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George Fall, on the brink of becoming broker of the year and cementing his reign for a decade, flirts with the limits of legality, committing a fatal error. Ruined, he seeks refuge in Janis, who shuns material possessions, and considers a change of life. However, his excessive greed drives him to create a new investment fund, attracting millions that displeases Lord Norman, an advocate of reasonable capitalism and his own interests.
Oct 2012
A mummified corpse has been found by workers who were knocking down a wall. Ariane Sallès and Gaspard Lesage are in charge of the investigation.
Sep 2018
Jean-Paul Belmondo returns to the settings of a fantastic career, accompanied by his son Paul. Over a career spanning 50 years, Jean-Paul Belmondo’s movies drew over 130 million people into cinemas. This logbook takes us back to sets and countries, from where we can revisit the films in reference and find out about his fruitful collaborations with various directors. Paul Belmondo will lead the investigation, meeting the stars and his father’s friends (eye-witnesses all) and questioning his father about his journey, sharing it with us so we can discover the man and his story like never before.
May 2016
Mathilde, despite her nurse's diploma, is a thirty year old struggling when it comes to work. She discovers poker when she becomes pregnant. Her nickname, La Tueuse (The Killer), is due to the pitiless way she destroys her opponents at the gaming table. But Mathilde becomes addicted to the game and her life turns upside down.
Apr 2010
Writer, journalist, explorer, filmmaker, communist militant, freedom fighter. Truths and lies. A plot twist. Politician. General De Gaulle's shadow. Overwhelmed by the weight of power. The numerous exploits of André Malraux (1901-1976).
Oct 2019
Audrey is an unemployed single mother who lives with her 16-year-old son, Enzo. All is going well for Enzo, a bright kid who loves sports, until he takes a medical drug and is suddenly faced with a critical illness. Even though Audrey has never been a fighter, she discovers a new strength and embarks on a quest to uncover the truth about what happened with the help of pro-bono lawyer Master Tcheuffa.
Sep 2015
Paul, a former insurer, is struggling to make ends meet. He agrees to meet Sarrebry, a loan shark introduced to him by his friend Daubelle. Paul mortally knocks out the disgusting crook and steals a large sum of money from him.
Sep 2005
Laurence finds out that her niece, Karine, is being molested by a family friend while her parents turn a blind eye, and they themselves constantly subject her to beatings and mental abuse. Despite Laurence's numerous reports, social services are keeping the little girl in her home, against all logic, prompting her to go on a series of battles that will challenge the whole legal system
Nov 2024
1942 Paris. Annette is 20 years old, Jean is barely older, they love each other and the future is bright for them. But the deportation of the Jews of France will change their destiny. Upset at the idea of their only son marrying a Jewish woman, Jean Jausion's parents decide to keep young Annette Zelman away from them... and denounce her to the Gestapo. The machine was launched, but it was too late. Annette was deported to Auschwitz on June 22, 1942.
Sep 2022
Dec 2015
In a small village of the South of France, life is made difficult by a sweltering heat wave and its corollary, a worrisome lack of water. Everyone is under great pressure, especially the farmers whose fields are not irrigated. Which is the reason why the residents are less and less well-disposed toward one of them, Joseph, a young man whose never-ending antics are becoming, in such fraught context, something of an intolerable inconvenience. The mayor tries desperately to calm things down but nothing helps...
Aug 2015
Two sisters meet up late one summer to clear out the house of their deceased grandparents.
Jun 2015
Great filmmakers claim the artistic influence of French director Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907-1977), a master of suspense, with a unique vision of the world, who knew how to offer both great shows and subtle studies of characters. Beyond the myth of the tyrannical director, a contrasting portrait of a visionary, an agitator, an artist against the system.
Oct 2017
Dashing through the streets of Venice, slipping from the clutches of the law, darting across Europe in search of new challenges, Giacomo Casanova races through life with irrepressible energy. Violinist, writer, soldier, spy, gambler, adventurer - it is as a lover that he unbridles the full force of his energy. A charmer and seducer, he, too, is charmed by the beauty of women, seduced by their passion, intrigued by their mystery.
Apr 2002
Oct 2024
A teacher is suspected of engaging in a 'special relationship' with a pupil. When said pupil disappears, the rumour gains momentum. Especially because two years earlier, another of the teacher's teenage pupils also disappeared.
Dec 2014
Nadia raised, alone, her son Noé in Paris suburbs. She is proud when he is accepted in second in the prestigious high school Henri IV. To promote her studies, she moved to Paris and went into debt to offer what others have. She discovers the pleasure of buying, unknowingly developing an addiction to consumption. Even as her son manages to adapt to his new high school, she can not stop.
Feb 2016
Rumours start flying around in a small French village after a butcher's wife goes missing.
Oct 2014
Dec 1998
Sep 2013