Antoine Chappey

Beatrice, recently widowed by a far right sympathetic policeman, lives with her son & mother. She doesn’t like migrant and foreigners. When she meets Mokhtar, an Iranian entered illegally in France, her world crumbles. This is the beginning of a passionate love story leading Beatrice to defy her racist entourage and the law so that he can cross the Channel.

In the heart of Morvan, Nico, the last vet in the area, struggles to save his patients, his clinic, and his family. When Michel, his partner and mentor, announces his retirement, Nico knows that the hard part is yet to come. "Don't worry, I've found the next generation" Except that ... The next generation is Alexandra, a 24-hour graduate, brilliant, misanthropic, and not at all willing to return to bury herself in the village of her childhood. Will Nico manage to make her stay?

Жюст бродит по Парижу в поисках людей, которых только он один способен видеть. Он собирает их последние воспоминания перед уходом в потусторонний мир. Однажды молодая женщина Агата узнала его. Она жива, а он призрак. Как они могут любить друг друга и не упустить этот второй шанс?

Анна и Адам – молодые парижане с еврейскими корнями – отправляются в путешествие по Польше. Первым делом они собираются посетить торжественную церемонию, организованную в память об уничтоженном еврейской местечке, в котором родился дед Адама. Сам Адам не слишком воодушевлен этой идеей, но надеется, что путешествие станет отличным поводом, чтобы провести много времени вдвоем, подальше от своего крикливого первенца. Анна – наоборот, крайне взволнована идеей возвращения к корням. Она надеется найти в Польше своих потерянных родственников, которые могут пролить свет на некоторые семейные тайны...

Макс работает организатором мероприятий. Он должен организовать свадебное торжество в замке XVII века. Герой держит под контролем абсолютно за всё, однако, если что-то может пойти не так, то оно обязательно так и произойдёт.

After the French defeat of summer 1940, Addi Ba, a young Senegalese rifleman escapes and hides in the Vosges. Aided by some villagers, he gets false documents that allow him to live openly.

В департаменте Дром у подножья Французских Альп, где находится монастырь Эгибель, по преданиям хранящий рецепт эликсира бессмертия, произошло странное преступление. Тело цистерцианского монаха найдено повешенным за ноги на кладбищенском кресте в Монжуайе. Ответственная за расследование капитан Алисия Тирар, направленная сюда из Гренобля, работает вместе с капитаном местной жандармерии Алексом Лаззари. Их сотрудничество предвещает быть напряженным: ведь Алекс отвечает за арест Рафаэля, сына Алисии, замешанного в деле о грабеже...

Ondine and Paul have loved each other. When she leaves him, he swears not to love again. To prove this to himself, he pursues the beautiful Camille, whom he intends to seduce and abandon. But Camille puts a spell on Paul whom she desires for herself alone. And, while falling under Camille’s charms, Paul has to deal with the memory of his past love.

1997 - An old notable French provincial family falls under the spell of a manipulator with no scruples able to make a whole family become paranoid.

Сорокалетний писатель Пьер Блум, познавший славу в начале нулевых, на свадьбе своей бывшей жены знакомится с неким Джозефом Паскиным. Таинственный и влиятельный, Паскин предлагает ему написать под псевдонимом книгу, призывающую к восстанию и предназначенную нанести вред карьере одного политика. Не зная, какое опасное развитие событий его ждёт, Пьер соглашается.

Drama about a father and son who set out to find their missing daughter/sister with the help of an American headhunter.

Élise lives with her 10-year-old son Léo, whose father is deceased. She has a chaotic relationship with Paul her lover. They go from happy moments to intense feuds. Élise introduces him to Léo and in time, they get to know and appreciate each other.

At fifty Louis Gravet, a serious actor, would like to become a comedian. His brother Peter, a film director, has the idea of hiring him for the lead role of a comedy. Family circumstances, their wives, their children, niece, lead him to make another film, new and unexpected.

After she has been dumped by her boyfriend, Pauline allows her sister to take her to a palace on the Italian Riviera. Instead of savouring the delights of a carefree existence, Pauline prefers to take on the role of an amateur sleuth, convinced that a crime has been committed in the environs. She ropes a handsome lifeguard into her investigation...

It is the moment of the first holiday departures, the weather is nice and warm. Leo, aged nine, is alone with his father, his mother has just died. He does not know what he is going to do, tomorrow, or later.

An 18-year-old beauty develops an attraction to an older photographer.

Paule is pushing 50, as she repeatedly observes in her voice-over commentary. When she – a philosophy lecturer with a 10-year marriage and a 15-year-old daughter – learns that her husband is having an affair with a 28-year-old, this number takes on a special weight. The Internet site “L’âme-sœur” is supposed to help Paule get through her burgeoning midlife crisis...

Давид Руссо — довольно известный в Париже писатель. Кандис Лесёр — красивая блондинка родом из французской провинции, убеждённая в том, что в прошлой жизни она была Мэрилин Монро. Они снова встретятся в Муте, самом холодном городишке Франции: он − в полном творческом упадке, она − уже мертвая. «Самоубийство», − сказано в полицейском заключении, − Предположительно, от снотворного». Но Давид Руссо так не считает. Погружаясь в прошлое Кандис Лекёр, он находит вдохновение для нового романа…

It is the end of a meal. Eight people are gathered around a big table. They evoke the memory of a lost friend. Through the stories of each about the absentee, the character traits, the haabits or the expressions, a portrait in hollow is outlined.

An Indian delegation, headed by Kuldip Badhwar, is going to Cateneau's French power plant to negotiate the purchase of four new generation nuclear reactors. Before signing the contract, the Indian representative requires guarantees on the safety of the installations and requests an emergency shutdown test of the reactor. But a succession of incidents occur and seem to turn to disaster.

Забирая своего сына Томаса со школы, Эльза Валентен замечает девочку в возрасте шести лет, которая показалась ей очень знакомой. У Эльзы появляется внутреннее убеждение: Лола — её собственная дочь. Преследуемая этим необъяснимым чувством, она старается узнать побольше о ней… Проникая в жизнь маленькой девочки, Эльза встречает её мать, Клэр Вино, которая беспокоится о странном поведении этой женщины. Эльза — сумасшедшая? Опасная? И что случилось с ней шесть лет назад? Начинается настоящая битва между двумя женщинами, которые никогда не должны были встретиться…

"The choice of each period is intimate, as each period awakens a particular emotion in me. This emotion reflects what is around me, not everyone is able to recognise it -- that is the risk I take. I think that this is good enough reason to make a film that will make visible small yet revealing things in differeent ways. I believe in tropisms and that is what interests me in this film." -- Marie Vermillard [taken from London Film Festival 2006 catalogue]

В него вошли 34 киноновеллы всемирно известных режиссеров из 25 стран и 5 континентов. Каждый попытался создать свое неповторимое кино. Все эти мини-фильмы, продолжительностью 3—4 минуты, в той или иной степени связаны общей темой: кино в современном мире

1943 год. Эти французы никогда не были во Франции, однако перед лицом войны Саид, Абделькадер, Мессауд и Яссир присоединяются к французской армии, чтобы защищать свою Родину от нацистов вместе со 130-ю тысячами других потенциальных жителей страны. Эти герои были надолго забыты историей, но подвиг не стерся из памяти людей совсем. Их силами были одержаны победы в Италии, Провансе и Восге, а главный бой ожидал воинов в маленькой деревушке Эльзас, где четверым храбрецам пришлось в одиночку противостоять целому батальону немецких захватчиков.

Шарль — редкий скряга и жмот. Но однажды, устроив жене скандал из-за денег, потраченных Анной на подарок к 15-летию их свадьбы, он начинает терзаться угрызениями совести. Решив стать другим человеком, Шарль готов преподнести жене роскошный подарок — загородный дом. Агент Дракар предлагает ему сэкономить на строительстве и вместо дорогого архитектора нанять его лучших работников, которые построят дом супердешево и в рекордные сроки. А в результате — все происходит совсем наоборот, Шарль оказывается в долговой яме, ему приходится продать квартиру и от него уходит жена. Но к этому времени Шарль действительно становится другим человеком: чтобы вернуть Анну и наказать проходимцев, он готов пойти на самые крайние меры…

At night she dreams about it, during the day she believes she's dreaming. However, Élise continues, reacts, and despite her pain, chooses life.

Фильм повествует о молодой медсестре по имени Нелли, супруге деревенского доктора. Однажды утром мирное течение жизни нарушается — Нелли обнаруживает своего мужа мертвым.

A rookie policeman from provincial Le Havre volunteers for the high pressure Parisian homicide bureau and is assigned to a middle-aged woman detective.

Raymond (Bernard Blancan) is a very lonely peasant who lives so detached from the world that the peasants of the village nearby his family house consider him as dead for more than 30 years. None sees him but people know he is around and, as all secretly reproach themselves to not have helped the young Raymond after his all family death before he disappeared, they consider the family house as haunted by Raymonds ghost.When Frédéric (Antoine Chappey), Caroline (Lucia Sanchez) and their children come from the city to install themselves in the countryside, they know nothing about these villages tells and find in Raymonds family house a rare opportunity.

История современной пары, Жиль и Марион, показанная в пяти эпизодах их супружеской жизни: развод, обед с друзьями, рождение первенца, свадьба и знакомство.

A writer of novels in need of an editor accepts the contract offered to him by a famous writer: to eliminate his ex-wife against a large sum of money.

A story that mixes fantasy, philosophy and everyday reality. The problem with Antoine Martin is that he only exists one day out of two. And it is from this circumstance so personal that he meets Clémentine, a girl who lives full time. All this will only deepen his anguish.

This tale of childhood and adolescence is told through brief sequences that take place in the life of a modest family from the Pas-de-Calais region during the forties, fifties and sixties. Paul, the main character, who we meet when he’s 5, 13 and 18, is the throughline of this tale told in a fragmentary way well adapted to the scattered nature of memories. Encounters, joy, fear, first love, friendship, disappointment, the relationship between brothers and parents, the discovery of the vocation of acting and writing: all these elements weave together to create the irreplaceable fabric of an ordinary life whose particularities guide spectators back to their own personal stories.

This program of short films by Vincent Ravalec (Never twice, Le Masseur and Les Mots de l'amour) deals with themes such as desire and death through the journey of a group of characters.

A young female writer whose father was a militant activist struggles to come to terms with this cumbersome legacy.

Пожилой парижский актер Гилберт узнает о том, что его жена, дочь и зять погибли в автокатастрофе. Теперь он должен взять под опеку своего маленького внука…

Fanfan leaves his friend Charles and thinks he can be accommodated by his friend, Joss. However, at the same time, Joss abandons the marital home. Fanfan and Joss have only to knock on the door of Manu, Fanfan's sister, who gathers them until Mytch, Manu's companion, throws everyone out. The three young women find themselves in the street and continue their run, while their lovers gang up to track them down. The mini-war of the sexes will flare up.

Matthieu and Eric are two brothers who work at the same factory as their father in Normandy. When his father is dismissed for smoking on the factory floor, Matthieu is incensed and tries to have him reinstated, in vain. His brother has just got married and, with a child and mortgage on the way, is reluctant to stir up trouble...

Nicolas Lanson, a young stockbroker, lives a fast life of money and luxury until the day his high-risk initiatives cause the fall of the bank. He flees with a price on his head. On the run, Nicolas meets Charlotte, pregnant for a man who doesn't want her. Although Nicolas isn't her type, Charlotte seduces him once she discovers his identity. Little does Nicolas know, Charlotte is not leading them to see her brother, but an older lover who just happens to be a cop.

A well-bred, lovely, spiritual, sad young woman marries an attentive physician who loves her. She feels affection but no love. Soon after, without design, she falls in love with Pedro Abrunhosa, a poet and performance artist. He also loves her. She keeps her distance from him, confessing her love to a friend who is a nun and, later, to her husband. Hunger for her love and jealousy consume him; she attends him as he wastes away. With his death, she can marry and express her passion, but what she does and how she explains herself, particularly to her cloistered friend, is at the heart of the film. Glimpses of convent life and of Abrunhosa on stage give contrast and mute comment.

Raphaëlle André is a brillant lawyer. The enigmatic death of her husband lead her into an investigation where she discovers new sides of the life of her late husband.

Solange is unhappy. She's a meter maid in Tours, working in the rain, subject to verbal abuse from those she cites. Her husband Patrick is consumed by the work of finishing their new house: carpet, tile, faucets. He's also a hothead, subjecting Sonange to tantrums. While she's often quiet and withdrawn, she longs to be a singer. When by chance she meets Mylène, an accomplished, beautiful Parisian writer she admires, Solange gives her a demo tape. Mylène is encouraging, a friendship of sorts develops, and when Solange despairs after a series of personal, emotional setbacks, she heads for Mylène's doorstep in Paris. Does a singing career await, and what about Patrick?

French novelist Vincent Ravalec made his directorial debut with this French drama about small-time crook Gaston (Yvan Attal) who poses as a millionaire after he picks up hitchhiking 16-year-old Marie-Pierre (Virginie Lanoue). Actually living in a seedy apartment, Gaston deals in stolen goods, but he soon climbs to bigger heists, including car thefts. Concealing his illegal activities, Gaston operates his company, Extramill, out of upscale, posh offices, while he and Marie-Pierre move into a sedate upper-middle-class neighborhood. Life is sweet, but the onset of paranoia, kinky sex activities, and police probes eventually culminate in violence.

Twenty-four hours in the life of a young musician, Noël Akchoté, in his dealings with improvisation, technique, money, concerts, studios, guitars, history, independents, majors. Between fiction and documentary, between laughter and seriousness, a "jazz" portrait.

Max is a kind of modern Zadig embarked upon an existential and sentimental quest. Jewish and Russian all rolled into one, he quickly feels cramped in his native Ukraine. One day, he leaves his parents, family and enemies for the city of his dreams: Paris. He discovers the capital and the occasionally ferocious and complex ways of its natives.

Три профессиональных неудачника решили организовать свою политическую партию! Вот она — панацея от всех бед и проблем! Именно такая партия и нужна: партия озлобленных, обездоленных и неблагонадежных. Правда, три отца-основателя понятия не имеют о том, какими у партии будут программа, цели и название. Но это неважно! Главное дело сделано, все остальное — потом. В партию стали подтягиваться новые члены: только что вышедший из тюрьмы забулдыга; молодой предприниматель, которому очень понравилась одна из активисток, и даже араб из неблагополучного квартала с большим пистолетом..

The life of a family of boatmen flows gently along the water when a desperate man, wanting to throw himself off a bridge, lands on the pile of sand they were carrying. The film is preceded by a short film by the same author, "Someone", which recounts the memory of fifteen years of frequenting the same barber.

Что остается делать, когда наличие у жены любовника становится очевидным? Разве что броситься с моста в реку. А если любовник вашей супруги вытащит вас оттуда? Можно стать его лучшим другом: в этом случае, по крайней мере, вы всегда будете в курсе событий. К тому же, такое знакомство может сподвигнуть вас на какой - нибудь рыцарский поступок, который вернет вам былое расположение вашей дамы. И не беда, чтопоследние десять лет рыцарские доспехи вам заменял фартук, а боевой меч - кухонный нож. Если в сердце все еще горит огонь - он обязательно найдет дорогу к ответной искорке в другой душе.

After fatally shooting a stalker, Parisian bar-maid Lea must live the life of the title reptile. At the time of the killing she was living with Francis, a much older American ex-con. After committing the murder, the fleeing and frightened Lea is saved by Paris paper boys Jean and Luc. Later she tells her sad story to hard-drinking Moskowitz, a middle-aged cop who secretly desires her. His unrequited love leads to tragedy. Meanwhile, Lea continues living with Francis, but also shacks up with Luc while trying to avoid the jealous cop.

An upper middle-class French family celebrates a birthday in a restaurant. In one evening and during one meal, family history, tensions, collective and separate grudges, delights, and memories both clash and coalesce.

Sandrine dreams of becoming a singer in Paris but for the time being she is only a salesgirl at Tati's and lives in a second rate hotel under the careful eye of Ahmed, the night watchman. One day, she meets Gérald, her brother's former boyfriend, who persuades her to move into his apartment. He soon takes control over Sandrine's life, organizing erotic rendezvous for her, taking her to her clients and waiting for her until she is through with her task.

When Chloe, a young Parisian, decides to take a long-overdue vacation, she has to find someone to look after Gris-Gris, her beloved cat. Everyone, including her gay male roommate, refuses to help her, but she finally makes an arrangement with the elderly Madame Renée, who often watches over other peoples' cats and dogs. However, when Chloe comes back, Madame Renée tells her that unfortunately the cat has been lost, and the unlucky owner goes on a search for her dear animal friend. While looking for the cat, she meets many colorful characters who populate the neighborhood.

Ten years after their Upper Sixth, Bruno, Momo, Leon and Alain meet together in the waiting room of a maternity hospital. The father of the awaited baby is Tomasi, their best friend at that time, who died one month before due to an overdose. They remember their teenage, their laughs, their dreams, their stupid pranks... a description of the French youth in the middle of the seventies. Part of ARTE's series "The high school years".

In the sixties, in a suburb near Paris, Martine wants to lose her virginity.

In 1980s Paris, a series of murders captures public attention. Meanwhile, the gorgeous Daiga moves from Lithuania to Paris, immigrant musician Théo struggles to raise his young son, and Théo's brother, a gay transvestite named Camille, sings and dances in a cabaret for a living. All three grapple with isolation and the problems of modern living, but one of them could be so desperately alienated that they have a hand in the serial murders.

Several lives intersect when a middle-aged woman is left by her husband, and she decides to trek him down with the help of her equally troubled sister.

Clara (Karin Viard) is a stripper with a high-strung, jealous boyfriend with the curious name of Loockeed (Antoine Chappey). The couple are friends with the even-temperred, almost saintly Max (Gerald Laroche), an auto mechanic. The three of them set out from their home in the north to journey to the Alpine mountains near Switzerland and Italy, where they will help a fourth friend take care of his pleasure boat business at Lake Annecy while he is in military service. As the trio attempt to establish some sort of equilibrium in their new lives, Max must constantly deal with Loockeed's testy, jealous barbs. Despite this, the three of them remain friends.

Martine is 25. Since breaking up with François, she has the feeling that the world is caving in on her. Between small jobs and one-night stands, she can't seem to get a fix on herself. In desperation, after a last quarrel with François, she unintentionally causes an accident that leads her to the emergency ward of a psychiatric hospital. During her brief stay, she unexpectedly sparks into life. She takes an interest in two young patients, Pierre and Anne, convinced that she is doing the right thing in supervising their love life...

Actor and singer on the decline, Sergio, alcoholic, goes adrift. His son, Simon, undertakes to make a film with and on him, to try to bring him back to life, "by force with others"

Lepetit, an ambitious and determined man, is named the new CEO of a department store. His mission is to improve the store's financial position. He decides that the human factor will be his catchword and introduces new methods, which he also applied to himself. But tensions slowly arise between members of the staff.

Mona is the girlfriend of Pierre, who is a member of a rather pathetic rock band in France. Their hero is the singer "Johnny Valentine " who, seeing that Mona is being neglected, decides to make her his own.