Espoir

Promising

15 year old Jeff is a promising French footballer. When the decisive match approaches, he struggles with the pressure of his excellence.

The Castaways of the Fol Espoir

A film-crew in the early twentieth century, the cabaret known as ‘Le Fol Espoir’ has been transformed into an amateur soundstage. The motion picture tells the story of a ship and its passengers – from the famous opera si

Espoir

Espoir Voyage

Filmmaker Michel Zongo sets off to the Ivory Coast to find out what happened to his lost brother. Joanny left to go there many years ago and never returned, searching like so many others for work in the more affluent nei

Espoir/Microcosmos

Two editing exercises broadcasted by France 2 in the programme Le Cercle de minuit in January 1996. The titles correspond to Godard’s sources: Man's Hope by André Malraux (1937), Microcosmos by Claude Nuridsany and Marie

Espoir

Voyage Without Hope

Gohelle, escaped from prison, seeks to flee occupied France for Argentina. The captain of a cargo ship is willing to smuggle him out out France for a price but Gohelle has no money. His mistress, Marie-Angel tries to cha

L'Espoir

No amount of effort guarantees freedom.

Days of Hope

Spanish Civil War, 1937. A platoon of Republican soldiers plans to stop the advance of the rebel troops by bombing a bridge on the road to Zaragoza, near the city of Linás. With the close collaboration of the peasants of

Most Promising Young Actress

Yvon Rance, who runs a hair salon in Brittany, only wants his beloved teenaged daughter Laetita to be happy, something he believes she'll be able to achieve by completing high school and then following in her father's pr

Éternel espoir

The war will separate the members of the Valon family, two sons Alexandre and Antoine being prisoners, while the youngest Gilbert enters the secret army. Only their sister, Denise, will stay on the farm with her grandfat

Hope Builders

This feature documentary zooms in on a Grade 6 class in Quebec where a teacher is implementing an experimental teaching method aimed at preparing children to take up environmental challenges. Over the course of a year, D

Namibie, espoir & renouveau

Pôle espoir

Rwagasore: Vie, Combat, Espoir

Prince Louis Rwagasore, son of king Mwambutsa IV Bangiricenge, manages to gather a crowd of militants in support of his vision: to cast off the colonial yoke. In 1961, at the first free elections, his party is victorious

35 kilos d'espoir

The film is based on a novel by Anna Gavalda, and adapted for the small screen by M. Langlois and Veronique Lecharpy. The idea that a formal academic school program is traditionally seen as the way for young minds to be

Sans espoir de retour

A film by Georges Bensoussan and Christian Bricout.

Cap d'espoir

This film, shot in 1969, deals with a certain rebellious vision of Quebec at the time. It is a radical questioning of the ways of being of an entire community, which the filmmaker expresses in a most direct style. (This

Jigi - L'espoir

Nikiema is a farmer from Burkina who sees fate come down upon him. His fouryearold son dies from a simple case of measles. He sells off his cotton crop at a good price, but he still faces a lot of debts. His fifteenyear