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Browse 30 movies from Hamster Productions
This 2-part TV film, adapted from an autobiography, tells the childhood of writer François Cavanna, son of an Italien emigrant and a French mother.
May 1991
Feb 1989
Stumbling across an uncompleted 1939 film called "Princess Marushka", filmmaker Sam becomes intrigued with the young actor Sylvain Marceau, who last appeared in the film. Hoping to discover the mystery behind Sylvain's disappearance, Sam decides to make a documentary and sets off to interview those who knew Sylvain, including elderly Lisa Morain. Through her interview, Sam learns the story of Lisa and Sylvain's doomed love affair on the eve of World War II.
Jan 2001
The three ex-wives of a real estate developer join forces to get revenge on him.
Sep 1977
Commercial director Serge Faberge is having an affair with Evelyne, the 18 year old fiancee of friend Hugh. His own pregnant wife Francoise usually does not mind his dalliances, until he actually walks out on her and their newborn baby to move in with Evelyne. The shoe is on the other foot when dashing stuntman Dado catches Evelyne's eye in Venice.
Jul 1969
After Alicia Velorus' father is convicted as a communist spy, CIA asks her to prove her loyalty by getting close to her father's friend, who's a suspected arms dealer. In the meantime she and her CIA contact Devlin fall in love.
Jan 1992
Billy Ze Kick is name of a fictional serial killer in a bedtime story that a police inspector reads to his daughter. Soon three girls turn up murdered in his neighbourhood, and the killer leaves a note signed "Billy Ze Kick."
Dec 1985
Unjustly incriminated in a dark case of drug trafficking, Philippe Cazas, a military doctor, had to go into exile in a dispensary in Africa. Five years later, he returns to Paris under military supervision to bury his son who died of an overdose.
Dec 2001
A bad joke by two unruly teenagers backfires. Julien and Hervé give their teacher, Eliane, a hard time until they are suspended. To get revenge, he decides to kidnap her and hide her in an isolated house to scare her, but nothing will go as planned.
Jan 1980
In post-revolutionary France, two neighbouring aristocrats embark on a dangerous game when they agree to help a Polish agent.
Apr 1984
A blind man, a returning safecracker and a recently released ex-con organize a heist of a prosthesis factory to get some platinum. But nothing will happen as planned.
Aug 1992
On the island of Jersey, off the French coast, Mélanie, a beautiful woman gifted with a captivating personality, enjoys having unimportant love affairs that her husband Victor, a perfumer older than her, seems to endure with total indifference.
Dec 1981
After his gay cousin dies from hepatitis, young Laurent, who lives with his best friend Carole, falls in love with Cedric, a plant scientist. He's afraid to inform his conservative parents that he is gay.
Jan 2000
Sep 1981
Jul 1996
Joseph Joanovici, a Romanian Jew married to Eva and father of Theresa, lives in Paris in 1939, on the eve of World War II. He managed to make his place in society by trading scrap.
Nov 2001
Sep 1980
The story of a family and a tradition that remain the same despite the time going by, in a land that has existed for centuries. In La Camarga, one of the last natural sanctuaries that still exist, the Azéracs, landowners and aristocrats, work as wild bulls breeders. Shaken by passion and revenge, the family will have to face the adversities of a fate marked by the events that define the 20th century. In spite of this, the family will struggle to survive in an environment strongly bound to traditions and land.
Sep 1997
Eric, a twelve year old in care and up for adoption, and his close friendship with the older Petia, who has dreams of joining the circus. One weekend Petia is blamed for the misdeeds of Momo and Graf, two other teenagers in care. Once adopted, Eric falls in love for the first time, with his stepsister Marie.
Feb 2001
11-year-old Valentin and his father live alone on their farm. with the boy spending time with Oscar, who meets this lady on the internet, but Valentin is shocked to find her with his father. Now Valentin is at a loss on what to do next.
May 2004