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Moha, 24, lives in the northern suburbs of Amiens and dreams of becoming a pastry chef. With a promise of a job on the horizon, he is unwillingly drawn into a situation that could jeopardize everything.
Jan 2024
A family, who celebrates the mother's birthday, tries to pick up the pieces.
May 2016
Dje has come to Paris for the weekend, no one's expecting him. He discreetly slips through the shadows, walking the streets in an attempt to remedy his boredom. A chameleon and outsider, he spends his time socializing, drinking or just wandering.
Nov 2014
Lost in Paris, Cléo is looking for Paul and Paul is looking for Cléo. A poetic adventure lived in 3-year-old kids' shoes.
Apr 2018
That afternoon, ten-year-old Antonin has a date with Zohra, agirl he’s very fond of. But she shows up with her two cousins, who dare them to play a dangerous game involving cars driving on a road nearby.
Sep 2021
The beach. Everything is there for everyone to enjoy. Only the ocean disagrees.
Charles, a 18 year old kid, grew up in a quiet village but dreams of being a black rapper who lives in a big city. His fantasy has a name: Black Charles. A double of himself that follows him everywhere, including on this day when he decides to break with his everyday routine to join his older brother in Paris, hoping for a new life.
Nov 2018
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Leila is Moroccan, Mathieu is French. They made the decision to get married. The marriage approaches and they only miss one more document: the certificate of Leila's celibacy which will be delivered to them only if the young woman marries a Muslim. No choice, Mathieu has to be converted to Islam.
Jul 2011
Pauline, Barbara and Jessica have been friends since childhood and still live in the same odd town. They have a common plan: they want to win a lookalike contest. When Pauline decides to take her distance and write her own songs, she upsets the balance of the group.
May 2018
Emmanuel is in his twenties and studies at the dance conservatory. Between his administrative and financial setbacks and the fiasco of an audition that could have simplified everything, Emmanuel goes through a difficult day. But, by confronting some obstacles, he confronts himself and realizes how far he has come. Emmanuel has become a young adult.
Jun 2022
Nov 2023
Franck is a soccer agent. Today, he's picking up Adama at the airport, a promising young Malian goalkeeper, to sign his first professional contract.
Jan 2025
In the middle of summer 2001, in a small village in Burgundy, a film crew was about to shoot the first images of Jean Luc Gromer's new film, when suddenly the camera was torn from its foot and stolen by two young local teenagers: Joe and Patrice.
Sep 2020
Heartbroken, Pierre decides to holiday at a seaside hotel. Leaving work and his routine back at home, through his encounters with certain people, he realizes there's a whole new horizon of possibilities open to him. Maybe this is his chance to break out of his melancholy.
Oct 2014
Jérôme is trying to seduce a woman. Day after day, he tells the story of this relationship to Patrick, a fellow who he always encounters at the city subway on his way back, who gives him advice and lives through his stories of love.
Jun 2012
A young woman struggling to stay on top of everything in her life meets a married publisher and begins an affair with him.
A couple of vagabonds break into a house while the owners are on vacation. When the owners return earlier than expected, the intruders are forced to hide…
Sep 2022
Meeting of a young French man and his German girlfriend in Berlin. Comedy about sex and communication problems.
Jan 2009
Adrien is twenty years old. He lives alone with his father, a famous actor with an overbearing personality. Adrien's summer in Paris is a succession of small failures and disillusions. More than ever, Adrien is a young man struggling with his self-confidence and his future... Unless he eliminates his father, who he considers the cause of all his setbacks.
Dec 2019