Cédric Kahn

It’s summer and France is hit by a polar cold. Ten lone and lost souls find each other, a profound meeting as a last chance to hope and fear, to love and dream. Ten tales as tribute to Monet’s Water Lilies, ten tales portraying an impressionist painting of today’s France.

Born to dance, Neneh is a 12-year-old black girl who dreams of entering the Paris Opera Ballet School. Despite her enthusiasm, she will have to redouble her efforts to escape from her condition and be accepted by the director of the school, Marianne Bellage, the guarantor of traditions and the bearer of a secret that links her to the little ballerina.

Em novembro de 2015, uma série de ataques mortais sem precedentes atinge Paris. A polícia antiterrorista liderada por Heloise e por seu Comandante-chefe Fred, enfrenta um nível de pressão sem precedentes: em uma corrida contra o relógio, eles devem encontrar os autores dos ataques o mais rápido possível antes que possam atacar novamente, em uma das maiores caçadas humanas da história.

Why did Simenon, a novelist who contributed so much to the seventh art, like to say that he hated the cinema? Because he could never become a director? Because, claustrophobic, he was unable to lock himself in a projection room? Clearly, there is an affair between the writer and the cinema and Georges Simenon is the main protagonist. An investigation that is more than ever topical as Patrice Leconte has announced his plan to adapt an investigation by the famous Inspector Maigret.

In a world without loneliness in which everyone shares their life with their double, Lucienne is in a relationship with Paul, a former lover who has lost his twin. While she wants his love, he just wants to find his brother. Individualism and exclusive relationships are not tolerated in this world, generating more disgust from Lucienne. Her desire drives her away from her sister and probably from Paul.

Eugénie tem um dom: ela ouve e vê os mortos. Quando sua família descobre este segredo, no fim do século XIX, seu pai e seu irmão a internam na clínica neurológica La Pitié Salpêtrière, sem chance de escapar. Seu destino se entrelaça com o de Geneviève, enfermeira da clínica. O encontro muda o futuro das duas, enquanto se preparam para o "Baile das Loucas", evento anual organizado pelo Dr. Charcot.

No aniversário de 70 anos da mãe, toda a família se reúne para celebrar junta. Com a presença de filhos, noras, marido e uma câmera para registrar todos os momentos, o evento estava pacífico e feliz. Quando uma inesperada visita chega na festa, a harmonia do ambiente está prestes a acabar. A irmã mais nova, que estava desaparecida há quatro anos, retorna trazendo problemas junto com a sua bagagem.

No aniversário de 70 anos da mãe, toda a família se reúne para celebrar junta. Com a presença de filhos, noras, marido e uma câmera para registrar todos os momentos, o evento estava pacífico e feliz. Quando uma inesperada visita chega na festa, a harmonia do ambiente está prestes a acabar. A irmã mais nova, que estava desaparecida há quatro anos, retorna trazendo problemas junto com a sua bagagem.

No aniversário de 70 anos da mãe, toda a família se reúne para celebrar junta. Com a presença de filhos, noras, marido e uma câmera para registrar todos os momentos, o evento estava pacífico e feliz. Quando uma inesperada visita chega na festa, a harmonia do ambiente está prestes a acabar. A irmã mais nova, que estava desaparecida há quatro anos, retorna trazendo problemas junto com a sua bagagem.

Elisa, a fiery and passionate teenager, wants to enjoy the summer of her 17 years on the steep slopes of the Vercors where she grew up. But her mother leaves the house and leaves her alone with her father to look after her disabled sister. An increasingly heavy responsibility that makes love switch to hatred.

Durante a Guerra Fria na década de 1950, duas pessoas de diferentes origens e temperamentos, que são fatalmente incompatíveis, se apaixonam.

Thomas é viciado em drogas. Para dar um fim à esse hábito, ele decide participar de uma comunidade de ex-usuários que vivem isolados nas montanhas e usam a oração como uma forma de se curarem. Inicialmente relutante, Thomas aos poucos aceita se submeter a uma vida espartana de disciplina, abstinência, trabalho árduo e orações frequentes. Ele descobre a fé, mas também o amor, e um novo tipo de tormento.

Thomas é viciado em drogas. Para dar um fim à esse hábito, ele decide participar de uma comunidade de ex-usuários que vivem isolados nas montanhas e usam a oração como uma forma de se curarem. Inicialmente relutante, Thomas aos poucos aceita se submeter a uma vida espartana de disciplina, abstinência, trabalho árduo e orações frequentes. Ele descobre a fé, mas também o amor, e um novo tipo de tormento.

Marie e Boris decidem se divorciar depois de 15 anos de casados. Marie comprou a casa que eles vivem juntos com suas duas filhas, mas foi Boris que reformou completamente o lugar. Já que ele não pode pagar outro lugar pra morar, o casal tem que continuar dividindo o mesmo espaço até que entrem em um consenso.

Diane, uma advogada, recém-solteira, recebe um telefonema de Alexandre, um arquiteto charmoso que ela nunca conheceu, e que irá ajudá-la a encontrar seu telefone perdido. Quando eles se encontram, a reunião toma um rumo inesperado.

Uma comunidade de anarquistas emigra para Acapulco, no México, para fugir dos poderes das nações e dos bancos. Mas, conforme o movimento cresce, a busca do coletivo por uma vida sem Estado é atrapalhada por riquezas, conflitos, drogas e assassinatos.

The new film by French director Cédric Kahn focusses on Philippe Fournier, a man who lives with his 2 sons, having decided not to give them back to their mother after she won custody of the children. The children Okyesa and Tsali must grow up in the shadow, hunted by the police but always free and on the move.

The new film by French director Cédric Kahn focusses on Philippe Fournier, a man who lives with his 2 sons, having decided not to give them back to their mother after she won custody of the children. The children Okyesa and Tsali must grow up in the shadow, hunted by the police but always free and on the move.

Boris e Dimitri, dois irmãos, são médicos em Paris. Eles praticam juntos a profissão, dedicando todo o seu tempo aos pacientes. Uma noite, eles atendem uma menininha diabética criada só pela mãe, Judith. Ambos se apaixonam por Judith...

Paris 2011. Alex is 27. He's lives off dealing and pays the debts of his brother, Isaac, who after being his support has now become dead weight. When his cousin announces he's going to open a restaurant in Tel Aviv, Alex imagines he can join him and change his life. Set on emigrating, Alex has to find money, leave his beloved Paris, end his complicated love life, drop his destructive brother and find his way.

Yann, a cook, and Nadia, a waitress and mother of 9-year-old child, decide to risk everything on the purchase of a restaurant. With plenty of talent, energy, love and dreams, but no finance of their own, they find themselves forced into a jungle of financing and bank loans that quickly overwhelms them. To bail them out, Nadia has to take a job in Canada, while Yann is forced to stay behind to save the restaurant. Together, he and the child confront a relentless avalanche of creditors, an uncaring system and the daily grind from which there is no respite… Yann finally understands that his only chance of salvation lies in joining his lover – as well as reuniting mother and child – by following Nadia to Canada and a better life.

Yann, a cook, and Nadia, a waitress and mother of 9-year-old child, decide to risk everything on the purchase of a restaurant. With plenty of talent, energy, love and dreams, but no finance of their own, they find themselves forced into a jungle of financing and bank loans that quickly overwhelms them. To bail them out, Nadia has to take a job in Canada, while Yann is forced to stay behind to save the restaurant. Together, he and the child confront a relentless avalanche of creditors, an uncaring system and the daily grind from which there is no respite… Yann finally understands that his only chance of salvation lies in joining his lover – as well as reuniting mother and child – by following Nadia to Canada and a better life.

After the death of his mother, fortysomething introvert Mathieu enters into a second relationship with his high-school girlfriend, Maya.

After the death of his mother, fortysomething introvert Mathieu enters into a second relationship with his high-school girlfriend, Maya.

On the one hand you have Judith Zahn, an arrogant, snobbish, bitchy Parisian editor. On the other hand meet Julien Demarsay: an insecure, timid, young bookseller from the East of France who has just written his first autobiographic novel, with what it takes of navel-contemplating and soul-searching. What do they have in common? Nothing much, except that sex will unite them, ambition part them before true love is born between them at last.

Charly wishes a bicycle with all his heart for Christmas. Therefore his disappointment is bigger, when his father presents him a self-built plane...

Charly wishes a bicycle with all his heart for Christmas. Therefore his disappointment is bigger, when his father presents him a self-built plane...

Num fim-de-semana de Verão, Antoine e Hélène decidem ir buscar os filhos à colónia no sul de França onde estão a passar férias. Como Hélène está atrasada, Antoine bebe enquanto espera. No carro, exasperado com o calor e o trânsito, Antoine decide sair da auto-estrada e parar num bar. Sob o efeito do álcool começa a conduzir de forma cada vez mais perigosa. Acaba por discutir com Hélène, que decide abandoná-lo e seguir a pé, sozinha na noite. Entretanto, a polícia anda à procura de um criminoso em fuga e Antoine, enquanto procura a mulher, cruza-se na estrada com um estranho indivíduo...

Num fim-de-semana de Verão, Antoine e Hélène decidem ir buscar os filhos à colónia no sul de França onde estão a passar férias. Como Hélène está atrasada, Antoine bebe enquanto espera. No carro, exasperado com o calor e o trânsito, Antoine decide sair da auto-estrada e parar num bar. Sob o efeito do álcool começa a conduzir de forma cada vez mais perigosa. Acaba por discutir com Hélène, que decide abandoná-lo e seguir a pé, sozinha na noite. Entretanto, a polícia anda à procura de um criminoso em fuga e Antoine, enquanto procura a mulher, cruza-se na estrada com um estranho indivíduo...

'Kurt' claims to be a sales rep. He also claims to be English in spite of his heavy Italian accent. Kurt is an habitual liar and a dangerous driver, at the very least. In the south of France he meets Léa, age 16. Between his increasingly strange dates with Léa, Kurt engages in a number of armed robberies, some successful, some not... The police are perplexed by a series of crimes including disappearances and a murder. They conclude that they are dealing with a madman... After he proposes, Léa breaks up with Kurt. The attempt to find a new girlfriend leads to a shooting by Kurt, now calling himself André. Léa's information identifies Kurt/André as Roberto Succo, psychiatric patient and parental murderer. The police hunt for Roberto covers three countries.

'Kurt' claims to be a sales rep. He also claims to be English in spite of his heavy Italian accent. Kurt is an habitual liar and a dangerous driver, at the very least. In the south of France he meets Léa, age 16. Between his increasingly strange dates with Léa, Kurt engages in a number of armed robberies, some successful, some not... The police are perplexed by a series of crimes including disappearances and a murder. They conclude that they are dealing with a madman... After he proposes, Léa breaks up with Kurt. The attempt to find a new girlfriend leads to a shooting by Kurt, now calling himself André. Léa's information identifies Kurt/André as Roberto Succo, psychiatric patient and parental murderer. The police hunt for Roberto covers three countries.

Martin é um entediado professor de filosofia. O livro que quer escrever não parece estar progredindo. Sua mulher o abandonou e ele está deprimido, especialmente pela felicidade explícita de sua ex. Um dia conhece Cecilia, uma jovem suspeita de ter provocado a morte de um famoso pintor. Martin tem uma louca atração sexual por ela, apesar de suas diferenças culturais e intelectuais. Ele se irrita, mas também se fascina com o jeito simples da moça. O desejo carnal é maior do que suas convicções pessoais, que aos poucos transforma o novo namoro em uma obsessão.

Martin é um entediado professor de filosofia. O livro que quer escrever não parece estar progredindo. Sua mulher o abandonou e ele está deprimido, especialmente pela felicidade explícita de sua ex. Um dia conhece Cecilia, uma jovem suspeita de ter provocado a morte de um famoso pintor. Martin tem uma louca atração sexual por ela, apesar de suas diferenças culturais e intelectuais. Ele se irrita, mas também se fascina com o jeito simples da moça. O desejo carnal é maior do que suas convicções pessoais, que aos poucos transforma o novo namoro em uma obsessão.

Benoit has planned out his life. Unfortunately he has forgotten the military duty. After he is called to duty he tries everything to get around. He goes to a psychiatrist who gives him medicine against depression. As this doesn't work out he tries suicide. The story gets even worse as he is told by a military doctor that he is HIV positive. Benoit tumbles down into the drug scene. Then he goes to Italy and meets Claudia. Things seem to improve, but only for a short time...

What is beautiful about adolescence is that it is a time when everything is still possible. The four main characters are each conditioned by their background and environment, but they refuse to accept any predestination and to fight it. Expelled from schools, spurned by lovers, confined by identity these youngsters just keep on running, frustrated and in flames. Lonely hearts, intoxicated by music and alcohol, by the heat of minds and bodies, burn to ashes.

Cédric Kahn's "Bonheur" is the eighth episode of the 9-part Arte series "Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge", a series of medium-length (around 1h) made-for-tv movies about teenagers. An 85-minute version of "Bonheur" has been distributed as "Trop de bonheur" (a more satisfactory version, according to the director).

Martine tem 25 anos e acaba de se separar de François. Desesperada, persegue o ex-marido pela rua para obter uma última explicação mas, completamente alucinada, provoca um acidente que a conduz às urgências de um hospital psiquiátrico. Acometida por uma amnésia momentânea, decide ficar no hospital para se recompor. Durante esse tempo, desenvolve uma grande atividade: ocupar-se das vidas sentimentais dos outros. Cheia de energia e uma sufocante e desajeitada boa vontade, ela faz tudo o que pode para juntar pessoas que não exigem tanto…

A naive, sixteen-year-old boy named Richard becomes involved with a single mother after babysitting her child.

In French Algeria, after WWII, three daughters of wealthy settlers begin their adult lives. Zon marries an often absent sailor. Malene's husband, Gildas, refuses to work in the farm, so she has to take care of everything. Gritte, the youngest, does not want to marry and is a nurse for the natives. We will follow their three different destinies.

"Don Juan woman", according to the expression of Balzac. A princess, a great seductress. Of a diabolical intelligence. This woman, who has had many lovers - almost all the male characters of the "Comédie Humaine" -, will finally find love. The real one. The great one.

In 1976, the second trial of Pierre Goldman, a far-left activist suspected of killing two pharmacists during a robbery gone wrong, was held. The case mobilized many media figures.

In 1976, the second trial of Pierre Goldman, a far-left activist suspected of killing two pharmacists during a robbery gone wrong, was held. The case mobilized many media figures.

In the middle of the 17th century, the Marquise de Sévigné wanted to make her daughter a brilliant and independent woman in her own image. But the more she tries to control the young woman's destiny, the more she alienates her. Mother and daughter then experience the throes of a singular and devastating passion. A major work of French literature is born from this devastation.