The Big Pardon

The Bettoun clan: Raymond (the patriarch), Maurice (the son), Jacky (the nephew), Roland (the nephew), Albert (Raymond's cousin), Pépé (Raymond's friend), Samy (the bodyguard) are a family clan of Jewish Blackfoot kingpi

Le sable

Summer 2002 - Paris Plage. Like a moving desert that causes mirages or like the legend that says love can be found where the sky touches the sand, by some simple coincidence a miracle occurs: the sand brings Elisa, a str

The "Brennus"

Panoramic views taken from a boat circling the battleships.

Stranded

Luc goes off on his bicycle to forget his problems. A suit of accidents make him spend the night in a little town of Picardie. He meets Sylvain, who tries to help him, for the best and the worst.

Le scandalose

The Nonentity

Each evening, four men – a doctor, a journalist, a professor and a merchant – meet up in a deserted bar to play cards. As they play, the bar’s owner, her downtrodden barman (nicknamed “le paltoquet”) and a strange woman

The Golem

Athanase Pernath is a gem cutter in the Prague ghetto. In spite of himself, he becomes embroiled in the lives of his neighbors. Family feuds, swindles, jealousies and revenge lead Pernath to prison, while the threat of t

Le Legs

Captain Fracasse

Out of love for an actress, Isabelle, the Baron de Sigognac joins a traveling troupe en route to Paris. When an actor dies, he takes over his role: that of Captain Fracasse.

The Sun King ~Le Roi Soleil~

The play begins with the Fronde against Cardinal Mazarin. Young Louis is the consecrated King at Reims. But his power has been confiscated by his mother, Anne of Austria, and the Cardinal, who doubt his ability to rule F

Toto the Hero

80-year-old Thomas recounts his childhood and middle age through a series of flashbacks and dream sequences. Thomas believes he’s been taken away from a better life at birth; following a hospital fire, he vividly recalls

LE DATE

The Hammer

The hammer is the tool a sculptor uses to chip away at the block. It is the emblematic tool of French artist Jean-Luc Vilmouth. Akerman here instigates a game of musical chairs. The winner is then permitted to hurl the h

The Divorce

Magloire and Florence got married traditionally, with the approval of their families. Three years later, they face a serious crisis in their couple and want to divorce. But it still has to be done with the consent of the

Le Taxicomane

A young Algerian immigrant, working as a Kitchen Porter in a restaurant, dreams of becoming a Taxi driver in Paris.

Time of the Wolf

A middle-class family flees an unspecified disaster that has struck the city and takes refuge in their country home. They think this will allow them to escape the chaos, but they soon realize that getting away won’t be s

Le loup

Marin is a self-effacing receptionist secretly in love with his colleague Heloise whom he dares not invite out. While on duty, a threatening client assaults him. This encounter leads him into a night that will prove to b

Auction

André Masson, specialist in modern art, receives a letter according to which a painting by Egon Schiele had been discovered in Mulhouse. He finds that the work has been missing since 1939. This discovery puts his career

Who by Fire

Seventeen-year-old Jeff stays at film director Blake Cadieux's wilderness lodge after being invited by friend Max's family. When strange events occur, Jeff suspects something is amiss with the director and his retreat.

Thor and the Amazon Women

A race of Amazon warriors is enslaving the men of a country, and the mighty Thor is called upon to help them regain their freedom.