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Browse 38 movies from Les Films de l'Arlequin
The intertwining fates of two Vietnamese sisters who sustain a wartime relationship through written correspondence.
Nov 2021
A woman is forced by her husband to be shut-up for ever. But when she listens to nature's song, she refinds her own song and the hope of a different life.
Sep 2013
Oct 1999
May 2005
Argentina 1983, the dictatorship comes to an end in the country, but not in this woman's life.
Oct 2013
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
Sep 1998
Dec 2004
On planet Sigma, enormous creatures are trapped inside the ice. And then, all of a sudden explosions erupt from subterranean volcanoes. The ice begins to melt; a global warming concludes the giants’ deep slumber and new life begins. The creatures crawl forth, out of the ice.
Feb 2015
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
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
Dec 2002
33 internships at 33 years of age, and still no job! Thrown out by his dad, Jean-Claude finds himself on the street with only 5 Euros in his pocket. Will he put them to good use?
Oct 2017
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
Jan 1990
The Black Tea is a 2007 short film directed by Serge Elissalsde.
Jan 2007
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
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
In this evocative film about the eternal human search for home, Berta and Solomon arrive in a land that promises respite from their many journeys. But have they found utopia... or just another stop on their long journey?
Jun 2013
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