General Ferdinand Foch
Convocado para a linha de frente da Primeira Guerra Mundial, o adolescente Paul encara a dura realidade da vida nas trincheiras.
Paul Sauvage
O que você faria se um filhote de leão aparecesse em seu quarto? Os irmãos Inés e Alex, enfrentam esse dilema quando encontram King, um filhote traficado que foge de um aeroporto e encontra refúgio em sua casa.
Lola
Alex, um gracioso menino de 9 anos que navega entre gêneros, tem um sonho: ser um dia eleito Miss França. 15 anos depois, Alex perdeu seus pais e sua autoconfiança e estagnou em uma vida monótona. Uma reunião inesperada vai acordar esse sonho esquecido. Alex decide competir na Miss França, escondendo sua identidade. Beleza, excelência, camaradagem. À mercê das etapas de uma competição impiedosa, ajudada por uma família de corações coloridos, Alex vai conquistar o título, sua feminilidade e acima de tudo, a si mesmo.
King Charles VI
Após a morte de seu pai, Henrique V é coroado rei, obrigado a comandar a Inglaterra. O governante precisa amadurecer rapidamente para manter o país consideravelmente seguro durante a Guerra dos 100 Anos, contra a França.
Pierre Garibaldi
Castiglione
An empress commissions a painting of herself from a French outsider in hopes of stirring her husband's interest in this lavish period piece. The Lady in the Portrait is a period yarn evoking the unique rapport between a French missionary and the Manchurian Empress whose portrait he's ordered to paint.
Jean-Pierre
Uma elegante professora tem um ciúme doentio da juventude e beleza da própria filha de 18 anos.
Antoine
Totoche
Aurore has separated, just lost her job, and learns that she is going to be a grandmother.
Le manager
This is the story of an encounter. An encounter between a groupie and the rock star she has always worshipped, This is a story of fascination and despair. She has loved him for many years, idolized his every move, lived for his songs. He is a shell. Scarred, alcoholic and paranoid, ruined by success. They find each other one morning, in a hotel room. He needs to be saved and all she wants is to protect him.
Etienne Deshaies
O grande aventureiro oceânico e cineasta francês Jacques-Yves Cousteau (Lambert Wilson) embarca em uma grande viagem à bordo de sua embarcação Calypso. Consigo, ele leva seu filho Phillippe (Pierre Niney), com quem não tem uma boa relação há anos. Apesar dos problemas, os dois terão que ultrapassar todas as suas diferenças e mágoas para poderem sobreviver em alto-mar.
No final do século 19, Valentine casa-se com Jules. No fim do século 20, uma doce jovem encontra um rapaz na casa de seu primo, em Paris. Entre as realidades dos casais, uma família cujo chefe foi para a guerra. O que une todas as histórias é o vínculo eterno entre as perdas e as reparações que o tempo e os conflitos promovem.
Jules Moy
O jovem negro Rafael Padilha nasceu em Cuba em 1868 e foi vendido quando ainda era criança. Anos depois ele consegue fugir e é encontrado nas docas por um palhaço que o coloca nas suas apresentações. Em seguida, Padilha passa a ser conhecido como Chocolat, tornando-se o primeiro artista circense negro na França, um grande sucesso no final do século XIX.
At Vanel's zoo, there is Rafael, Ludovic and the elegant Mr. Vanel. There is also Philippe, the little monkey, and a very discreet panda, not to mention the Dutch tourists. When Marthe, the young and inexperienced accountant arrives to save the zoo's finances, she has no idea of the strange world she is entering into. That's because Mr. Vanel's zoo is not exactly an ordinary zoo.
Alphonse Daudet
Commissaire Lambert
Certa manhã, muito cedo, Emmanuel, jornalista, atravessa um vilarejo de carro e atropela mortalmente uma criança. Sem testemunhas, ele foge. Quando seu jornal o encarrega de cobrir o acidente, Emmanuel, corroído pela culpa e o medo, esforça-se para afastar as suspeitas com suas reportagens
Martin Itzinger
Léa lives in Le Havre, where she attends college whilst taking care of her elderly grandmother. To make ends meet, she works as a waitress in a night club. Her admittance to the Institute of Political Studies in Paris offers her new opportunities, but at a high price. Léa finds work as a striptease artist, so that each evening she can put into practice the theory of economic liberalism which she learns by day...
Morvan
Expulsos da sua terra argelina, três irmãos e a mãe separam-se. Messaoud alista-se na Indochina. Em Paris, Abdelkader toma a cabeça do movimento em prol da independência da Argélia e Said faz fortuna nas espeluncas e clubes de boxe de Pigalle. O destino dos três, selado pelo amor de uma mãe, enreda-se inexoravelmente ao de uma nação em luta pela sua liberdade.
Narrator
Teen movies have had a great impact on the movie industry - especially in the 80s. This documentary takes a closer look at the genre's origins and the impact it has made up till today.
Maître Taïeb
Chauffour
An Indian delegation, headed by Kuldip Badhwar, is going to Cateneau's French power plant to negotiate the purchase of four new generation nuclear reactors. Before signing the contract, the Indian representative requires guarantees on the safety of the installations and requests an emergency shutdown test of the reactor. But a succession of incidents occur and seem to turn to disaster.
Capitaine Martin
Em 1943, 130 mil soldados originários das colônias francesas na África foram para a Europa lutar na 2ª Guerra Mundial e ajudar a libertar uma pátria-mãe na qual nunca antes haviam estado. Entre eles estavam Saïd, Messaoud, Abdelkader e Yassir, que precisam lidar com o preconceito existente ao mesmo tempo em que lutam pela vitória da França.
Le psychiatre
A 19-year-old searches for her twin brother after he runs away from home, following a fight with their father.
Le Conseiller du Roi
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.
Julien le Bris
A perspective on the Romanian revolution which started in Timișoara.
Le Docteur de Montalembert
Shimkent hôtel tells the story of a young man who's experienced the failure of a business venture in the Afghan mountains, and who suffers from shock in Kazakhstan.
Daniel
Esther's life is panning out nicely. She will soon move in with her boyfriend Vincent and she seems set to get a permanent position at the public relations company where she freelances. All would be fine if Esther didn't accidentally discover a piercing curiosity about her own body.
Richard
Jacques Laurent é um diretor de filmes pornográficos dos anos 70, que retorna à antiga atividade por questões financeiras. De volta aos sets de filmagens, Laurent não consegue mais encarar a vulgaridade dos filmes cuja única ambição é a simples exposição de órgãos sexuais. Enquanto Laurent procura uma maneira de redirecionar sua vida, seu filho Joseph, estudante universitário e ativista político, busca encontrar um sentido para a sua. Separados anos antes, quando o jovem se revoltou contra a imoralidade do verdadeiro trabalho do pai, eles se reencontram, agora, mais maduros para tentar resolver suas diferenças anteriores.
Monsieur de Vallières
Monsieur de Fontenelle has resisted feelings of love and passion all his life, but at an advanced age he meets a young woman who makes him discover the feeling he has always wanted to ignore: love.
In 14th-century France, Aliénor breaks with the codes governing girls’ behavior and does as she wishes. The King of France grants her the hand of her childhood love, but her new husband deserts her immediately after the ceremony. Undeterred, she sets out after him, traveling to Siena to bring him back.
Radio speaker
“Le Pont du Trieur”, co-written by de Meaux and Philippe Parreno, with an original score by Dave Stewart, is set in Pamir, a region situated in the highest part of Tajikistan, at the border between Afghanistan and China. This is a strategic zone controlled by various armies in the midst of a region that awaits reconstruction. The film stems from the simple question of how to tell the story of a country of which the West is deprived of images. Both fiction and documentary, it is about reality and the means of telling it.
Yves
When Valérie's husband Yves confesses he's in love with another woman, she happens into a judo club and begins lessons. She likes it, she's a natural, and she's attracted to Bruno, the quiet instructor. He likes her as well, but sees social class as a barrier, and Yves never seems to be too far away. Valérie's two close friends have their own stories: Annette is continuously looking for a husband, with little luck. Clara cares more about wealth and power, and takes up with the country's finance minister, an older man who flips for her. Meanwhile, Yves's lover doesn't seem in a hurry to leave her husband, so Valérie looks good to him from time to time. Will Bruno ever make a move?
On the platform of a train station, the pretty Laurence is waiting for her fiancé. They have planned to go to Venice, but the young woman waits for hours for Prince Charming, who never comes. Meanwhile, Bruno Lombart, who lives on petty theft, has decided to lock his son Timothée in Laurence's apartment. The little boy's mission is to steal as many objects as possible. When the young woman returns home, disappointed, she is surprised to find little Timothy! He explains to her that if he doesn't bring back any booty from his expedition, he will be beaten. Out of pity, Laurence gives him a few trinkets, then drops him off in the street after having given him her coordinates...
Jean-Michel
A French woman falls in love with a Yugoslavian man, not realizing that he is an illegal immigrant.
Vincent
This romantic comedy from France explores the misadventures of several friends looking for love and trying to define beauty. Daphne is a lovely women who is nonetheless unsure about her looks, compounded by the fact that she's fallen in love with Vincent, who has a policy of only dating models. Daphne's best friend Celine comes up with an idea -- she'll get her pal Jacques to paint a nude portrait of Daphne. When Vincent sees the painting, he'll be more attracted to the woman who posed for it, leading him to her doorstep. But of course, it isn't quite that simple.
Ali, an aspiring actor, works in a government-aided butchery, and takes a part in a cheap play, while his father wants him to start working in fruit trade. Ali pursues his long-lived dream of traveling abroad and flies to France with an acting troupe, where he starts living illegally alongside many other Arabs, and starts a life-changing experience that he won't remember fully until he returns to Egypt.
Walter von Drexel
Vincent
Following his discharge from the Navy for hitting a superior officer, Loren takes a chance and moves to France, to learn haute cuisine under a four star chef...
Walter von Drexel
Premier de Cordee begins as Zian, a young man who has traveled from his birthplace in the Alps to Paris, returns to his family home just as his father, a mountain guide, dies after being struck by lightning. Zian has chosen to carry on in his father's work, although he's very much aware of the dangers involved. Along with the death of his father, he's also been confronted with the sad fate of his best friend, who went into the mountains to rescue Ruspoli, the rich client stranded by the death of Zian's father. When the young man returned, it was discovered he had lost his toes to frostbite. However, Zian is determined to become a guide, and he soon wins the attentions of Ruspoli's daughter, Bianca, even though her socially prominent family is not happy that she's become involved with a poverty-stricken mountaineer. A climbing accident leaves Zian with a chronic case of vertigo that threatens his new career, but with Bianca's help he sets his sights on conquering Mount Blanc.
The story takes place in an around Lebanon. It concerns Farid, a repentant Islamic fundamentalist and Charles, a French diplomat. Farid is prepared to give the French secret service a list of names of terrorists operating in France on the condition that they liberate a friend of his imprisoned in France. The deal is complicated by the fact that Farid and Charles are irresistably attracted to each other, which inflames great jealously in Charles' wife, Juliette, estranging the couple.
Bernard
A triangle: love, obsession, and choice. Pierre, a ladies' man who has little cash and no fixed residence, describes his best friend Benoît as the world's oldest 32-year-old. The shy, well-employed Benoît's life changes when he answers the personal ad of Marie, a 25-year-old who restores paintings. He's attracted to her and she likes his steady calm and his honest attention. They're soon a couple, and they include Pierre in their dinners, outings, and trips. What will happen when Pierre realizes that he too is in love with Marie?
Bob
Paul Dedalus is at a crossroads in his life. He has to make several decisions; should he complete his doctorate, does he want to become a full professor, does he really love his long-standing girlfriend, or should he re-start with one of his other lovers?
Assistant
A história de Thomas Jefferson enquanto embaixador em Paris, alguns anos antes de ser presidente, e as especulações em torno de uma suposta amante, a escrava Sally, de apenas 15 anos, com quem teria tido um filho.
Henri le Vert / Heinrich
It is carnival time in Munich and participants are overindulging in alcohol and sensual pleasures. "Follow us into madness" beckons Lys who is drunk on life, but the sensitive Henry does not follow him. Lys has betrayed his fiancé, as Henry once betrayed his lost love Anna. In memory of Anna and his cruel Dickensian childhood, Henry challenges Lys to a duel to try to appease his guilt.
Jean-Jacques
A medical intern finds himself drawn into a world of international intrigue after discovering a shrunken human head in his luggage.
Christian McGillis
A young woman convenes with her extended family in a provincial village where her cousin, in a coma, is hospitalized after attempting suicide.
With his job in the balance, Gérard bets his boss that he can transform bad-tempered street person Lola into television star material. With the inducement of stardom as his lure, he takes Lola in hand and becomes her instructor, sending her to ballet and acting classes, where she misbehaves. Most of her petulance is reserved for Gérard, however, but in the tradition of Pretty Woman and My Fair Lady, in the end he gets the girl and a new star -- in the same package.
Nicolas
A French family is shown as they go through the daily routines of life. Arguing, feasting, crying, and yearning for love are just some of the human emotions encountered. The mood wavers between excessive noise to silence while those not participating in the conversations eavesdrop.
Vladimir Borovitch
Three sisters return to their home for the third wedding of their twice-widowed mother. But the mother and daughters are forced to revisit the past and confront the future, with help from a colorful group of unexpected wedding guests