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Leïla is late. But not any kind of delay : her period is late. This is going to be hell.
Sep 2020
Once upon a time, a girl and her brother fled their past to live their love freely. To do so, they had to cross the river.
Nov 2021
Agnes and Selma, best friends, shared everything. When Selma leaves their Copenhagen flat, a void settles in. Left on her own, Agnes drifts. The harder she tries to hold on, the more the bonds begin to fray.
May 2026
Paris, at war. 2026. Night after night, Lucia, a young nurse, cares for the wounded and the dying. One evening, she sees a strange man walking on the water of the Seine river. At that moment, a hope and a troubling desire take hold of her.
Jun 2025
Mahamadou, Diané and Farid each lost a brother due to French police interventions over the past ten years. Since then, they have lived with the pain, the impossibility of mourning and the determination to obtain justice.
Apr 2022
One afternoon, three high school students sneak out of their all-girls Catholic boarding school. Sunny, the new girl, has gone for a swim in the river. Sarah is eager to join her, even though Clémence disapproves.
Oct 2024
In a motel in Dallas, in 1963, an FBI agent bugged the next room occupied by mobsters. After several days of listening, he must infiltrate them to find missing agents. Our hero then finds himself trapped. It's too late when the veil is lifted on the mysterious disappearances.
Oct 2006
Joachim is a very average man in his sixties, but he has a hidden obsession... or two to be precise: he can't help staring at the men who go to the gym across the street from his house while devouring pickles. One day, a new "easy-to-open" jar of pickles won't open.
Jan 2021
After three weeks' training, young aspiring CRS officers are deployed in the field. Most of them have never set foot in a demonstration before. Each arrives with certainties, but also with questions. They train, apprehend and fantasize about their opponents.
In the 1950s, Gabriel, a talented young pianist, plays in the quartet of his father, Georges, a famous jazz virtuoso at the peak of his career. In the midst of his concerts, Gabriel searches for the words to tell his father about his need for freedom.
May 2024
A jester costume worn by dressmaker Dolores comes to life when she is diagnosed with breast cancer. Haunted by the gloomy jester, Dolores tries to maintain her normal life and vehemently refuses to tell her family about the diagnosis.
Jan 2025
At the Star Palace, Nikolaï performs his usual magic act: poetic, but a bit old-fashioned. The same evening, his career is shattered when the owner of the place announces that he will not book him again, despite the magician's promise to renew his style with “Meteor”, a new and modern trick that is very visual. Disillusioned, Nikolaï wanders in the deserted surroundings when, as if by magic, Maxime appears - it's Ariane von Star, a drag queen artist from the cabaret.
Jan 2023
Out of sight, a factory produces a chromic-sulfuric mix which is used in the industry to dissolve organic matter. Zaïna and her apprentice Romuald keep a watchful eye on the aera.
Jun 2021
1894 - A man walks into the mountains, bag on his back. When he reaches the pass, two customs officers are waiting for him. Barely visible in the snow, the border separates them.
Dec 2024
Jul 2021
Attracted by the music and lights of an illegal techno party on the outskirts of Paris, a little girl living on the premises gets lost in the crowd. To find her, Souleymane, her older brother, has to brave the indifference of the partygoers and the deafening noise of the techno.
Sep 2022
222 A.D. During yet another decadent party, Emperor Heliogabalus recalls his former lover Zotikos from prison. He becomes a witness to the narcissistic cult of Heliogabalus, in the midst of the destructive madness that will lead to his downfall.
In a close future, a private company developed a technology aimed at boosting our brain capacity. But it requires from its clients to store their memory data on one single server. In this highly controlled world, a young woman has the power to change things.
Oct 2013
Hazel and Ben have been friends forever, but today isn't always...
The autopsy report of a leg found floating on the Seine, the voice mail of a missing girl and the appearance of a ghost in her home.
Jan 2015