they are on vacation together. And while an accident is initially thought to be the cause of death, suspicions soon turn to John... especially since a witness claims to have seen him push his wife.

David, a young farmer from Cantal, has just had an idea: to save his farm from bankruptcy, he is going to set up a cabaret on the farm. The show will be on stage and on the plate, with good local products. He is sure, it can only work. His relatives, his mother and especially his grandfather, are more skeptical.

David, a young farmer from Cantal, has just had an idea: to save his farm from bankruptcy, he is going to set up a cabaret on the farm. The show will be on stage and on the plate, with good local products. He is sure, it can only work. His relatives, his mother and especially his grandfather, are more skeptical.

Lyon, 1960s. Emile is twelve years old. His father is a hero. He says he is a judo champ, a parachutist, a soccer player and even a personal advisor to General de Gaulle. Now he wants to save French Algeria! Fascinated and proud, Emile willingly follows his father in missions of utmost danger: tailing, spying, delivering top-secret letters. Emile carries out his orders in all seriousness. He even recruits Luca, a new classmate, into his secret combat. But what if the father’s exploits were all phony, and far too dangerous for children?

Lyon, 1960s. Emile is twelve years old. His father is a hero. He says he is a judo champ, a parachutist, a soccer player and even a personal advisor to General de Gaulle. Now he wants to save French Algeria! Fascinated and proud, Emile willingly follows his father in missions of utmost danger: tailing, spying, delivering top-secret letters. Emile carries out his orders in all seriousness. He even recruits Luca, a new classmate, into his secret combat. But what if the father’s exploits were all phony, and far too dangerous for children?

Angélique makes beautiful chocolates, carefully infused with all the emotion that seems to overwhelm her in daily life. Jean-René runs a chocolate factory that is running out of steam, rather like his own existence. Both seek help from the usual sources: Jean-René favours self-help tapes and Angélique joins a support group, Les Émotifs Anonymes. Romantics Anonymous is an unusual and tender love story in which the obstacles to happiness are not the usual external barriers, but those sneaky little ones we know all too intimately: the ones within.

Leo Cramps, 30, is illiterate. One day, having failed to read instructions, he is the victim of an accident at the factory where he is a worker. Immobilized, he meets his neighbor, a nurse and a single mother passionate about reading.

A fifty-year-old man suffers from a sore back. All the world's doctors, radiologists, and oesteopaths can do nothing for him : the roots of his illness are pyschological. But what should he change about his work, his wife and his family in order to get better ?

A fifty-year-old man suffers from a sore back. All the world's doctors, radiologists, and oesteopaths can do nothing for him : the roots of his illness are pyschological. But what should he change about his work, his wife and his family in order to get better ?

Forty-year-old Paul-André is a timid, rather introverted man. Rich but alone, he is deeply bored and ends up concluding that what he needs is a family. Violette, a forty-year-old full of energy, is threatened with eviction and is afraid she'll lose custody of her two children. Paul-André then proposes a totally above the board contract to rent the family in exchange for him paying off Violette's debts. For better and for worse..

Forty-year-old Paul-André is a timid, rather introverted man. Rich but alone, he is deeply bored and ends up concluding that what he needs is a family. Violette, a forty-year-old full of energy, is threatened with eviction and is afraid she'll lose custody of her two children. Paul-André then proposes a totally above the board contract to rent the family in exchange for him paying off Violette's debts. For better and for worse..

Baseado em uma história real, Marie Heurtin (Ariana Rivoire) é uma moça que nasceu cega e surda. Vivendo em seu próprio mundo, sem conseguir se comunicar, o pai dela a manda para um internato. Lá a jovem conhece Marie Margueritte (Isabelle Carré), uma freira que resolve adotar a menina como se fosse uma filha. Ganhando a confiança de Marie Heurin e usando da sua fé, a freira a ensina como se expressar apesar das suas limitações.

Baseado em uma história real, Marie Heurtin (Ariana Rivoire) é uma moça que nasceu cega e surda. Vivendo em seu próprio mundo, sem conseguir se comunicar, o pai dela a manda para um internato. Lá a jovem conhece Marie Margueritte (Isabelle Carré), uma freira que resolve adotar a menina como se fosse uma filha. Ganhando a confiança de Marie Heurin e usando da sua fé, a freira a ensina como se expressar apesar das suas limitações.

Esta adaptação do romance de Victor Hugo traz a história de dois órfãos, Gwynplaine (Marc-André Grondin), um garoto cuja cicatriz no rosto dá a impressão de que ele está sempre sorrindo, e Déa (Christa Theret), uma garota cega. Em pleno inverno, eles são acolhidos pelo grande Ursus (Gérard Depardieu) e passam a viver com ele. Para ganharem dinheiro, os dois jovens decidem fazer um espetáculo pelas estradas, onde o sorriso de Gwynplaine desperta a curiosidade de todos que passam. Aos poucos, o garoto adquire fama e dinheiro, distanciando-o das únicas duas pessoas que sempre gostaram dele: Déa e Ursus.

Esta adaptação do romance de Victor Hugo traz a história de dois órfãos, Gwynplaine (Marc-André Grondin), um garoto cuja cicatriz no rosto dá a impressão de que ele está sempre sorrindo, e Déa (Christa Theret), uma garota cega. Em pleno inverno, eles são acolhidos pelo grande Ursus (Gérard Depardieu) e passam a viver com ele. Para ganharem dinheiro, os dois jovens decidem fazer um espetáculo pelas estradas, onde o sorriso de Gwynplaine desperta a curiosidade de todos que passam. Aos poucos, o garoto adquire fama e dinheiro, distanciando-o das únicas duas pessoas que sempre gostaram dele: Déa e Ursus.

ean-René e Angélique são duas pessoas que possuem em comum, além do amor pelo chocolate, o romantismo e a timidez. Ele é dono de uma fábrica de bombons. Ela é uma chocolateira talentosa. Em meio a muitas dificuldades, os dois se aproximam e compartilham suas paixões.

ean-René e Angélique são duas pessoas que possuem em comum, além do amor pelo chocolate, o romantismo e a timidez. Ele é dono de uma fábrica de bombons. Ela é uma chocolateira talentosa. Em meio a muitas dificuldades, os dois se aproximam e compartilham suas paixões.

A 10-year-old girl lives in post WWII rural France with her parents, who are about to divorce. Her older sister leaves home to finish school, and the young girl is left with a mysterious, almost silent housekeeper. Being afraid of the dark, and of other "phenomenoms" including a haunted château nearby, she curiously accepts a stranger she finds in her mansion's barn. This fact contradicts her fearful nature, but fulfills her loneliness. The stranger has run away from a nearby psychiatric clinic, where her father was treating the stranger. She hides the stranger, protects him, and he becomes her best friend. Is this girl searching for true companionship, coming of age, or is she asserting her independence for the first time in her short life?

A 10-year-old girl lives in post WWII rural France with her parents, who are about to divorce. Her older sister leaves home to finish school, and the young girl is left with a mysterious, almost silent housekeeper. Being afraid of the dark, and of other "phenomenoms" including a haunted château nearby, she curiously accepts a stranger she finds in her mansion's barn. This fact contradicts her fearful nature, but fulfills her loneliness. The stranger has run away from a nearby psychiatric clinic, where her father was treating the stranger. She hides the stranger, protects him, and he becomes her best friend. Is this girl searching for true companionship, coming of age, or is she asserting her independence for the first time in her short life?

A young man tries his way in boxing, supported by a coach. He meets a girl, falls in love and she becomes pregnant.

Dimitri joins La Maison, a place where people are welcomed for whom medicine can not do anything anymore. There he meets Suzanne, a volunteer who is dedicated to supporting people at the end of their lives.

Delphine is a sweet innocent young girl, her new best friend pulls her into a world where she falls in love with a local pretty boy. Working her hardest to make him love her drags her into prostitution.

Serge Perrin is 23 and unusually happy at the prospect of spending the rest of his life in jail for a series of crimes he did not commit. This black French comedy attempts to explain via flashback the twisted reasons why an innocent youth would so cavalierly throw away his freedom.