Mariette Désert

Filmes

Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous
Writer
Mehdia, an Ethiopian migrant domestic worker in Beirut, loves Ahmed, a Syrian refugee who struggles to survive dealing in second-hand metal scraps, while affected by a mysterious physical condition related to shrapnel wounds exposure during the war. Their love story seems to have no future, but since they have nothing, they can lose nothing. When the opportunity presents itself, they leave Beirut in a hopeful and desperate get-away while Ahmed’s physical condition gets worse and worse.
Noite de Paris
Writer
Élisabeth tem dois filhos jovens, e está passando pelo divórcio. No primeiro emprego, ela conhece Talulah e cria uma conexão materna, acolhendo a menina na família.
Bem-vindos a bordo
Writer
Cassandra é comissária de bordo de uma companhia aérea doméstica, e leva sua rotina de trabalho no modo automático. Ao ser dispensada pela empresa, a jovem se vê obrigada a descartar antigos hábitos e lidar com o que a vida lhe preparou em seu retorno para casa.
Particles
Screenplay
À medida que o inverno se aproxima e P.A. vê o mundo mudando ao seu redor, ele começa a observar fenômenos estranhos no ambiente. As mudanças são imperceptíveis no início, mas gradualmente todo o seu mundo parece estar à beira do precipício.
Unforgettable Memory of a Friend
Screenplay
In Liban, Chadi, a thirteen-year-old boy, the top of his class, discovers that he can make money from his talent. But money is not really the target. Instead, he wants to attract the interest of pretty Raya, whom he dares not speak to.
Dominoes
Screenplay
At a small seaside resort that is at risk of being submerged by the ocean, the inhabitants have been ordered to leave. Among those resigned to their fate are a reality TV candidate, a porn movie actress and a gay couple roaming the pine forest in search of themselves.
Manuel de survie d'un combattant
Writer
Short version of Charaf's feature debut.
Après
Writer
Hani returns to his village in Lebanon, which he finds deserted and hostile. In this country, the end of the road for lost souls, Hani must learn to live again.
France Is a Gas
Script Consultant
In 2020, the greatest minds in France gather at the President’s home in order to save the country from catastrophe.
Aquele Sentimento do Verão
Screenplay
Sasha (Stéphanie Daub-Laurent), uma jovem francesa de 30 anos, morre subitamente na cidade de Berlim, onde vivia com o namorado, Lawrence (Anders Danielsen Lie). Nesse momento de perda, a família e o namorado estão devastados. O trágico evento acaba unindo dois estranhos: o namorado Lawrence e a irmã, Zoé (Judith Chemla).
Mercuriales
Writer
This story takes place in a far distant time, a time of violence. All throughout Europe, a war was spreading. In a city there lived two sisters...
Suzanne
Screenplay
Suzanne and her family, a story of destiny. The ties that bind them, keep them together, and the love she pursues. Pursues to the point of leaving everything behind.
Memory Lane
Writer
August in Paris' suburbs, seven friends are gathered to spend a week in the city where they grew up. The city is empty and the days pass by under a deep blue sky. Each of them has a reason to be there: some still live there, some come back to see their family, some are searching their childhood, some want to escape boredom or eventually searching for love. They are all bearing the fact that these moments they are sharing are maybe the last ones.
Love Like Poison
Writer
Anna, a young teenager, comes home from her Catholic boarding school for the holidays and discovers her father has left. Her mother is devastated and confined in the company of the local priest, who is also a childhood friend. Anna clings to her beloved grandfather. She also grows close to Pierre, a free-spirited teenager who cares little about God. Anna is preparing for her confirmation, but her budding desire for Pierre shakes her faith. She longs to give herself over, body and soul... but doesn't know if it is to God, or something else?
La leçon de guitare
Writer
A man with nothing to do all day decides to take guitar lessons. He falls for his music teacher’s flatmate who flirts with him slightly and even has the same name as the Serge Gainsbourg chanson he’s struggling to learn “Laetitia”. Not so much a passionate love story as a finely woven, laconic film about what it’s like to be just that little bit in love.
L'Ascension du haut mal
Screenplay