Charles Van Damme

We hear the thoughts of Amy, a girl from a rural area of Senegal who works as a domestic for a well-to-do family in Dakar. She complains about her employer, who continuously criticizes her and gets on her case, and she talks about her dream of one day opening her own eatery. In Dakar, some 150,000 young women work as housekeepers for rich families to survive and help their families instead of going to school.

Can madness be described? Is it possible to express the pain that it entails? In 1994, when she was about to fall prey to her illness, Khady Sylla met Aminta Ngom, who exhibited her madness freely, without fear of provocation. During her years of suffering, Aminta was her window to the world.

The poet Jean Sénac is also a radio presenter. A Pied-noir, he opted to stay in Algeria after the country achieved independence in 1962. Ten years later he is monitored by the police of the present regime. His poems have a large public following and his radio show is a great success, especially with the young. The poet allies himself with two students, aspiring playwrights Hamid and Belkacem, to fight for the freedom and culture of Algerian youth.

Once upon a time a carnivorous advertising methodist (Richard Bohringer) finds himself stuck between floors in an old elevator. The owner of the deserted building (Ute Lemper) does not help, but plays with him like a prey trapped. To get out, he threatens, attempts to seduce, to deceive, to be honest. After this confrontation for several days...

Antoine Rivière, a highly-reputed psychoanalyst, is visited by a new patient, Edouard Berg. When Berg claims to have killed his own wife, the doctor suspects he is a compulsive liar. How could he know that he has been caught in a trap and it's already too late for escape?

This European drama, set in Paris, follows a brilliant musician as he suddenly forsakes his career, to live and love amongst the common populace. Armand is the violinist who yearns to experience that life and to share his music with everyone, not just the wealthy and the elite. He leaves the glittering world of classical music without a backward glance and takes up residence in the Paris metro where he is surrounded by beggars and tramps. There he meets and becomes friends with Lydia, a metro employee.

A teenager at a predominantly male boarding school learns lessons in love when he is invited to stay at a remote estate for the holiday season.

Известный американский карикатурист Джой Уэлмэн приезжает на выставку в Париж, где должны, в частности, демонстрироваться его работы. Для Уэлмэна это, прежде всего, возможность встретится с дочерью, которая давно переехала во французскую столицу, чтобы изучать в Сорбонне литературу, совершив тем самым своеобразный "побег в европейскую культуру". Уэлмену же, "американцу до мозга костей", эта культура не близка, так что, приехав в Париж, он скоро начинает собираться домой. Его задерживает в Париже литературовед Готье, являющийся большим поклонником американского карикатуриста и одновременно идолом дочери Уэлмена, к которому она никак не может пробиться...

На ночном шоссе случайно встретились двое абсолютно непохожих людей — респектабельная женщина Франс, просто выброшенная из машины своим мужем, и одинокий неудачник Шарль, который никак не может починить постоянно барахлящий мотор своего автомобиля…

The Inquisition is in full swing in 16th century Flanders. Wanted for his dissident writings, the alchemist doctor Zeno has been wandering Europe under an assumed name for twenty years. But he remains a non-conformist. He returns to his native Bruges, where he thinks he has been forgotten. In this silent labyrinth where the faces of the past resurface, he rediscovers his identity and thus signs his death warrant.

Molinat is assigned to the case of a man found with a bullet in his ear on the shore of a little Atlantic coast resort he knows well. Indeed, he used to live there before his wife disappeared at sea, never to be found again. As the ocean rejects a new corpse everyday, the mystery thickens and the list of potential suspects grows longer. This slows Molinat's progress as much as the cumbersome Leroyer, sent in to spy on him and hopefully impede his progress. The tension mounts and the ring involving the three young ladies in the grey mansion, the village idiot and the real estate agent starts spinning out of control.

Скрипач и счастливый муж Пьер приглашает своего более знаменитого и талантливого друга Марселя к себе домой на ужин. Жена Пьера Ромэн влюбляется в Марселя после того, как он произносит грустную речь о неверных любовницах и богатстве своей души, и у них возникает страстный, но короткий роман.

Молодой сценарист приходит к известной романистке, чтобы выяснить, что послужило основой для романа, написанного ею 20 лет назад. В процессе её рассказа он начинает представлять себе эту любовную историю: молодая женщина-пианистка, влюбляется в немолодого, но харизматического итальянца. Понимая, что он её обманывает, женщина не в силах порвать путы его очарования.

A crusader gets lost with his horse in the desert and stops to die. He ponders over the recent events, the pillaging of villages, and the four women who followed them to rob whatever was left.

Франция 1970-ых гг. Помм и Сюзанна встречаются, и одна женщина помогает другой прервать уже третью беременность. Позже они теряют друг друга, но встречаются снова десять лет спустя. Помм стала певицей, а Сюзанна соцработник. Несмотря на контраст, они остаются близкими друзьями.

Made at a time when Iran had a seemingly revolving door for incoming European directors and bottomless funding for their projects, Plaisir d'amour en Iran is a short, sort of love story between a handsome Iranian (Ali Raffi) and a visiting French woman (Valérie Mairesse). The film was shot at the Shah Masjed in romantic Esfehan.

A filmed essay about the painter Bouts.

A married, middle-aged professor meets a mysterious woman in the woods and has an affair with her.