A Danish teacher takes a job in Greenland and tries to overcome the animosity of the tight-knit locals through a series of errors that help him embrace the snow-covered life.
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A Danish teacher takes a job in Greenland and tries to overcome the animosity of the tight-knit locals through a series of errors that help him embrace the snow-covered life.
In New Caledonia, a few kilometers from the city center of Nouméa, the Nouville educational care home accommodates minors placed there by the justice system. “Second Chance” tells the story of three of them: Thomas, Lucas, and Marco.
Two contested fathers, a pawn and a high-school dropout, two lovers who separate and two who find each other again... Les Inshortables is a selection of the year's best gay shorts. With this special French-language volume 4, discover these rare, singular, delightful, moving and captivating films.
Transporting packets across the wooden bridges through gaseous swamps, sometimes stopping at La Touille for lunch : such is life of the Broignes. So long as they can keep it up.
At nightfall, two lost souls find each other again in the woods, with enough time for one last dance.
The documentary gives a voice to all those who have experienced the crazy adventure of shooting Memories of Murder.
An aging movie actor who is preparing to shoot a death scene finds himself visited by the spirit of a dead, long-ago lover.
The film returns to the origins of the creation of the State of Israel (from 1896 to 1948) and highlights the responsibility of the Western World.
How can you live with a gender that was decided for you, operated since birth to conform to norms? M would like to break free and begins for the first time a correspondence with 25 years-old Deborah, also born intersex. Through their letters and encounters, Deborah and M share their experiences.
Clémence and her parents take part in a big country picnic. Arriving late, Clémence joins the other children who are already playing away from the adults, but it doesn't turn out to be as much fun as she expected.
A four month odyssey by paraglider across Tadjikistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sikkim and Arunachal to the border of Myanmar. Four months of adventure, of encounters, of uncertainties, of effort, of flights in the heart of Himalayan landscape.
If you’re reading this, it means you’re on the Internet. This show is too. One year after his special election show, Haroun returns for three exclusive dates focused on the theme of the Internet and new technologies.
August in the French Alps. Young Elisa has just lost her grandfather. On a whim, she steals his ashes and flees into the mountain with his childhood friend, Malek. He alone remembers the path that leads to little Constantine, where Elisa must bring her grandfather.
Sergei Prokofiev's setting of the fairy tale "Cinderella" premiered at Moscow's Bolshoi Theater in 1945. In 1986, Rudolf Nureyev, then ballet director of the Paris Opera, choreographed the ballet anew and transposed the story into a private cinema, with sets reminiscent of Fritz Lang's "Metropolis." ARTE shows the Paris Opera performance from December 31, 2018.
Brest, 1950. The war ended five years ago and nothing remains of the city. Massive bombings and intense fighting lasting more than a month turned the city, its docks, its arsenal, into ashes. Thousands of workers will build it up again, brick by brick. But with awful work conditions protests quickly arise and a strike begins. Violent confrontations happen during manifestations. Until one man falls. The next day René Vautier lands at Brest clandestinely to make a movie about the movement.
The reappearance of notorious criminal Paul Sanchez becomes an obsession for a young police officer who will do anything to catch him.
Gonzalo, recently dead, returns to his wife's place during los Días de los Muertos. Although he'd hoped to eat burritos and potato dumplings, he discovers that Séléné has cooked him a microscopic fish.
Sybille, a divorced mother, can't stand watching her teenage son Samuel slip into a violent and meaningless life. She is also struggling with her own demons, past and present. As a last resort, she takes Samuel on a long journey across Kyrgyzstan.
Between 1917 and 1924, 350 Americans landed in France to participate in the immense reconstruction effort. At their head, Anne Morgan, daughter of the famous banker John P. Morgan and founder of the American Committee for Devastated Regions. To encourage donations in the USA, she commissioned numerous films and photos, admirable testimonies of life at that time. Entirely made up of audiovisual and photographic archives, this documentary plunges us into an embodied and living post-war period as we have rarely seen it.
How to announce the death to a child? How to say the unspeakable? Philippe continues the daily life and makes Maxime believe that his mother is still in the hospital. But his son feels that something happened.
Amel is a young photographer. When she loses her husband, her life changes. Encouraged by her father-in-law, she takes a taste of life by photographing street boys. Without fear of being scandalous, she makes the choice to look at men as men look at women.
A desperate photographer who suffers from a degenerative eye disease and a husband who wants to kill his dying wife, plot to recover her life insurance.
A 50-year-old who is over-invested in humanitarian work is competing in the social center where she works. She will then embark her students in literacy class, with the help of a pretty foolish monitor, on the dangerous road of the code of the road.
Thundering across the sky on elegant white wings, the Concorde was an instant legend. But behind the glamour of jet setting at Mach 2 were stunning scientific innovations and political intrigue. Fifteen years after Concorde's final flight, this documentary takes you inside the historic international race to develop the first supersonic airliner. Hear stories from those inside the choreographed effort to design and build Concorde in two countries at once - and the crew members who flew her.
A story of abandonment and discovery, of silence and of sharing, of how fate has shaped the lives of three women and of how their efforts have changed their lives.
It’s the last dictatorship of Europe, caught in a Soviet time-warp, where the secret police is still called the KGB and the president rules by fear. Disappearances, political assassinations, waves of repression and mass arrests are all regular occurances. But while half of Belarus moves closer to Russia, the other half is trying to resist…
The mood is heated. Demonstrations are taking place across France, also in front of the Paris hotel where an Italian named Giorgio is booking the bridal suite for him and his boyfriend Antonio. Hotel manager Diana doesn’t trust them and calls the police to get rid of the odd couple. Italians? Homosexuals? Criminals? In the charged atmosphere of the Hotel Occidental, little is needed for initial suspicions to be aroused.
French soccer fans, celebrities and athletes retrace the exhilarating events of July 12, 1998, as France earned a historic win in the World Cup final.
Vincent witnesses a deadly accident which rekindles a terrible event from his past.
Gaetano decided that he would bury his deceased brother with his family at all costs, even if it meant defying the laws of his Sicilian village and putting himself and his family in danger.
From Norman McLaren to the Grands Ballets Canadiens, to Igor Stravinsky and the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Vincent Warren has made history. Inhabited by the importance of culture in a society, he worked all his life as a 'bearer of beauty'. A MAN OF DANCE is the story of this living legend and its memorable era.
Jura Department, France. A judge orders the re-enactment of a crime scene in order to shed some light on inconsistencies in a murder case. Under the eye of Lady Justice, the accused, a family of three women from Quebec, have to thoroughly relive the day of the crime.
Three couples reassess their relationships while on a weekend away in the Alps.
Elias and Nora discover that their daughter Léa is the fountain of life in human form. Through mutual contact with water, she can cure anyone of anything. But it's not without consequence.
Challenging the burden of family traditions, the young Amel and Mashir live a secret and passionate love story. An arranged marriage between him and Amel’s new best friend will put their relationship in danger. Tearing apart social conventions seems to be the only way to stay together.
A being evaporates the puddles, the drops, the moisture that a storm leaves behind in the French countryside.
Christmas Eve. Sophie, an intern in the emergency psych ward on the brink of a burnout, is tasked with admitting Marie, a disturbed patient who was brought to the ward by the police after a crisis. Despite her incoherent ramblings and obvious psychic distress, there is something special about Marie that troubles Sophie. During their conversation, Marie sees straight through Sophie and reveals things to her that lead Sophie to deeply question her relationship with Vincent, her lover. After this Christmas Eve, nothing will ever be like it was before.
Jonathan, a solitary adolescent, secretly dresses up like his favorite virtual female singer. When he finds someone like him on the internet, he dreams of meeting up to share a little humanity.
On May 2, 1945, Soviets take control over the Fuhrerbunker. On May 5th, they find bodies of Hitler and Eva Braun buried in the garden near the bunker. Investigation of Hitler's death was kept secret until now.
An elderly woman at the end of her life reminisces her years spent at a boarding school for girls.
The Plaza Saint-Hubert was long shunned by the petty-bourgeoisie of Montreal for its too "kitsch" allure or the questionable choices of town planning which shaped the layout of its facades. However, the biome of the Plaza is no longer resisting the tendencies of gentrification that are affecting the city of Montreal as a whole. This short film focuses on the real open wound that is the repair site of the mythical Plaza. An incongruous universe where wedding dresses dance with mechanical shovels.
30 minutes. Lots of dialogues. On friendship. On love. On memory. On oblivion. And a bit of democracy, too.
In exchange for a few watermelons he loves so much, an Imam organises emergency funerals. His ex-jihadist assistant suspects a conspiracy... A cutting and witty story.
The extraordinary life of Hedy Lamarr, a successful actress and inventor of a pioneer system that is the base of technologies such as Bluetooth, GPS and wi-fi.