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Jean Bogossian has set up a reorientation center in a small village, his ambition being to save young petty criminals from ending up like he did, in the wrong place at the wrong time. He'll do all he can to get them back on the right path.
Three collegues decide to go for a break to a sea spa hotel because they are overwhelmed with stress at work. There, they come to the realization that all their problems actually stem from one man. This man, who is making a fool of them works in the same company.. Now it's time for revenge!
This movie is a docudrama relating the early history of the Eiffel Tower: From the planning to its first military use.
The trawler Marie-Morgane sinks suddenly and inexplicably with all its crew, including Captain Lenormand and his son. When Nolwenn Lenormand hears the news she's convinced that a submarine on maneuvers must have been responsible.
It's the unforgivable story of the two hundred thousands harkis, the Arabs who fought alongside the French in the bitter Algerian war, from 1954 to 1962. Why did they make that choice? Why were they slaughtered after Algeria's independence? Why were they abandonned by the French government? Some fifty to sixty thousands were saved and transferred in France, often at pitiful conditions. This is for the first time, the story of this tragedy, told in the brilliant style of the authors of "Apocalypse".
Kamel is an adolescent who has always lived in the streets.After the theft of a scooter Kamel has to chose between the prison or a social work.Kamel chooses the social work.His duty is to take care of Adèle, a retired old lady with Alzheimer condition.A very difficult duty because Adèle escapes from her apartment every time and walks alone through the town.The first days of social work are a true challenge for Kamel.Besides Adèle's son, who is very occupied doesn't have any time for his mother and wants to put her in a special retirement home.Little by little Adèle and Kamel will know and appreciate each other.
Ambroise is an illustrator at the end of his rope. He lives a pittance with his paralyzed wife. One day, he discovers that he has a work of art that could earn him a lot of money. He soon loses his mind and disappears. His wife leads the investigation: is Ambroise dead?
Max, a highly talented robotics enthusiast, is in serious financial trouble and risks having the few possessions he has seized by bailiffs. He therefore needs to find a job as quickly as possible. His cousin Toine, a paramedic, comes up with a dishonest but effective scheme: he suggests that Max pretend to be disabled so that he can be hired by a company that only employs people with reduced mobility. To avoid giving himself away, Max learns overnight how to live in a wheelchair. From then on, he begins to understand that the life of a disabled person is far from easy every day. At work, he makes friends and becomes close to Lucia.
The Indian Act, passed in Canada in 1876, made members of Aboriginal peoples second-class citizens, separated from the white population: nomadic for centuries, they were moved to reservations to control their behavior and resources; and thousands of their youngest members were separated from their families to be Christianized: a cultural genocide that still resonates in Canadian society today.
In this coming of age drama, 17-year old Muriel rebels against her French family and leaves for the bright lights of Paris. When she falls for Nora, Muriel enters a journey of heartbreak and discovery.
Meet the wicked story of a symbiotic friendship between two boys, Wolf and Mando. They meet on a bench in a square and grow together, sharing the same interests: books, girls, politics, spiritualism. And then, little by little, their paths diverge and promises are broken.
Since the #Metoo movement in 2017, rape complaints have doubled. Challenged, how does the justice system deal with this word? Thanks to exceptional authorization, director Marie Bonhommet was able to follow a trial at the criminal court in Nantes. Four years earlier, on a summer evening, two young men aged 18 and 22 had a sexual relationship. A rape, according to the plaintiff. Consensual intercourse, pleads the accused. In the absence of evidence and witnesses, it's word against word. How will the magistrates form their own convictions? Over the course of two days, five judges will listen to parents, relatives, investigators, experts and lawyers as they chart the course of two ordinary lives whose trajectories were turned upside down during an ordinary party.
"Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum", the work by Olivier Messiaen, was a commission by the Minister of Cultural Affairs André Malraux and was to be performed on the 20 June 1965 at Chartres Cathedral, in the presence of President Charles de Gaulle. This documentary takes place during the rehearsal on the prior day.
Baptized "the pearl of the Nile", this sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Isis is the masterful work of the last pharaohs of Egypt and the Roman emperors who succeeded them. Sacred land, Philae has continued to develop. Over nearly seven centuries, it has acquired remarkable buildings whose imposing architecture is an offering to the gods of the Nile, as well as a symbol of authority for the pharaohs who reigned over the region. Adorned with the gods and pharaohs who venerated them, the temples of Philae transport us to the last hours of Ancient Egypt.
Florence Hainaut and Myriam Leroy, journalists, have experienced cyber-violence like 73% of women in the world. Starting with online hate speech, they take the viewer into an international story, both intimate and political, which draws an alarming picture of misogyny.
A crime comedy directed by Nicolas Gessner.
A gay ex-cop who's been able to talk to the dead since he was a child investigates the suspicious death of his father, the owner of a undertaker.
November, 1953. Pauline Dubuisson is accused of the cold-bloodied murder of her lover Félix. But who exactly is this young woman that the whole of France wants to see convicted? A cold calculating social climber? Or a free spirit, asserting her emancipation before it became fashionable?
Escaped from jail, Luis finds refuge on a remote island where, it is said, several people have died long ago of a mysterious illness. He discovers a large abandoned villa. One day, a group of people from another time, come in. The villa and the nature around become the theater of strange phenomena…
Drawing on archives and interviews, including one with Italian director Marco Bellocchio, this is a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the making of his film about reformed mafia member Tommaso Buscetta.
By the end of the seventies, disco music, considered too mainstream, was dead. But DJs and dance floors still needed new records and faster rhythms. Built on synthesizer sounds, the hi-nrg (high energy) style swept the gay clubs before hitting the charts during the eighties.
Thibaut, 40, raises his 7-year-old son, Gabriel, whom he adopted in Africa, alone. Faced with the crisis his son is going through, he decides to return with him to Senegal in search of the biological mother, Yawa, whom he once knew.
An energetic teenager gives a hard time to her father, an artist, and her stepfather, an unemployed executive not very comfortable with young people.
Lionel suffers from severe memory loss as a result of an accident. Inspector Corona accuses him of the brutal murder of a law student with whom he had a relationship.
When she discovers that her husband is cheating on her, Sabine decides to develop a strategy to save her relationship.
Two retirees decide to extend their vacation beyond the usual date, near a lake where they own a villa. From that moment on, everything becomes hostile: the butcher stops delivering meat, there is no milk, their electricity is cut off, and their car is sabotaged. Don't we want to show them that when your time is up, on vacation or in life, it's not a good idea to linger and that you have to disappear?
A young girl accuses her parents of being murderers. Hurriedly committed to an asylum, she attracts the attention of a psychologist who is determined to get to the bottom of the story. At her own risk.
An account of the life of the French poet Jean de la Fontaine (1621-95), author of more than one hundred fables and a model for many other European fabulists of later times.
A filmed performance of Stravinsky's ballet Les Noces (The Wedding), depicting a bleakly cynical interpretation of the marriage ritual.
In 1916, while France was bogged down in trench wars, a young engineer named Marcel Bloch was inventing a revolutionary propeller, the Eclair propeller. It would prove very effective in air combat. Today, Dassault Aviation, named after the moniker its founder took on after the war, is among the jewels of the worldwide aeronautics industry. From astonishing growth to unexpected crises, the Dassault group's destiny is closely linked to the history of France and the saga of modern aviation. As it marks its first century of existence, the company continues to fly in civil and military aviation, still following the path of its founder's visionary spirit, Marcel Dassault.
A behind-the-scenes documentary designed to preview/promote the then-about-to-debut syndicated adventure/fantasy series about the "game of the immortals" as seen through the eyes of one Scottish participant.
The story of the documentary The Sorrow and the Pity (1971), directed by Marcel Ophüls, which caused a scandal in a France still traumatized by the German occupation during World War II, because it shattered the myth, cultivated by the followers of President Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), of a united France that had supposedly stood firm in the face of the ruthless invaders.
At the height of his fame, the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) decides to leave Paris without warning. The public becomes concerned and the press investigates. A portrait of an extraordinary musician, whose personality is as surprising as his work.
After a soldier back from Afghanistan leaves a message on her machine right before jumping off a building, Helene Villon, a respected journalist working for a big national paper, feels that this suicide is hiding another story.
During a 9-month trip, the Cousteau team will explore the longest river on the planet: the Nile. It flows north to the Mediterranean, crosses half a continent and over 7000 years of history. On its shores, civilizations have built marvels of architecture. Kingdoms rose and then fell, each person's destiny still intimately linked to that of the river... without anyone having mastered it. The Calypso team studies life around the Nile, which has remained almost unchanged since the time of the pharaohs.
Marguerite Mercier is a retired seamstress who lives in an old apartment.A real estate agent has come to her apartment looking for Mr. Alphonse Caron, the companion of Marguerite who died some years again.Marguerite has made up a lot of excuses.But Leon , the cabinetmaker of the neighborhood says Marguerite that she must find a fake husband.So Marguerite proposes Leon to be her fake husband.The real estate agent comes again and Leon transformed in Alphonse asks him to go away.In a park Marguerite and Leon meet a boy Sebastien ,who falls from a skate roller and his little sister Stéphanie.They go to the hospital with them.There Marguerite knows Véronique , the mother of the children
