Samir Guesmi

Following the death of her younger brother during a police intervention, Malika embarks on a legal battle to ensure a trial takes place. However, her quest for truth jeopardizes the stability of her family.

Rosemay, 16, lives in a foster home and only joins her biological family for the vacations. One day, her father is not there to welcome her as planned. Moreover, he does not reappear and seems to have evaporated. Her questions are met with lies, and Rosemay can only rely on her intuition.

Unable to meet all the demands of his job and family anymore, Mathieu feels he's in a mid-life crisis and hurriedly leaves for the forest. His relatives are left by themselves, faced with his sudden departure and their choices.

Aissa, a young officer of Algerian origin, tragically loses his life during a fresher initiation ritual at the prestigious French military academy of Saint-Cyr. As the death tears through his family, controversy arises over Aissa’s funeral plans when the Army refuses to take responsibility. Ismael, his older, rebellious brother, tries to keep the family united as they fight to win justice for Aissa.

Inspired by the story of Malik Oussekine, an affair of police violence which is believed to have caused the death of 22-year-old Malik Oussekine on the night of 5-6 December 1986, following several weeks of student protests against a university reform bill

In a countryside house where they are meant to explore the troubles in their sexuality, three women spend days and nights apprehending their inner demons. A serene German therapist and a kind-hearted social worker supervise them, help them and try to maintain the fragile balance of the group. During 26 days, in the midst of summer, Geisha, Léonie and Eugénie will have to refrain from breaking down, tame the whispers from present times and consider the future.

Following the burial of his father, in his village right in the middle of the Corsican countryside , Dumè discovered the existence of a brother, Lucien, with whom he will have to share the inheritance left by the patriarch... On the condition of being able to live together for a month in the family home. Under the backdrop of cultural legitimacy and of real estate inheritance a balance of power will be established between Lucien, the blood son, and Dumè, the adopted son.

Aline never managed to get closure from the death of her 17-year-old son in a street fight. When she sees the assai- lant recently released from prison, she decides to cook up a plan to avenge her dead son. Things go unexpectedly as she gets to know the young man and her determination is tested.

When their father dies, Louise, Fabien, and Estelle feel helpless as they confront the task of taking care of their schizophrenic brother Jacques. For Louise, the experience will be life-changing.

Mid-1990s, little town in Morocco and seemingly ordinary family. Fouad is dedicated to his work in local postal services. He is climbing the signal posts and tries to keep people’s connections running. He radiates warmth and is the soul of his family and local community. Until one day, his health begins to deteriorate and his mind starts to fade. Each day, his neurological disease gets worse and paralyzes his physical and mental health. Loved ones of Fouad are facing the challenge of reconciling the changing family dynamics and a fading life.

When teenage Ibrahim lands his father with an unexpected debt, he resolves to do whatever it takes to make amends and gain his father’s respect.

When teenage Ibrahim lands his father with an unexpected debt, he resolves to do whatever it takes to make amends and gain his father’s respect.

Vincen começa a trabalhar para sua nova vizinha como babá do seu filho de 9 anos. Na escola, ele acaba encantando a todos que acreditam que ele é o pai do garoto. Entrando na brincadeira principalmente para se aproximar da professora Nora, Vincent acaba imerso num ambiente totalmente novo de paternidade, escola e infância.

When her daughter Chloé runs away from home, Jeanne is disappointed with the response of the police, for whom a teenager runaway is not a priority, and she realizes she can only rely on herself.

Maud Crayon, arquiteta e mãe de duas crianças, conquista – graças a um mal-entendido – o grande concurso promovido pela prefeitura de Paris para reformar o pátio diante da catedral de Notre-Dame... Às voltas com essa nova responsabilidade, ela se vê em meio a uma tempestade ao ter de lidar ao mesmo tempo com um antigo amor da juventude que reaparece de repente e com o pai de seus filhos, a quem não chega a abandonar completamente.

Pierre is 25 when he returns from Wyoming to his fiancée and take over the family farm. Twenty years later, the farm expanded and so did the family.

Lila has just broken up with her cheating boyfriend and is disappointed, frustrated and hurt. Looking for love and intimacy, she engages in a series of short-term relationships, while her friends offer up bad advice and her ex tries to win her back.

Angela tinha 8 anos quando o primeiro McDonald's abriu em Berlim Oriental - Desde então, ela luta contra a maldição de sua geração: nascer "tarde demais" em um momento de depressão política global. Vindo de uma família de ativistas, sua irmã escolheu o mundo dos negócios e sua mãe abandonou da noite para o dia sua luta política para se mudar sozinha para o campo.

Em Verderonne, uma pequena aldeia na região do Rio Oise, é o primeiro dia de verão e Claire Darling acorda convencida de que está vivendo seu último dia. Ela decide então esvaziar sua casa e se livra tudo, sem distinção. Seus objetos amados ecoam uma vida trágica e extravagante. Esta última loucura traz de volta Mary, sua filha, a quem ela não via há 20 anos.

A quase 50 anos Simon (Kad Merad) é um violinista, mas está na parte final da sua carreira e também da sua vida. Ele acaba indo para uma aula de orquestra em numa faculdade parisiense, liderada pelo benevolente Sr. Farid (Samir Guesmi), cujos rígidos métodos de ensino não facilitam a relação com os alunos. Entre eles, Arnold, uma criança tímida, mas apaixonado e muito bom no violino. Em contato com Arnold, Simon revive a alegria que sente pela música, Mas não será um caminho fácil ser capaz de fazer esses jovens tocarem na filarmônica.

Ismaël é um cineasta que se prepara para realizar um filme sobre um diplomata atípico inspirado no seu irmão. Apesar de ter conseguido estabelecer um relacionamento duradouro com Sylvia, Ismaël vive ainda traumatizado pelo súbito desaparecimento da mulher, Carlotta, há mais de 20 anos. Entretanto, a reaparição de Carlotta abala não só o relacionamento de Ismaël e Sylvia, como a própria estabilidade.

Aurore has separated, just lost her job, and learns that she is going to be a grandmother.

Following a long prison term, 30 year-old Céline must find a place in society. Hiding her past, she introduces herself with a new identity to get work for a trial period in a hotel. Céline finds herself endlessly walking a tightrope between truth and fiction. When she meets Idir, despite the threat of being unmasked, Céline falls in love and finds herself a prisoner to her own lies. But how can one live without taking risks?

Zico has a thirst for elsewhere. He embarks on a cargo shop in Le Havre. Soon, tensions with the rest of the crew and repeated damages undermine his dreams of adventures.

The Arab Spring in Paris: Head over heels in love, Marwann, aged 14, hopes to win over Sygrid by cleverly re-inventing himself as a revolutionary. Questions of identity arise in this romantic tale of first love

Samir, 40 e poucos anos, trabalha como operador de guindaste em Montreuil, nos arredores de Paris. Vivendo um amor avassalador e platônico pela professora de natação Agathe, ele, na falta de um plano melhor, decide se matricular em uma das classes da amada, mesmo sabendo nadar perfeitamente. Mas seu falso papel de aprendiz dura apenas três dias e, quando a verdade vem à tona, Agathe fica furiosa. Será o fim? Não exatamente. Durante uma viagem a trabalho para a Islândia, Agathe aproveita a distância para olhar o episódio sob uma nova perspectiva.

Ivan has an appointment with a psychologist for his first session.

O jovem mercenário Frank Martin, um ex-soldado de Operações Especiais, vai atrás de um grupo de traficantes de seres humanos na Rússia para tentar salvar o seu pai.

Michel é um artista gráfico que trabalha com seu irmão Rémi, e sempre foi fascinado pela ideia de um dia pilotar um avião. Quando descobre que a engenharia de um caiaque é muito parecida com a de uma aeronave, compra um, sem que sua esposa saiba.

It is summer, in the South. Everyday, Sarah, aged sixteen, sells doughnuts with her father on the beach. One evening she meets Baptiste.

Adelaide and her two children Jean and Sacha spend a few days together in the mountains. As she takes her family on lengthy hikes, she is hoping for them to discover the trace of a hidden memory.

Paris, North Station, anything comes by, even trains. One would like to stay, but they have to hurry up... Like other thousands lives crossing, Ismael, Mathilde, Sacha and Joan are going to meet here...

Milou is a football addict. His life is dedicated to his local team: Le Standard de Liège. Milou has no limit when it comes to his football club. But, when he meets Martine, he will soon find good reasons to start his football therapy..

Camille was only sixteen and still in high school when she fell in love with Eric, another student. They later married and a child and were happy for a while. But now twenty-five years have passed and Eric leaves her for a younger woman. Bitter and desperate Camille drinks so much liquor at a New Year Eve's party that she falls into an ethylic coma and she finds herself... propelled into her own past! Camille is sixteen again when she wakes up this morning, her parents are not dead anymore and she must go to school, where she will meet her schoolmates and, of course, Eric. Is she going to fall for him again and... be miserable twenty-five years later? Or will she avoid him with the result never having her beloved daughter? Who ever said that time traveling was fun?

Frank-Étienne is a door-to-door salesman on a mission to sell empty boxes in the middle of nowhere. Things go awry when he meets a young woman who is determined to take advantage of his kindness and his car. Unable to resist her, Frank-Étienne finds himself in an increasingly absurd situation with the woman, her lover, and his dog.

It's early summer and Agathe is back in France, at home in Montreuil. She has to get over her husband's death and return to her work as a film director. The unexpected arrival at her house of a couple of Icelanders, a sea lion and a neighbour that she has always desired yet never vanquished will give Agathe the strength to get her life back on track...

Amanda believes men are too complicated and has lost faith finding the perfect one. Her friend and a psychoanalyst have a plan how to make her fall in love. She insists that Amanda not stay home alone on New Year's Eve, and only gets her way after swearing that all the other guests will be couples, except for Maxime, a gay colleague. But Maxime leaves at the last minute to join his lover in Amsterdam, and Antoine, recently separated from his wife, arrives alone at the party.

Simon, a forty-year-old filmmaker, is more prone to shooting himself in the foot than he is to shooting films. After losing a bet, he shaves off his hair and discovers a strange bump on top of his scull. Believing he's got a terminal illness, he gathers his family, friends and actors at his house in the Lilas neighborhood in Paris to shoot the comedy of his life !

Agathe runs an art gallery. Her husband François is a publisher. Together they have one son, and in every way seem to be the picture of normality — but emotions are stewing under the surface. All it takes is the arrival of a complete stranger for things to start unravelling. Patrick is brash, uncouth and totally unselfconscious...

Um escritor (Ethan Hawke) viaja para Paris após se envolver em um escândalo. Lá, conhece Margit (Kristin Scott Thomas), uma misteriosa estranha, que vai gerar uma paixão intensa e uma série de eventos inexplicáveis.

Mohsen teaches French at the University of Tehran, and Hassan is a photographer. Mohsen and Hassan are also lovers, and in Iran they live in fear, as homosexuality is punishable by death. Tired of denying their love, Mohsen and Hassan flee Iran to head to Paris, where they'll be illegal aliens but can at least live openly as a couple. To avoid arousing suspicion until they arrive in Paris, Mohsen and Hassan keep their distance while traveling, and during a train stop, Mohsen helps a sixty-ish women, Yolande, with her luggage. The two strike up a conversation and she clearly enjoys his company; over dinner, she offers to help him find work in town and let him stay at her apartment. It's clear to Yolande that Mohsen is an illegal immigrant, but she doesn't realize that he's gay, and he finds himself wondering if he should stay with Hassan or live with Yolande, where he would not have love but would enjoy safety, security and could easily become a French citizen through marriage.

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.

A new lawyer, looking to establish himself, wins a difficult case and deals with the unforeseen consequences that may destroy him.

An adopted boy who, as a taciturn adult, visits his birth mother and strikes up a relationship fraught with tension and emotion.

Uma cineasta resolve fazer um documentário sobre todos os tipos de atrizes existentes, das desconhecidas às mais populares. Para tanto resolve filmar tudo em torno das personagens escolhidas para retratar seu filme, mesmo que não tenha o consentimento delas. Só que, aos poucos, a cineasta é tragada para o universo das atrizes e passa a ser manipulada por elas.

25 years of the life of Marie, a Parisian party girl, first teenager leaving her mother at 17, then short star of the song, and finally mother of a teenage girl, Esther, who flees as she fled her mother.

Un conservateur terrorisé par les plantes vertes, une mère plastifiée pour être exposée, un ballet de Saintes Vierges, des gardiens épuisés par Rodin, un ministre perdu dans une exposition de sexes, une voiture disparue au parking Rembrandt, des provinciaux amoureux des Impressionnistes, touristes galopins galopant d'une salle à l'autre, passager clandestin dans l'art premier, Picasso, Gauguin, Warhol, ils sont tous là dans ce petit monde qui ressemble au grand, dans ce musée pas si imaginaire que ça, valsant la comédie humaine jusqu'au burlesque.

On peut être un couple de bons Français, toujours amoureux, parents modèles, travailleurs et économes jusqu'à la manie et écouler au noir dans le sous-sol de sa villa de Béziers hyper sécurisée, des godasses de son ancien magasin et des produits "satisfaits ou remboursés" qu'on détourne dans tous les supermarchés de la région. A chacun sa morale !

Quando sua matriarca régia adoece, a problemática família Vuillard se reúne para uma hesitante reunião de Natal. Entre eles está o rebelde Henri e a nervosa Elizabeth. Juntos sob o mesmo teto pela primeira vez em muitos anos, seus ressentimentos e anseios intrincados e há muito negados emergem novamente.

Yacine is in his 30s, of Algerian origins, and has come to Paris looking for inner peace. A playful and poetic quest leads him via all kinds of strange encounters to an increasingly surrealist world and to Andalusia: a state of mind.

Misteriosa produção, o segundo longa-metragem da também atriz francesa Sophie Merceau na direção. Ele conta a história de um homem que, depois que é encontrado um corpo, decide investigar o que está acontecendo. Assim, ele mergulha em uma trama cheia de elementos que fazem até mesmo um elogio aos bons filmes de suspense, com direito a uma misteriosa mulher que é semelhante a uma atriz que morreu seis anos antes. As revelações vão aparecendo aos poucos e surpreendendo os espectadores.

O pediatra Alex, arrasado desde a morte de sua esposa Margot, selvagemente assassinada a oito anos, ainda nos primeiros dias de seu matrimônio, recebe um e-mail anônimo revelando o rosto de Margot… estará ela viva? Porque ela pede ao seu marido que…Não Conte a Ninguém? São muitas questões que Alex não terá tempo de investigar...

The seemingly separate lives of a group of men intersect entwining the fates of each of them over the course of a week.

A disparate group of people meet at a hotel on a gorgeous and isolated Mediterranean island. Meanwhile, a woman schemes to get even with its owner.

Durante sua viagem de trem com destino à Cote d'Azur, François é abordado por Chiara, uma mulher misteriosa que o convida para passar o fim de semana com ela. Seduzido por sua beleza, ele aceita e acaba apaixonando-se perdidamente. Pouco tempo depois, ele descobre que na verdade ela o está manipulando, fazendo de conta de que ele é seu marido, um homem caçado por assassinos profissionais e perseguido pela polícia chamado Anthony Zimmer.

A poor kid nicknamed Kubrick loves movies and dreams about being an award winning director. One day, he stumbles upon a movie shoot, gets confused with a real movie maker and takes the equipment he needs to shoot his movie.

This is the story of human beings who know exactly what they'd do if they were somebody else, but can't handle being themselves very well, who are very simply struggling to find out who they are.

Ninguém consegue controlar o 13º Distrito. A polícia tenta aprender como fazer isto. Dois jovens heróis, nascidos quando aquilo se tornou uma terra de ninguém e lutando contra um governo repressor, têm 24 horas para entrar e salvar o que se tornou um local violento e fora de controle.

Serge Vaudier, a mathematics teacher, wins the lotto twice and claims he can do it again, thanks to an infallible system he has designed. Is a he genius or a con man? Angèle, the head of the the government's bureau, is determined to entrap him. She asks her secret lover, Jacques Loriot, an expert player in the casinos, for help.

35.000 A.C., em plena pré-história. A tribo dos Cabelos Limpos passa os dias de forma tranquila, guardando para si a fórmula secreta do xampu, enquanto que a tribo dos Cabelos Sujos passa o dia a se coçar e queixar. Até que um dia ocorre na tribo dos Cabelos Limpos o 1º crime da história da humanidade: a morte de uma mulher. Intrigados nos motivos que fariam alguém matar uma pessoa que morreria de qualquer forma, os integrantes da tribo tentam descobrir quem foi o autor do crime.

Philippe Seigner starts his career in business consulting at the posh Paris seat of McGregor. His first serious task is delicate: An audit at a factory, which is about to be taken over. As he soon realizes, this will mean sacking about 80 employees. However, his girl friend reproaches him collaborating with ruthless capitalism, as if any of the downsizing could be mitigated by him bowing out.

Voluptuous and bored, rebellious sixteen-year-old Sabine is interested in sex and clubbing, and not much else. But when she leaves home to move to Paris, she finds herself plunged into a world harsher than she ever imagined, a minefield of exploitation that will test her courage.

A man's wife has disappeared; her diary gives the police detailed account of their sexual life.

El Hadj is studying in Paris. He is one of the young Senegalese men who have come to Paris since the French colony became independent to get a good education so that he can serve his fatherland on his return. Unexpectedly he is suddenly confronted by a problem with his residence papers, just because he has arranged an extension too late. His pleasant life filled with good prospects has gone in one fell swoop. He faces a dilemma. He can stay illegally in France, the country where he feels at home, where he has his friends, has fallen in love and can drink water from the tap. Or he can return (without graduating) to the 3rd-world country of Senegal to use the knowledge he has acquired. It is not only a practical choice. It comes down to the question of who he is, who he thought he could be.

The discovery of sexuality through the eyes of a group of teenagers.

This French prison drama focuses on a penitentiary inmate known as the Mute, who either cannot or will not speak, even though he can apparently hear well enough. When the Mute's cellmate escapes, both the Warden and the Chief Guard try to get him to tell what he knows about the disappearance -- the Guard through violence, the Warden by transferring him to a new cell with four other prisoners and cutting off TV privileges to the inmates until the Mute spills the beans. One of the Mute's new roommates is a white collar criminal who has just landed in prison and is not dealing well with the pressures of life behind bars, but his skills with computers make him a very usefully ally among the prisoners. Meanwhile, Flic, a self-important police detective, is investigating the escape of the Mute's cellmate and is not happy with the low level of cooperation among the prison's population.

A clown from Romania (Ticky Holgado) has more than amusing tricks for children on his mind -- he has in his possession a computer disc with information wanted by the police, several organized crime figures and the European Agency for Atomic Energy.

Malik, who grew up in Paris suburbs, dreams to move to Canada. Someone will give him a chance. But, when you are an unlucky guy by nature, it is hard to keep its chance.

In this short and uneven film about a single mother and her brood, the difficulties and obstacles involved in loving someone are presented with sympathy and fine sentiment, yet the film is slow in parts and although short, could have been advantageously edited to a still briefer length.

Lucien Hastier, known as "Lulu", is a locksmith in La Courneuve and a communist activist. He had never known his parents and had been raised by the public assistance, a notary comes to announce that his father died and left him an extraordinary inheritance: a castle, a title of duke and a royal filiation. But problems arise, the deceased duke has left heavy debts and suitors to the title.

Three short films based on short stories by expatriate American novelist Paul Bowles capture the sense of loss and alienation so common in his works. "Merkala Beach" follows the dissolution of a friendship after a pretty face enters the picture; "Call at Corazon" traces a newlywed couple's challenges while cruising up the Amazon River; and "Allal" chronicles the extraordinary transformation of an Indian boy who befriends a cobra.

Marie has had a tough childhood ever since her mother Elisa committed suicide. She has spent most of her life in an orphanage and now makes a living as a small time criminal in Paris. Now she wants to unravel her past and find her father whom she blames for her mother's death.

On a Saturday evening in Paris, Juliette, Héloïse and Marianne each get their first separate experience of "Parisian life".

Jean is young, gay, and promiscuous. Only after he meets one or two women, including Laura does he come to realize his bisexuality. Jean has to overcome a personal crisis and a tough choice between Laura and his male lover Samy.

Dois jovens e um enigmático homem (Yves Montand) saem juntos para uma viagem de auto-descoberta por uma floresta (Pirinéus), aliando-se a outros personagens, com a intenção de chegar a um 'retiro sagrado'.