Portrait féministe
Marie-Jo Bonnet comments on 20 years of French countercultures (1969-1989). She wittily describes the French women's lib movement, feminist media outlets, and her own activism, as well as the LGBT movement.
Marie-Jo Bonnet comments on 20 years of French countercultures (1969-1989). She wittily describes the French women's lib movement, feminist media outlets, and her own activism, as well as the LGBT movement.
Marie-Jo Bonnet comments on 20 years of French countercultures (1969-1989). She wittily describes the French women's lib movement, feminist media outlets, and her own activism, as well as the LGBT movement.
Paul, a young idealist trying to figure out what he wants to do with his life, takes a job interviewing people for a marketing research firm. He moves in with aspiring pop singer Madeleine. Paul, however, is disillusioned by the growing commercialism in society, while Madeleine just wants to be successful. The story is told in a series of 15 unrelated vignettes.
Madame Rosa lives in a sixth-floor walkup in the Pigalle; she's a retired prostitute, Jewish and an Auschwitz survivor, a foster mom to children of other prostitutes. Momo is the oldest and her favorite, an Algerian lad whom she raises as a Muslim. He asks about his parents; she answers evasively. As she ages and takes fewer children, Momo must do more for her; as money is tight, he tries to earn pennies on the street with a puppet. He's a beautiful man-child, and Madame Rosa makes him promise never to sell himself or become a pimp. A film editor, Nadine, befriends him, and his father appears as well. Madame Rosa reaches her last days in fear of hospitals, and Momo must act.
A true story of shocking violence catapults a picturesque little town into history. The close sibling relationship between the two maids takes on a new dimension as their overbearing employer discovers a sexual fever between the two sisters.
The story of an impossible love between a woman named Fred and a transgender woman named Laurence who reveals her inner desire to become her true self.
Sophie, a quiet and shy maid working for an upper-class French family, finds a friend in the energetic and uncompromising postmaster Jeanne, who encourages her to stand up against her bourgeois employers.
Aurore has separated, just lost her job, and learns that she is going to be a grandmother.
Fatima, 17, the youngest daughter of a French-Algerian family in a Paris suburb, leaves school for a prestigious prep class. She plays football, has a secret boyfriend, but hides that she loves women. In Paris, new freedoms clash with family tradition and faith, forcing her to find her own path.
แมทธิว เด็กหนุ่มอเมริกันที่ไปศึกษาต่อที่ปารีส วันหนึ่งเขาได้ผูกมิตรกับพี่น้องฝาแฝดชาวฝรั่งเศส ธีโอกับอิซ่า ในระหว่างที่มีการประท้วงของนักศึกษา แมทธิวดีใจมากที่มีเพื่อนฝรั่งเศสเป็นกลุ่มแรก เขาคิดว่าเขาโชคดีเพราะธีโอกับอิซ่าก็หลงใหลการดูหนังเก่าเหมือนเขา และเขาก็เคยแอบมองอิซ่าบ่อยๆ เมื่อพ่อกับแม่ของธีโอและอิซ่าจะไม่อยู่บ้านสักพัก พวกเขาก็ได้ชวนแมทธิวย้ายมาอยู่ด้วยกัน ถึงอย่างนั้นก็ตาม แม้แมทธิวจะหลงรักอิซ่ามากแค่ไหน แต่เค้าก็ไม่เคยปริปากบอกเธอเลย
Nicolas has a happy existence, parents who love him, a great group of friends with whom he has great fun, and all he wants is that nothing changes. However, one day, he overhears a conversation that leads him to believe that his life might change forever, his mother is pregnant! He panics and envisions the worst.
In the winter of 2011, after a controversial election, Vladimir Putin was reinstalled as president of Russia. In response, hundreds of thousands of citizens rose up all over the country to challenge the legitimacy of Putin’s rule. Among them were a group of young, radical-feminist punk rockers, better known as Pussy Riot. Wearing colored balaclavas, tights, and summer dresses, they entered Moscow’s most venerated cathedral and dared to sing “Mother Mary, Banish Putin!” Now they have become victims of a “show” trial.