Anne Weil

At the end of the 1980s, Stella, Victor, Adèle and Etienne are 20 years old. They take the entrance exam to the famous acting school created by Patrice Chéreau and Pierre Romans at the Théâtre des Amandiers in Nanterre. Launched at full speed into life, passion, and love, together they will experience the turning point of their lives, but also their first tragedy.

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.

For her latest project, commissioned by Arte and starring members of the Comédie-Française, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (A Castle in Italy, Rendez-Vous 2014) shot an idiosyncratic, half-modernized adaptation of one of Chekhov’s greatest, most expansively melancholy plays.

1979: Cousins Carole and Jérôme go on an organized trip to Odessa, behind the Iron Curtain. During the day, posing as tourists celebrating their engagement, they visit monuments and museums. In the evening they slip away from the group and meet “refuseniks”, Jews persecuted by the Soviet regime for wanting to leave the country. While Carole is motivated by political commitment and a taste for risk, Jérôme’s motivation is Carole.

1979: Cousins Carole and Jérôme go on an organized trip to Odessa, behind the Iron Curtain. During the day, posing as tourists celebrating their engagement, they visit monuments and museums. In the evening they slip away from the group and meet “refuseniks”, Jews persecuted by the Soviet regime for wanting to leave the country. While Carole is motivated by political commitment and a taste for risk, Jérôme’s motivation is Carole.

A primavera chega a Pripyat, cidade de 50 mil habitantes no interior da Ucrânia. Em 25 de abril de 1986, o pequeno Valery planta uma macieira com a ajuda de seu pai Alexei, um cientista. Anya e Piotr celebram seu casamento com amigos e parentes. Uma explosão na usina nuclear próxima, em Chernobyl, seguida por tempestades pesadas abala a comunidade local que, sem saber do perigo, é evacuada somente quatro dias depois. Piotr se junta às operações dos bombeiros. Dez anos depois, num cenário apocalíptico, Anya volta aos lugares desertos como guia turística. Piotr nunca voltou para casa. Alexei desapareceu. Valery, agora um jovem rapaz, procura por seu passado perdido. Para os sobreviventes, nada será como antes.

A primavera chega a Pripyat, cidade de 50 mil habitantes no interior da Ucrânia. Em 25 de abril de 1986, o pequeno Valery planta uma macieira com a ajuda de seu pai Alexei, um cientista. Anya e Piotr celebram seu casamento com amigos e parentes. Uma explosão na usina nuclear próxima, em Chernobyl, seguida por tempestades pesadas abala a comunidade local que, sem saber do perigo, é evacuada somente quatro dias depois. Piotr se junta às operações dos bombeiros. Dez anos depois, num cenário apocalíptico, Anya volta aos lugares desertos como guia turística. Piotr nunca voltou para casa. Alexei desapareceu. Valery, agora um jovem rapaz, procura por seu passado perdido. Para os sobreviventes, nada será como antes.

In the 1950s, Louise left her husband when their children were still little. She was never heard from again. Her daughter Martine stayed in the small seaside town, where she became a doctor. Martine's daughter, Audrey, a thirty-year-old independent woman, returns to visit her parents. By chance, she finds a notebook that belonged to her grandmother, a diary that may at last explain her departure. Will it reveal the things left unsaid, that have altered the relationships within the heart of the family ever since? In it, will Audrey find answers to the questions that she is asking herself about her own future?

A group of Kurdish refugees tries to get to Great Britain. A female student travels through Europa. A young executive relocates a factory to Hungary.

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...

In Paris, Ariane and Lena are sisters. Ariane writes photo novellas for the magazine "Toi et Moi." She's emotional and her long-time boyfriend, Farid, has her in a state because he won't propose, won't ask her to live with him, and often is unavailable. Lena is a cellist, quiet and circumspect in life and in her playing. She lives without passion with her boyfriend François; they're talking about having a baby.

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.

Seaside takes place in a small coastal town on the Bay of Somme. The year-round inhabitants find ways to make their lives work; Paul, a lifeguard in the summer, works at the grocery all winter. His mother, Rose (Ogier) likes to play the slots just about anytime; his girlfriend Marie works in the local factory - the town's biggest business - but watching the summertime vacationers each year just makes her increasingly curious about what else might be out there. From these and several other stories, aided by close, revealing observations, we see a community perched between transition and stasis.

A documentary film of The Black Panther Party as told by four former Party members

Despite his lifelong efforts, Jean is one of those unfortunate men who can never understand women. This arty, metaphorical French film presents three examples of Jean's difficulties over the course of his long life. Each of the three episodes takes place beside the same river. He is first seen as a small boy playing on the river banks with the teenage girl he secretly loves. She mischievously promises to tell him her darkest secret if only he will perform a certain task for her. The story then takes a more surreal turn as a now-grown Jean, once again beside the river, toys with a beautiful woman at a picnic. She wants a commitment from him, but wily Jean is unwilling to satisfy her. In the final segment, Jean has become an old man and is once again deeply in love.

A film by Haydée Caillot with Any Bertin, Evelyne Marceau, Jacques Mandréa et al.