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Paying rent can be dangerous
In the last days of the summer, a group of teenagers prepare for the police re-enactment of an event that occurred a month earlier. Fatim face more than the others the return of her friend, Helena, who is accused of the case.
How does it feel to be free? Best friends Kay and Jenna are reuniting after being separated by prison. But reigniting what they had before isn't straightforward.
Patrick is a tenacious lawyer specializing in environmental law. France is a schoolteacher who becomes an activist after her husband develops cancer from exposure to a pesticide. Mathias is an ambitious lobbyist working for an international chemical corporation. The paths of these characters collide as the lives of thousands are affected by a tragic act that sparks a powerful movement while the corporation fights to prevent the truth from being revealed.
"Mythologies" brings together ten dancers from the Ballet de l'Opéra national de Bordeaux and ten dancers from Ballet Preljocaj. With them, the choreographer explores contemporary rituals and the founding myths that shape our collective imagination. With music composed by Thomas Bangalter, ex-Daft Punk, and performed by the Orchestre de chambre de Paris under the direction of Romain Dumas, this powerful, evocative work explores what lurks in the recesses of our existence, through our ideals and beliefs, bringing ancient mythologies into dialogue with those of our own time.
The Two Princes, imprisoned and allegedly murdered in the Bloody Tower within the Tower Of London by Richard III. The story tells how they allegedly came back to haunt the Tower and with guards and inmates starting to die in horrible circumstances, it becomes clear the Two Princes are out for revenge. A chilling ghost story based on the famous mystery.
Jasmina gets a call from her friend Lukas who persuades her to come outside. While the two are still talking on the phone, the doorbell rings. Instead of Lukas the police is at the door. They tell Jasmina and her parents that they will be deported within fifteen minutes. For Jasmina, a world comes crashing down. The long-awaited class trip to Berlin and her plans to get to know Lukas better on that trip are gone. In desparation, Jasmina asks Lukas for help whose mother is a lawyer.
In the midst of the COVID-19 post-pandemic, an image of Mary Immaculate traveled 10,800 kilometers over six months through much of the country.
When immense pressure threatens a ballerina in a new lead role, she and another dancer escape into a friendship that isolates them from the real world.
One Summer afternoon, Lucas lives his first sensual and sensory emotions in nature with a group of teenagers he's never met before.
It is the year 1998 in Buenos Aires. Chino just turned 21 years old. He is an introverted young man who lives in a small apartment maintained by his parents. He left his Architecture career a few months ago and since then he has spent his time watching films of any kind in different cinema clubs. He lives with Franco, a young man a few years older than him who works on a supposed science fiction film with which he plans to win a contest. He spends his days filming inside the apartment with his camcorder while acting out scenes from the supposed script in a somewhat ridiculous way.
"Golden Times" tells a story of melancholy, alcohol and loneliness. In the nocturnal light of the street lamps, there are involuntary encounters between nameless characters on their staggering foray from kiosk to kiosk.
On a sprawling urban suburbia during a sweltering summer, two young boys in love are at an impasse. Youssou has an opportunity to study abroad with a prestigious scholarship, while his boyfriend Malek advances in his art degree at a local school. As the pair wrestle with these destinies that are pulling them apart, their friends attempt to untangle the ambitions of these star-crossed lovers, all while tensions rise with the police who patrol the neighbourhood.
Jean is a "slow" man, he builds his life around his anxieties, and considers himself unsuited to life in society. He lives with Alex, who is a "fast" man. Passionate about aerodynamics and eurodance, Alex lives fast and asks himself as few questions as possible. One morning, he receives a fast friend, Lou, at their place, while Jean had also planned to receive a slow friend, Caroline.
Since his release from prison where he spent 21 years, Philippe has been begging at the Wagesberg train station. Under judicial supervision, his freedom is only possible if he behaves impeccably. When Anna, a young activist on the run, asks him to take her in, his well-adjusted daily life is turned upside down by the echoes of his past.
Clara, a mother of two teenagers, is a woman open to new experiences who decides to create a profile on TILINK, a dating app. What goes through the mind of a twenty-something when she finds her own mother's profile on Tilink, the trendy dating app? Yes, his mother is still young. Yes, she's divorced from her father and has the right to rebuild her life, but.... Doesn't she know what Tilink is? There are only guys who are going to use her and then dump her, sex snipers... like himself. Dani and his sister Milena will embark on the delirious adventure of boycotting their mother's flirtations, and will go all out when the woman starts a more serious relationship with an Argentine yogurt man, convinced that he will only make her suffer. Only that the brothers' strategies will have the opposite effect to the desired one, there will be more and more men in their mother's life and nothing will turn out as they expect.
Cyril is doing his Taï-Chi in a corner of the Domaine du Manoir. A golf club slams into the back of his neck, killing him with a deadly blow. The investigation is entrusted to Maud Arthuis, who is more than 8 months pregnant but widowed.
When the young founder of a collapsing cryptocurrency exchange dies unexpectedly, irate investors suspect there's more to his death than meets the eye.
In 2011, the arrival of Uber in France has created a lot of jobs, especially for young people from council estate. But then, a lot of became disillusioned. Price drop, uberization of work, a lot of work hours not even sufficient to pay bills... Karim, 37 years old and a pending divorce, drives a passenger car. To pay his car, a black sedan where he sleeps, he gets a 25 000 euros debt to an unscrupulous man. His nightmares are full of worries and accidents. Today is the due date, his creditor claim his money, which Karim doesn't have. He has seven days to repay the loan.
A newly married woman leaves her wealthy husband for a lover who mysteriously disappears. Things start to unravel and become life-threatening on a trip to the husband's family estate.
Documentary on chansonniers, French singers writing comedy songs about politics.
Bastian, a young trans boy, has to face a very difficult time in life: adolescence. It becomes even harder when he has to put his best efforts into asserting his individuality. From age 12 to 18, Bastian is filmed by his dear cousin Lorena who catches every glimpse of intimacy and difficulties. We witness how social and economical obstacles can put at risk Bastian’s transition.
In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first decisions was to break up the ORTF with the creation of three new television channels: TF1, Antenne 2 and FR3. Three new public channels but autonomous and competing. It is a race for the audience which is engaged then, and from now on the channels will make the war! This competition will give birth to a real golden age for television programs, with variety shows in the forefront. The stars of the song are going to invade the living rooms of the French for their biggest pleasure. This unedited documentary tells the story of the metamorphosis of this television of the early 1970s, between freedom of tone, scandals, political intrigues and programs that have become mythical.
The French romance follows musician Dadju and his love story with the hypnotizing Ima. Dadju returns to his home city Kinshasa to perform in a concert. Laetitia is a big fan, but after she finds out that Dadju's concert is sold out, she relies on her father's connections with her boss Yavan to find extra tickets. Yavan invites Dadju to participate in a private concert. Seeking to seduce Laetitia's sister Ima, Yavan hosts the concert, but fate intervenes when Dadju falls in love with Ima at first sight.
Four young adults share a flat, the Universe is on their laptops. ‘Shapes’ is a dark and delirious comedy. It is a collection of scenes from the everyday life of a household where the Internet has broken all boundaries and invaded reality.
Who is this Karim D. ? The new young writer whom the media can't get enough of? Or his alias, Arthur Rambo, the author of old hate-fuellled messages which are dredged up, one day, from social media websites?
The high consumption of snacks and sweets in Germany keeps producers on their toes. In Viersen, consumer giant Mars produces 10 million cookie chocolate bars every day-and each of them must look and taste absolutely identical. In Erdmannhausen, snack pretzels are produced in the first Württemberg pretzel factory, Huober. And the Lübeck-based marzipan manufacturer Niederegger wants to use traditional production processes to produce what it claims is the best marzipan in the world.
A young man must confront the uncontrollable urge to scratch his neck.
Five friends book a table at an exclusive restaurant to discover upon arrival that the establishment can only offer them a table for three, so two of them must stay without dinner. An unforeseen event that will test the friendship and ties between them.
Anna happily lives with her husband, their two boys, and Simon, 6 years-old, who was placed with her by the Social Care services when he was only 18 months. When Simon’s father decides that he is ready to take his son back with him, the family’s balance is at stake. Anna is torn apart: how could she possibly let go a of child who has always called her ‘Mom’?
Austrian actress Romy Schneider (1938) and French actor Alain Delon (1935), once fervent lovers in the early sixties, maintained a close friendship and a certain working relationship after their breakup until her death in 1984: a universal and eternal love.
An urban train link, the RER B, crosses Paris and its outskirts from north to south. A journey within indistinct spaces known as inner cities and suburbs. Several portraits, all individual pieces that form a whole. We.
Joel and Murielle Pécourneau, their two daughters, Emilie, 15, and her little sister Lola, form a united family of farmers, despite the debts that accumulate to save their farm. Until the day when, while trying to help out a neighbor, they receive a substantial fine for "illicit" sale of a chicken at 10 euros... This news puts the Pécourneau family under even more pressure. As a last resort to lift the fine, they really start raising poultry, taking out a new loan at the bank. But a new European regulation cut their hopes short and put them in extreme difficulty once again. While her father's life is on hold and the future of the farm is greatly threatened, Emilie decides to publicize her story, mobilizing as many people as possible around her parents' cause. Will Emilie, a farmer's daughter, succeed in saving her family?
Marseille, July 1905. Nearly a teenager, Marcel Pagnol embarks in his last summer vacation before high school and returns, at last, to his beloved hills in Provence. What begins as a summer of boyhood adventures becomes one of the first loves, and unearthed secrets.
Ukraine during the German occupation in 1943. 12-year-old orphan Mitka earns a living in a tavern under a false name by playing music every night for the mainly German guests. He is accompanied in his playing on the violin by the pianist Yegor. Even beyond the music, he tries to be a friend and mentor to the boy. Mitka, however, finds it difficult to accept the budding friendship. This is because none of the people involved has any idea that Mitka belongs to a Jewish partisan movement.
A fascinating exploration of the literary — The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, by English playwright William Shakespeare (1604) — and lyrical — Othello, by Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi (1887) — myth of Othello, the desperately tragic story of a Moorish general in the army of the Venetian Republic whose absurd jealousy poisons his love for his wife Desdemona.
Sleeping Beauty Castle is the iconic landmark of Disneyland Paris. Considered the most beautiful of all the Disneyland parks, it celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. It is the most visited monument in Europe after Notre-Dame Cathedral, attracting 15 million visitors annually. But what is it about Disneyland Paris that fascinates young and old alike? Why have they always loved the famous Sleeping Beauty Castle? In this exclusive documentary, we will reveal all the secrets of this castle. How long did it take to build? Why did Disneyland Paris commission the same craftsmen who restored Notre-Dame Cathedral?
Having become a world star thanks to James Bond, Sean Connery, who died in 2020, has never stopped trying to shed the image of a sexy and slightly brutal macho that stuck to 007. A look back at an eclectic career, carried out with panache.
A radical cinematic investigation into the myth of Hamlet, the avenging prince of Denmark, William Shakespeare's creature; his origins and his unending influence on many diverse cultures.
Sparks fly after Ali and Ava meet through their shared affection for Sofia, the child of Ali’s tenants whom Ava teaches. Ali finds comfort in Ava’s warmth and kindness while Ava finds Ali’s complexity and humour irresistible. As the pair begin to form a deep connection they have to find a way to keep their newfound passion from being overshadowed by the stresses and struggles of their separate lives and histories.
Drama-documentary telling the gripping story of an encounter with an alien object travelling through the solar system.
A flamingo lands on the runway of an aircraft carrier out on the open sea.
The expectations of Elias are high. He is not only an excellent student, but also the son of the richest farmer in the Zillertal. Soon he will take over the farm. But the more desperately he tries to fulfill his intended role, the more he feels that he really wants to live a completely different life.
The untold disability civil-rights love story of two cabaret performers, Barbara and Alan, who met at a gig, fell in love, and became the driving force behind an unprecedented campaign of direct action that ultimately led to the passing of the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act.
A closely observant film about bodies and touching, proximity and distance and the power of attraction. The aloof Alex works in a training workshop for craftsman where he avoids the attempts of his girlfriend to get close to him physically. At the same time, he’s not at all certain about how to deal with other forces of attraction confronting him . In the small space, between working bodies, behavioural patterns are deciphered and the underlying injuries exposed.
A single mother and a married man enter into an affair with the understanding that their relationship is purely sexual. Though they agree the relationship has no future, they find themselves increasingly drawn into each other's company.
A woman wakes up chained in a gloomy basement. Her kidnappers offer her a curious deal in exchange for her freedom.
After returning from a police mission in Afghanistan, Chief Inspector Harder is set to investigate a bog body found in a village called Friedland. The confrontation with Friedland's brutal history brings a grave guilt from Harder's own past to the surface and forces her to face the echo.
Guillaume lives alone in a tower apartment. He spends his days dreaming and reinventing his life until Abel and Jeanne, a young couple, move above his flat. Guillaume starts to project his own existence on the couple and begins a fantasized love triangle with them.
Women are sexually insulted and threatened by men every day. Experts around the world are registering an anti-feminist backlash that seems to be on the verge of becoming socially acceptable. Particularly affected: women in publicly visible positions – such as politicians, actresses or entrepreneurs. Who is behind the attacks and what are the motives?
The musical follows the relationships of what at first seems like two different couples separated by a span of time; one couple is getting married and the other is getting divorced. It turns out they are actually the same couple at two points in their relationship—a decade apart.
Based on true events, Paul is forced to recall his harrowing childhood growing up in a children’s home, when a police investigation into his boyhood friend’s suicide opens old wounds. As Paul struggles to shake off his past and build a relationship with Anthea, his fragile mental state and bitter memories lead to a confrontation with those responsible for his shattered childhood and the death of his friend.
Victim of a terrible plot, Captain Dreyfus was sentenced in December 1894 to deportation for high treason. His wife Lucie made a pact with him: to live, whatever the cost, while awaiting rehabilitation. During five years, the Dreyfus spouses exchanged hundreds of letters. They became a weapon of survival for Alfred. This film is the story of the correspondence of a man and a woman who unwittingly became the unsung heroes of the case that bears their name.
Joy and Harry are trying to have a baby. One night, Joy swallows a spider in her sleep. When Joy subsequently develops an insatiable appetite for flies, it dawns on her that there may be more than one way of becoming a mother.
A stupid story about a pisshead who discovers he has a completely shit and useless superpower.
One night, Leo, a Spaniard working in Brussels as a subway driver, sees a young man on the edge of the platform, just before he falls onto the tracks.
An unemployed dry alcoholic and former smoker longs to escape his shadows in a small abandoned village. Triggered by a mysterious meeting with his neighbour, he must face temptation, hallucinations and nightmares as he searches for his own fulfillment (in form of a cake).