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Browse 28 movies from Les Films du Cygne
The head of a school in a little French country town encourages the playful romances between his young students, as well as a love of jazz music.
May 1947
During a moment of intimacy, a couple slowly reveals its mysteries, its pains and its traps.
Sep 2011
Jul 2015
Whizzy is a little mouse, Whitebelly is a fox. They are naturally mortal enemies. One day, after an unfortunate accident, both meet in animal heaven. Together, they will embark on a fantastic journey and discover friendship can overcome everything.
Oct 2021
One winter evening, in snowy weather, a woman goes to work. The environment is hostile, the work exhausting. A window won't close: it's snowing inside... and the place of drudgery becomes a space of discovery.
Nov 2014
Jul 2020
With a touch of blush and a few drops of lip gloss, Lucie is getting ready to start her training day to become a hostess at a motor show. A lifelong car enthusiast, she has the secret hope of being noticed by the prestigious EBBE brand.
Oct 2022
Adèle has been working for more than 3 years on Orbit Defence, a space station in charge of Earth security using drone pilots. Today, is her last routine mission, before she returns home to meet her family, especially her daughter. Without taking Murphy's Law into account.
Feb 2017
Sep 2021
On a winter night in a ski resort in the French Alps, Mona, a young Italian seasonal worker, has locked herself out. She is struggling in the cold while looking for shelter. Her nighttime journey takes her near an unknown presence.
Feb 2021
Teo’s dream of dancing with Mia in the school competition seems hopeless…until he meets Ro, a funny bird-like creature with wondrous abilities, lost in the city. Ro’s friendship will help the wayward boy find his feet, but it will take more than dancing for Teo and Mia to help Ro find his way home before a looming disaster.
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Catholic boarding school, 1970. Father De Monval is supervising a film projection when a young schoolboy sees something that will turn his life upside down…
Sep 2023
On holiday on a campsite by the seaside, Rémi, 10, is fascinated by Stéphane, 35, the father of one of his playmates. This is a new, confusing feeling for him. Nobody knows what he is going through especially not handsome Stéphane.
Aug 2013
Elisa lives alone with her mother, Jeanne, in a hamlet of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, in the rock face. The girl resents prolonged absences of her mother who made Night households Gap. The child tries to fill his solitude with a puppet snapdragon it still holds his gloved forearm. One morning Elisa hears on the radio that wolves escaped from a park nearby. She tells her mother that she will leave with them.
Aug 2015
Feb 2006
After somewhat hectic travel preparations, Anatole and Margot set off on holiday. The cart arrives at its destination, somehow or other, and it’s time to set up camp. But the task isn’t always simple and Anatole is literally blown away, inflated like an airbed!
Nov 1947
Timelessness tells the story of two 13-year-old children, David and Berta, who meet during the holidays in Prague. David brings along a diary belonging to his recently deceased grandfather, which raises many intriguing questions. In his family's former home, he discovers an old watch, and together with Berta, they find a gateway to the Timelessness - a realm between eras, where myths and legends from different times intermingle, and the traces of restless souls linger. David and Berta come to realize that their grandparents knew each other at the onset of World War II and suffered a great injustice. They must now embark on a dangerous journey into the Timelessness to set their souls free.
A young woman admires wedding dresses through the window of a specialty store. She imagines herself in each of the dresses on her wedding day. Which one will she choose?
Feb 2000
Jan 2016