District B13

Set in the ghettos of Paris in 2010, an undercover cop and ex-thug try to infiltrate a gang in order to defuse a neutron bomb.

District 13: Ultimatum

Damien and Leito return to District 13 on a mission to bring peace to the troubled sector that is controlled by five different gang bosses, before the city’s secret services take drastic measures to solve the problem.

Banlieue bleue

Banlieue Ouest

Exploration (wandering) of La Defense district in West Paris.

Banlieue Est

Promenade through the Eastern surburb of Paris (Montreuil-sous-Bois, Bagnolet, Vincennes). From rural districts to the interchanges.

Suburban Bliss

Catherine, a rebellious pre-teen who has been deeply affected by her parents’ divorce, plays a game which involves crossing a dangerous road with her eyes closed. She becomes friends with the girl next door, the quiet A

Banliyö - Banlieue

One country, two worlds. Montereau, suburb of Paris: in the lower part a normal urban centre; in the "upper city", on the hills, are the homes of Turkish immigrants, a population poised between two identities and culture

The Suburbs Are Everywhere

He is a sales rep. She is a secretary. They live in the suburbs but she works in Paris. They don't see much of each other and spend much of their time in commuter trains. They try desperately to change job locations to b

Homos en banlieue

How does one live in the suburbs when one is a young homosexual? Should you run away or stay hidden in this macho environment? Is violence against gays a myth or a reality? Let's discover through their testimonies, the l

Banlieue Du Vide

"During last winter I collected (via the Internet) about 3000 pictures taken by surveillance cameras. The images I selected show empty roads at night, covered with snow. The soundtrack consists of grey noise and traffic

Banlie.ue

Grigny, la fabrique de la banlieue

As France's first ZAC (Zone d'Aménagement Concerté, or concerted development zone), Grigny is the ideal place to describe how France transformed its dream of a happy suburb into an impoverished urban nightmare. The film

Star Suburb: The Suburb of the Stars

In an HLM in space, Mireille, a little girl, gets up at night, attracted by strange noises and lights.

Banlieue, quand les filles mettent les voiles

Leila Djitli goes back to a “ghetto“in Corbeil-Essonnes that she knew as an adolescent. Twenty years ago, there was no withdrawal within one’s community or fundamentalist Islam issues. Nowadays, most of the girls talk ab

Chronicle of an Ordinary Suburb

On September 26, 1992, four towers in the Val Fourré neighborhood of Mantes-la-Jolie were destroyed. In the spring of 1991, Dominique Cabrera proposed to some of the former residents to retrace their steps. They go throu

La banlieue, c’est le paradis

In the 1960s, the suburbs were meant to be modern havens for newcomers from rural France, Portugal, Spain, North Africa, and Africa, helping rebuild post-war France. Large housing complexes symbolized this ideal, offerin

Clan Banlieue, 1992-2004: La Grande Famiglia in Movimento

Claude Dilain, de la banlieue au Sénat. Au nom de la République

Jusqu'Ici...Tout Va Bien, La Banlieue Au Cinéma

In 1995, Mathieu Kassovitz's "La Haine" defined the "banlieue film" genre, with its aesthetic rooted in housing projects and its portrayal of life in marginalized suburbs. This documentary explores the evolution of this

The Secret Lives of Suburban Housewives

When one couple moves to suburbia, they realize their neighbors are hiding more than a few scandals. After a shocking death rattles the neighborhood, lies and revelations come to surface as a killer races against time to