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Alice returns home after her mother's death to find the house unchanged-and haunted by a dark presence. As fear builds, buried trauma resurfaces, and a terrifying truth is revealed.
Jul 2025
When an old card game comes to life, a family jumps back in time to a medieval village where they must unmask werewolves to secure their return home.
Oct 2024
After their boat capsizes in the Mediterranean Sea, a group of refugees are rescued by rich Europeans who offer them shelter on an idyllic island. But the miracle soon becomes a nightmare when the saviors turn into ruthless manhunters.
Jan 2024
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, offering comfort, heating, and electricity. But by the 1980s, disillusionment set in as economic crisis, unemployment, poverty, crime, racism, and police violence took hold. Mohamed Bouhafsi tells the story of a dream that didn’t last.
Feb 2025
The rise and fall of Milli Vanilli, a studio group assembled by German producer Frank Farian and fronted by nightclub dancers Robert Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan. After a string of worldwide hit singles, awards and performances, it was revealed that the duo never sang a note of their songs, leading to one of the biggest scandals in music history.
Dec 2023
In 1955, 60-year-old Marcel Pagnol is a well-known and acclaimed playwright and filmmaker. When the editor-in-chief of ELLE magazine commissions a weekly column about Pagnol's childhood, he sees this as a great opportunity to go back to his artistic roots: writing. Realizing his memory is failing him and deeply affected by the disappointing results of his last two plays, Pagnol starts doubting his ability to pursue his work. That is until Little Marcel - the young boy he used to be - appears to him as if by magic. Together, they will explore Marcel Pagnol's incredible life and bring back to life his most cherished encounters and memories...
Oct 2025
When a fortuneteller predicted Lisa's death on August 15 in midst of fear and violence, she shrugged. Yet, this morning, as the sun rises over a deserted and heat-scorched city, the police is desperate. The killer of three women will strike again by midnight. Suddenly Lisa feels less serene. Especially since she is sure, a man has broken into the empty building. August 15th will be a very hot day….
Feb 2024
Jean Valjean is released from prison after nineteen years of hard labor, violence, and suffering. Filled with anger and a deep sense of injustice, he has become a dangerous man who trusts no one and nothing. When he arrives in a small village in Provence, he is repeatedly turned away. Desperate, he unknowingly finds refuge at the house of Bishop Bienvenu, who lives simply, with his sister and a single servant. There, he is surprised by their warm welcome, and his inner demons start to waver. But the temptation to be what society sees in him still haunts him, and he steals the Bishop’s silverware. When the police ultimately catches him, the Bishop forgives him and gifts him the candlesticks. This acts becomes the starting point of Jean Valjean’ transformation into a new man who reclaims his humanity.
Nov 2025
What's it like to "make a family" when you're not part of the traditional hetero couple? Can two best buddies living on the same floor become a family? Océan and his best friend Sophie-Marie Larrouy will question their friendship, their desire for children and their ability to commit to each other, going to meet people who have made families "differently" to draw inspiration from them and invent their own model.
May 2023
Russia, China and Iran: three former empires are determined to take their revenge and reassert their power after centuries of humiliation. Since the start of the war in Ukraine, they have never been so aligned on the international stage. Their common goal: to put an end to Western hegemony, restore their zone of influence and propose a new model of society. To achieve this, they are waging a hybrid war against the democracies: military, technological, economic, informational and ideological. Are they on the verge of joining forces to create a new world order?
May 2024
A woman searches for answers when her life is hacked by a mysterious person from her past harboring a dangerous obsession.
Aug 2023
One morning, Laura Corre files a complaint against the former mayor of the southern town where she grew up, who had recently joined the government. She has to face the reluctance of the police officers taking her statement. After leaving Paris, Laura had returned to live with her father, Max, a former boxer who had become the mayor's chauffeur. Seeing an easy target in the shy young girl, the mayor agreed to pull some strings to get her a place to live.
Oct 2023
Jan 2023
Emma is a spoiled rich girl who lives with her father in his luxurious villa in California. She meets a handsome Italian tennis player, Nick, at a charity event. He is off to Europe for a big tennis competition, so Emma decides to follow him overseas without telling anyone. She packs cash in her luggage, but finds out upon arrival in Europe that her luggage is lost. She goes to the "Lost and Found" department to report it, and meets Alex.
Feb 2021
Malik Dahmani, a brilliant but hot-headed police captain from the Paris region, who, after exposing police brutality, is forced to go into hiding in the Cévennes mountains to lay low. But stuck in this Cévennes valley, which is too peaceful for his liking, as if time had stopped... Malik is going round in circles and can only think about going home. Then a body is discovered in the forest. Our cop finds himself having to investigate alongside Gaëlle, a local police lieutenant, who, like the inhabitants of this remote area, seems keen to preserve its secrets.
Jafar Panahi sets out to find a Kurdish young woman with a golden voice that has been forbidden to sing by her family.
Sep 2020
Five years after the series finale, Andréa Martel is now a director on her first film. Things, however, are not running smoothly. When her lead actor drops days before cameras are set to roll, she must get the team back together, rekindling all the old friendships and rivalries.
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Dec 2024
Princess Elena has a passion for floral composition, but her hobby has to remain a secret, since it is seen as « not suitable for Royalty ». While in London on a diplomatic tour, she signs herself up in a floral competition using a fake name, and meets Adam, a journalist covering the event…
Jan 2021
A documentary view of the galas of Paris’s Palais Garnier in the 1950s and ’60s.