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Browse 38 movies from Les Films de l'Arlequin
In a small town plunged into darkness, two children, Kyona and Adriel, are separated from their parents and, facing the path of exile alone, embark on a heroic journey that will take them from childhood to adolescence, in search of refuge, peace and the hope of finding their family.
Sep 2021
A very lazy boy, whose mother can no longer stand watching him sleeping and eating all day long, decides to set to work, revealing unsuspected powers of imagination, invention, and perseverance.
Nov 2015
This film bears witness to a life that changes... Or how Aurore, a young woman of 26 who is bored in Nohant, with Baron Dudevant, her country husband with the appearance of a gentleman, becomes George Sand.
Apr 1995
The intertwining fates of two Vietnamese sisters who sustain a wartime relationship through written correspondence.
Nov 2021
Dec 2004
Jan 2011
Oct 1999
Dec 2003
After a long time, a blue wolf, locked in the cage of a Paris zoo, winds up allowing Afrique, a young boy who visits him day after day, to come close to him. As the wolf is one-eyed, the boy has the idea to shut one eye himself and thus manages to communicate with the proud wild animal. Wolf and kid then start telling each other the story of their respective lives...
Sep 1998
May 2005
Father Frismas lives on the top of one of the highest mountains in the Alps, and must ensure that the snow covers the whole valley and the houses of the village.
Dec 2013
Dec 2002
Jan 2016
Lucie Sunková’s short film The Tree is a metaphorical story about the parallels in lives of people and trees, a lyrical poem about birth and death, about the flow of our time and the nature surrounding us, a parable about parenthood and crossing the boundaries of a human (not only) life. It is a story about relations, seeming hopelessness and a happy promise. Used paint-on-glass technique, a pure poetic means of expression ideal for a story like this, forms another metaphoric layer of the film withs its laboriousness and graphic style. The budget of this co-production reached almost 150 thousand EUR and was almost evenly divided between MAUR film and French production company Les Films de l’Arlequin. Both sides were supported by their respective national funds – State Cinematography Fund in the Czech Republic and the prestigious national fund CNC – Centre National du Cinema in France.
Feb 2016
Bao and his sister are taking the train like every day. It's always a fabulous adventure for them. But this time, everything will be different.
Jun 2012
Somewhere in the Universe, the Planet Z. A miracle happens. A water jet springs up and gives birth to a new life: plants. A desert planet became a green planet… The film shows natural phenomena – and not subjects – to tell a story about a living, evolving and dying planet.
Feb 2011
Two petty and foolish thugs extort a poor farmer and his wife in the countryside near Rimini. But the farmers, tired of always being the victims, decide to take revenge and devise a diabolical plan that will land the bandits in prison for murder.
Mar 2013
An old man recounts: I have always worn glasses. Even in the camp, I managed to keep them. We feared the night almost as much as the day. One night, they brought in a newcomer, a bearded man. His drawings over the days had become essential to us. The guards did not understand that only death would prevent him from drawing. All that remains of the camp is this piece of wall, with his last drawing, which he called "Ligne de vie (Lifeline)."
Feb 2003
Jul 2006
In the middle of summer, a couple waits in a green garden for a fish growing on a tree to reach maturity. The wait is long, but the fish is finally red and the young woman can pick it.