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Browse 36 movies from Barberousse Films
A high mountain hamlet, early summer. Félix comes down from the pastures where he’s guarding his cows and finds his old mother lying lifeless on her bed. Shaken, he runs off. He drives a few miles in the valley to the house of a young man who just contacted him on a dating app.
May 2022
A storm breaks out in a high mountain village. Thirty-year-old Maude then discovers a mysterious bird, which will inevitably lead her to a witch's abode.
Jun 2020
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The man who leaves prepares his departure.
After a long absence, Max returns to Paris and settles in with his father in the lively Belleville district. He wanders the streets, curious about others, eager to meet new people, but soon finds himself confronted with a profound malaise.
Jun 2024
Hugues is forty years old. He's an actor but he doesn't want to perform. He's taken refuge with Serge, his partner, in the house where he grew up. However, Micheline, a director, insists that he tread the boards once again. Serge gives him an ultimatum: it's him or the play. Hugues chooses the play. When rehearsals start, Hugues, alone in the house, discovers naked people frolicking in the field adjoining the garden.
Apr 2017
Hugues and Anaé live in two neighboring buildings, each on the eighth floor without an elevator. They have set themselves a challenge: not to speak for twenty-four hours. But a major event jeopardizes their commitment.
After breaking up with Boris, Lara returns to her hometown Barcelona. There, her friends, lovers and the Catalan traditions of the ’castells’ will change her dreams and desires.
Aug 2022
Estelle and Juliette are a couple who share an unhealthily close bond. And yet, their relationship seems phony. In a violent moment, Estelle decides to go to the village of Vourkoti.
Nov 2018
Who remembers Pierre Céran? Nobody except Louis, his old friend, who is worried about not having any news. Especially since the last time he saw him, Pierre Céran was not well. Louis goes to look for him.
Jun 2022
Joel, hardened into stone, hiding his feelings for so long. With the return of an old love, cracks start to bloom in his armor.
Aug 2025
Jun 2019
In pursuit of ghosts and evil spirits, director Maria Pinto reinvents the paternity suit brought by Joao, her father, against the Dentist in Salazar's Portugal. A cross between fact and fiction, a celebration of family memory.
Jul 2025
Since the death of their mother, Jonathan and Adrien have never spoken of this brutal loss.With their father, they try to mourn, but the silence gnaws at them from the inside. Jo' is sure that his future lies elsewhere.
Oct 2024
In a world in ruins, only fungi and mold grow among gigantic carcasses of dried-out insects. A meteorological change takes place as rain irrigates the barren planet, progressively flooding it. A new ecosystem grows in the water, in which giant carnivorous tadpoles thrive. Plunged into an arid, then aquatic, space, Planet ∞ offers viewers the chance to enjoy an amazing multi-spatial and timeless experience.
Jan 2018
Despite Lise's advice, Claire decides to celebrate Christmas with Leon, a young outcast who claims to live outside the system. They agree to organize an anticapitalist Christmas Eve, prohibiting all expenses. Meanwhile, Mathias delivers presents as Santa for a well-paid temporary assignment.
Feb 2025
Territorial dispute have always been in the center of most human conflicts. The territorial notion thrives for possession and power, resulting in invasive actions and occupation. UIP is the abbreviation for "United Israel Palestine". It is a title referring to a possible future scenario for Israel and Palestine set in the year 2027. In this scenario the international society, governed by the United Nations, is the new occupational power and therefore an international court administers the conflicts. Through this court the film unfolds and it is from a juridical perspective that all territories, bodies, ownerships and legacies are viewed. In contrast psychological relations, both private and public, appears painfully clear.
Oct 2015
Northern England, August 1995. Siobhan, 8, and her older brother Rory are waiting for just one thing: to find out whether Oasis or Blur will win the Britpop battle tonight. But Siobhan defies her brother and escapes, finding herself alone in the night. Determined to find a way to watch the battle of the century on television, she wanders the city and plunges into the strange world of adults.
May 2025
The father of seventeen-year-old Elias suddenly dies. At school as well as at home, his friends and relatives await his reaction, which doesn't occur. Elias continues his life as if nothing had happened.