Jeanne Lapoirie

Kheìdidja, in her forties, works for a wealthy Parisian family who offers her the opportunity to take care of their children for a summer in Corsica. It's an opportunity for her to return with her daughters, Jessica and Farah, to the island they left fifteen years earlier in tragic circumstances.

Madagascar, at the turn of the 1960s and 1970s. On an air base of the French army, the soldiers live the last carefree years of colonialism. Influenced by his readings of Fantômette, Thomas, a child who is not yet 10 years old, gradually forges a look at the world around him.

A lawyer, mother of two little girls, welcomes into her home the 17-year-old son from her husband's first marriage, with whom she will have an affair.

Recentemente enviuvada, Béatrice vive com o seu filho e a sua mãe. O seu encontro com Mokhtar, um professor iraniano que veio ilegalmente para a Europa, irá mudar a sua vida quotidiana e as suas convicções. Por amor a ele, terá de desafiar os preconceitos dos que a rodeiam e as leis do seu país.

Raf e Julie, um casal prestes a se separar, estão em um pronto-socorro na noite de um grande protesto dos 'coletes amarelos' em Paris. O encontro com Yann, um manifestante ferido e furioso, vai chacoalhar suas certezas e preconceitos. Lá fora, a tensão aumenta e logo o hospital tem que fechar as portas e a equipe fica sobrecarregada. A noite vai será longa, reveladora e hilária.

No final do século 17, com a peste devastando as terras, Benedetta Carlini ingressou no convento em Pescia, Toscana, como noviça. Capaz de fazer milagres desde tenra idade, o impacto de Benedetta na vida da comunidade é imediato e significativo.

Paris, 1993. Selma, 17, lives in a bourgeois and secular Berber family. When she meets and is strongly attracted to Julien, a dashing young man, she realizes for the first time the heavy rules of her patriarchal family and how they affect her intimacy. As Islamism takes over her country of origin and her family crumbles, Selma discovers the power of her own desire. She must resist and fight. Through the strength of her people, she starts walking down the path of what it means to become a free woman.

Rachel, uma modesta funcionária de escritório, conhece Philippe, um jovem brilhante nascido de uma família burguesa. A partir desta breve mas apaixonada conexão nasce uma pequena filha, Chantal. Philippe se recusa a se casar fora de sua classe social e Rachel tem que criar a filha sozinha. Para Rachel, Chantal é sua grande felicidade e por isso luta para que nunca falte nada a ela, e exige que Philippe lhe dê seu nome à filha. Essa batalha dura de mais de dez anos e acabará por mudar as vidas de todos.

Uma cineasta vai passar férias em uma propriedade em Côte d'Azur com familiares e amigos. Apesar da linda paisagem, ela precisa lidar com um término recente e com os desafios de seu novo filme, enquanto o isolamento das pessoas ao seu redor as leva a externalizar uma série de sentimentos até então reprimidos.

Under the influence of a hallucinogenic cactus, a couple of French comes to introduce, like a virus, into a Mexican landscape whose practices, codes and uses they do not know.

On February 27, 2009, pupil Benjamin Feller commits a crime which he has meticulously described beforehand in a diary entry. He goes to the post office to send the diary entry to his teacher before he shoots his parents and turns himself in to the police. His teacher Esther Fontanel tries to understand the events in retrospect. But as the journal’s addressee, she is increasingly targeted by the police herself.

Na França dos anos 1990, o grupo ativista Act Up intensifica seus esforços para que a sociedade reconheça a importância da prevenção e do tratamento da aids.

Após a morte de sua mãe, o jovem Zino, decide procurar por seu pai, que há 25 anos abandonou a família e voltou para a Argélia. Zino se surpreende ao descobrir que ele nunca saiu da França e que agora se chama Lola. .

They’re all nuts. Her parents, who want to send her off to boarding school. Her new teacher, who expects her to read impossibly old books. Her fellow band members, who make her sing ridiculous lyrics and dress her up in a frilly white dress for their first show. Everyone seems to know what she should do and how she should act. And it’s not like 13-year-old Aurore has any fundamental problem with changing herself either. Who would want to be like this: unhappy, ugly and emotionally withdrawn? But the others don’t seem all that much happier to her either. She definitely doesn’t ever want to be as old, rundown and lonely as her mother. And so she prefers to stay the way she is, to observe and make her biting comments on whatever comes her way.

Tom (8) and Benjamin (11) travel to Stockholm to spend the summer with their father, whom they have barely seen since he divorced their mother. Tom, in particular, knows next to nothing about this strange, solitary man who seems never to sleep. When he suggests they spend a few days at his cabin in the country, the boys are delighted. But the cabin is totally isolated in the middle of a huge forest, a place both beautiful and troubling.

Nos anos 1971, a França está atravessando a época da liberação sexual e o ápice do feminismo. Neste contexto, Delphine abandona a sua família no interior do país para descobrir a vida intensa em Paris. Chegando à capital, conhece Carole, que vive com o namorado Manuel. Delphine e Carole se aproximam e iniciam uma história de amor.

Gaby mustn’t be left alone at night. Yet that’s exactly what her boyfriend Vincent does, to test her love for him. She struggles against her natural instincts and quickly exhausts the patience of the local guys. But Gaby decides to turn to castle warden Nicolas, an expert in loneliness, for help.

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.

Louise (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) faz parte de uma grande família burguesa italiana, que vive um período de transformações: enquanto seu irmão está doente, e os conflitos com a mãe aumentam, eles são forçados a vender seu castelo na Itália. Em meio a todas essas confusões, Louise encontra Nathan (Louis Garrel), jovem que se declara apaixonado por ela.

No século 16, um vendedor de cavalos vive uma vida tranquila e próspera, até ser maltratado por um nobre poderoso. Decidido a reconquistar sua honra e seus direitos, ele monta um exército de plebeus e declara guerra contra o injusto soberano.

Daniel Muller é um homem de meia-idade que se sente atraído por Marek, um jovem garoto de programa que passa seus dias com um grupo de imigrantes do leste-europeu na Gare du nord, em Paris. Daniel cria coragem e convida Marek para um programa em sua casa, mas ele não aparece sozinho. Um jogo de sedução e intimidação se segue, mas os encontros se tornam constantes e cada vez mais íntimos. Uma relação é cultivada entre Daniel e Marek, mas o caráter destrutivo do mundo de Marek não ficará dormente por muito tempo.

Young Violetta and her mother Hannah are a peculiar couple. Ten-year-old Violetta lives a quiet life with her grandmother, while her mother Hannah is an unpredictable photographer who lives off of the generosity of others. When Hannah forces her daughter to pose as a model, Violetta finds her life with her loving grandmother turned upside down.The resulting pictures quickly become a sensation for the trendy 70's Paris art scene, and Violetta finds herself caught in between her new stature as an art muse and her dull childhood.

Early 20th century Philippines. The sounds of war signal the arrival of the Americans. A mother and son flee to the mountains, hoping for a quiet life. One day, the son discovers a wounded woman in the middle of the forest, and decides to bring her home.

Katie é uma mulher comum que trabalha numa fábrica e luta para cuidar de sua pequena filha. Quando conhece Paco, também um homem comum, algo mágico e milagroso acontece: eles se apaixonam. E do seu amor surge um bebê extraordinário: Ricky.

Georges Nail lives in a new suburb. He's married, loves his wife, son and dog. Paul Hammer is good looking, rich and intelligent. But he is torn by his severe judgment of the world and a desire to be part of it. One day, their paths meet. Nail sees this meeting as an opportunity to create a new friendship. On his side, Hammer sees it as a new reason for living : to crucify the perfect image of the happy western man and his incarnation in the person of Georges Nail. A nail is the perfect victim for a hammer.

La Possibilité d'une île is a 2008 film directed by Michel Houellebecq, loosely based on his 2005 novel The Possibility of an Island.

Marcelline (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi), uma atriz quarentona e solteira, inicia os ensaios de uma nova montagem teatral, dirigida por Denis (Mathieu Amalric). Atormentada pela sombra de sua personagem, ela começa a reavaliar sua vida, especialmente com a chegada de Nathalie (Noémie Lvovsky), assistente do diretor. Ao se conhecerem, as duas descobrem o quanto são parecidas...

Romain (Melvil Poupaud) é um fotógrafo de moda bem-sucedido. O problema é que ele está lutando contra um câncer. Enquanto percebe que está cada vez mais perto da morte, ao mesmo tempo em que se recusa a fazer quimioterapia, ele passa a tratar mal todos que estão ao seu redor, como o companheiro, os pais e a irmã.

The lives of the residents of a small French town are changed when thousands of the recently dead inexplicably come back to life and try to integrate themselves into society that has changed for them.

Nabil returns to Beirut with the ashes of his father who died abroad. He tries to overcome his bereavement while his family insists on respecting rites and customs by burying a non-existent corpse.

As a little girl, Federica fantasized about having beautiful long hair that would grow back as soon as she cut it, about never-ending cones of cotton candy and about countless adventures that took her to the far side of the world. Now a charming thirty-something-single woman, Federica's fantasies have evolved, adding lovers, stardom, and motherhood to her waking dreams, where Federica continues to press for her everyday life to be as real as the fantasies that invade her. Unfortunately, Federica's daydreams can only provide a meager distraction from the reality she faces. Her career as a successful playwright is heading south, her boyfriend is pressuring her to start a family, a former lover wishes to rekindle an old affair, her sister is barely talking to her, her brother is self-centered and her loving father is terminally ill. And as if to make matters worse, Federica is rich, too rich, and the guilt that consumes her because of it is pushing her over the edge.

Undaunted by a commission to make a film about his mentors and aesthetic exemplars, the filmmaking team of Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, Costa records with great sensitivity and insight the exacting process by which the two re-edit their film Sicilia!, discussing and arguing over each cut and its effect. Incorporating comments about the influence of figures as diverse as Chaplin and Eisenstein, about the ethical and aesthetic implications of film technique and such matters as rhythm, sound mixing, and acting. The film becomes a tour de force, immersing us in the mysteries of cinema as practiced by some of its greatest creators. Costa calls the film both his first comedy and his first love story.

Uma socialite, Gaby (Catherine Deneuve), foi para sua casa de campo para aparentemente passar o Natal com seu marido Marcel (Dominique Lamure), sua mãe (Danielle Darrieux), sua irmã Augustine (Isabelle Huppert) e suas filhas, Suzon (Virginie Ledoyen) e Catherine (Ludivine Sagnier). Logo após sua chegada Louise (Emmanuelle Béart), a nova camareira, acha Marcel com uma faca cravada nas costas. Todas têm motivos para querer sua morte, inclusive Chanel (Firmine Richard), uma cozinheira que está na casa há bastante tempo e a novata Louise. Elas não podem chamar a polícia, pois os fios do telefone foram cortados, e algo fez o mesmo com os fios do carro, para impedir que partissem. Misteriosamente, vindo de carona, chega Pierrette (Fanny Ardant), a cunhada de Gaby, que também tinha seus motivos para matar o irmão. Elas se vêem forçadas a se confrontar, com muitos ressentimentos e verdades vindo à tona enquanto tentam elucidar o que está acontecendo.

The original television version of 'Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?'

Six unused scenes from Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie? One of the more priceless of the “bagatelles” in this collection features a lounging Jean-Marie Straub who gives a non-stop disquisition on liberty and filmmaking while Danièle Huillet busies herself with laundry, and their dog Melchior frisks in and out of frame. —Cinematheque Ontario

Quando o marido desaparece na praia, uma professora começa a se desintegrar mentalmente quando a negação do desaparecimento dele se torna ilusória. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)

Alemanha, anos 70. Léopold, cinqüenta anos, seduz Franz, um jovem garoto de 19 anos. Franz se apaixona e vai morar com Léopold. No entanto, surge um dia uma pequena divergência, sobre a qual os dois não conseguem concordar. A partir daí, não há mais um eu comum entre eles, mas apenas divergências. Baseado em peça de Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

In this French-Portuguese film -- directed by Jacques Rivette's screenplay collaborator Christine Laurent -- French vocalist Laure Constant (Laurence Cote) goes to Montevideo, Uruguay, to see her old lover Colossus (Jose Olivera), but when he's a no-show, she becomes involved with several other men, while listening to advice from some older French women who are costume designers. Shown at the 1997 Locarno Film Festival.

Laurence is 30 years old, has a loving husband and an exciting job. But her happiness is not complete because, despite numerous attempts, she is unable to have a child. Weakened by a miscarriage, her hope is reborn the day she meets Edith, a former nurse who has developed a personal method of care based on energy control. Thanks to Edith, Laurence regains her health and finally becomes pregnant. But there is a price to pay.

A brief extract of four kids' lives somewhere in France. Quentin, who won a writers contest and now pays more attention to his career as an author than to his friends, beautiful Julie, his girl-friend, much more mature than she looks, falling in love with Quentin's very best friend Jimmy, who is kind of stuck in his unability of self-expression and grown up under bad social circumstances. And there is the shy boy Samir, exiled from Algeria, who lost his "brother" and only friend some time ago. Samir heavily falls in love with Quentin, but he can't handle it...

In the middle of the night, someone brings Ivan's body home to his wife and his sad-faced, jug-eared son. Through flashbacks, the film discloses the relationships among Ivan and his brother Alex, a cop with a cleanliness fetish; siblings Juliette and Jimmy, Ivan's partners in a seedy nightclub; the love triangle of Alex, Juliette, and Marie, a professor of philosophy; and of Alex and his nephew, Ivan's dour, stoic son. Ivan's death changes every relationship.

A sunny winter morning... Two brothers on a countryside path, go intown, as usual... That day, the younger brother has a meeting with his criminal friends. Stéphane, his older brother, isn’t aware of it. Fate will reunite them one last time... but too late. Stéphane, bearer of a terrible secret, is in for a life of suffering...

Um registro dos anos 1960, em Villeneuve, sudoeste da França, durante a guerra da independência da Argélia. Entre dúvidas sobre a adolescência, a sexualidade e a política, um grupo de amigos vai ingressando, cada qual à sua maneira, no mundo dos adultos. Henri, um jovem argelino, é enviado à cidade para completar seus estudos e acaba trazendo aos colegas a dura realidade da guerra. François e Serge são desafiados pela agressividade de Henri, enquanto a bela Maïté se sente atraída por ele.

Nikita é uma assassina e viciada que tem a sua vida poupada quando é capturada, pois se acredita que sua tendência suicida possa ser utilizada em missões de grande risco. Assim, o potencial de uma marginal é utilizado para missões especiais do Serviço de Inteligência.

Three witches worship a bird statue in a postmodern city. When Gisèle Kerozene comes and steals it, the three witches jump on their brooms and initiate a hilarious chase.

A lonely 40-year old woman finds herself shattering taboos by falling in love with the 14-year old Julien – but is it romance, or a desperate attempt to turn back time in the face of middle age?

The time is the summer of 1982, and the Falklands war is at hand when the young "Argie" follows a British woman home and is stopped from raping her only because she starts to speak to him in Spanish, soon they enter into an ambivalent relationship, undecided as to whether they love or hate each other, or both. They end up on the streets when she is evicted and life becomes even less stable.

The film follows Julia, one of the activists who mysteriously disappeared after participating in a violent protest. After being shot in the eye by a flash-ball gun, Julia fainted and woke up in an unknown world, known as Planet B.