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Browse 33 movies from Envie de tempête
Fired from her job, dumped by her partner, and in poor health, 46-year-old adventurer Coline Morel, a Far North specialist, sees her life falling apart. But "The Incredible Snow Woman" will attempt one last comeback.
Nov 2025
Lost in the middle of the countryside at the wheel of her old Kangoo, Siham is desperate to find that "bloody party". In the back seat, Marguerite and Arthur, aged 15 and 8 respectively, are determined to put her through hell. In this rolling crisis cell, tension builds to a crescendo. Elsewhere, in a gymnasium transformed into a meeting room, a mysterious gathering is taking place.
Nov 2023
Tonight, as often during the week, Thomas goes to meet Thomas in their usual café. But Thomas is miles away, on the other side of the world, on the snowy plains of Greenland where his father lives.
Nov 2014
Abdellah, a young shepherd living in the mountains, is forced to brave the snow blocking him in order to get food and save this cattle. Once he gets to the village, he faces a supernatural phenomenon.
Sep 2021
Ten notebooks depict an immersion in French neo-fascist circles during the 2010s.
Dec 2019
Ulysses, a secluded artist who mysteriously retired a few years ago, meets Mona, a young art student full of life. The encounter will change them both.
Sep 2018
Max is preparing an architecture and landscape competition for the city of Marseille. He is confident, his project is daring but pioneering. The oral is going well. The garden on this square is finally emerging and with it radical changes for the inhabitants as well as for Max whose career is stalling dangerously.
Feb 2023
Rémi has made a few short films, but they haven't had the resounding success he hoped for. So this year he agreed to give a filmmaking workshop at a high school in the Paris suburbs. As the weeks go by, he and the students begin to form a bond.
Dec 2021
Pascal Rivière works for the newspaper Mistral. One day, he discovers his death notice in the classified ads section. It's in writing, it's official that Pascal will die at 45.
Aug 2023
Alice is a young street girl, she is looking for a place where she can stay...
Nov 2012
Thomas and Thomas are going through a rough patch: they are both thirty-something actors living in Paris. They randomly decide to leave the city and fly away to Kullorsuaq, one of the most remote villages of Greenland, where Thomas' father Nathan lives. Among the Inuit community, they will discover the charms of the local customs and their friendship will be challenged.
Nov 2016
A bittersweet comedy about how a fanciful and rebellious preteen ends up accepting her parents' divorce.
Mar 2020
Monique and Michel Pinçon-Charlot are a couple of French sociologists, famous for their work on the uber-rich. They have been in love for more than fifty years, and they enjoy a comfortable retirement in their lovely home in the Paris suburbs. They could live a quiet life, but how do you get some rest when there is capitalism to fight against?
Mar 2022
Sébastien Betbeder and his actors Thomas Blanchard and Thomas Scimeca gather to imagine the script for the the film they will shoot in a year's time at Kullorsuaq in Groenland - a sequel to Inupiluk.
Feb 2015
Thomas, a frustrated reporter who works for a local newspaper in North of France, is assigned to write a portrait of alternative musician and recent mayoral candidate Usé. After the interview, the two men happen upon the inanimate body of a man lying in a desolate alley. To their surprise, the man – Jojo – rises before them like a zombie. He appears to be fine, but has lost his memory. Some clues lead them to Jojo’s little sister Marilou. Through a series of unexpected events, the newfound friends forge bonds and embark upon a surreal journey.
Sep 2022
Trapped in a forest, six men condemned to eternity, search for a way out.
Jan 2026
Baptiste, Mathilde, Jørgen, Yulya and Jeanne, five teenagers armed with desire and words, fight their loneliness in a world abandoned by adults.
Sep 2017
Under constant pressure from her ex-husband, Nazanin should turn their child - Aban, nine years old - away from a very driven feminine taste. One day, Aban goes to the hospital thinking of undergoing life-changing surgery.
Nov 2022
Whaling has been around for centuries. It seems to be the fruit of man’s violence, destroying himself by destroying nature. Accompanying the rise of capitalism, the practice survives today, reflecting humans’ eternal destructiveness of nature and the creatures unable to resist them.
Dec 2022
Withdrawn to the depths of the Pays de Caux, Claire, a disenchanted writer, will see her life turned upside down one stormy night by unexpected visitors. It will be time for her to break her isolation.
Sep 2025