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Jean-Baptiste Durand

Born January 1, 1985 · France (age 41)

Born in 1985, Jean-Baptiste Durand grew up in Montpeyroux, a little village near Montpellier. After a difficult time in school, he nevertheless passed a literary baccalaureate with a speciality in art history. He went on to study at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Montpellier. He was firstly interested in painting and drawing, but his work evolved towards film. His first short fiction, L'Am…

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L'Acteur

L'Acteur · 2023

Raphaël is an actor. For the first time, he has the lead role in a feature film. No one understands why he was chosen. In fact, no one really understands him.

Misericordia

Misericordia · 2024

MovieDramaThriller

Jérémie returns to his hometown for the funeral of his former boss, the village baker. He decides to stay for a few days with Martine, the man's widow. A mysterious disappearance, a threatening neighbor and a priest with strange intentions make Jérémie's short stay in the village take an unexpected turn.

Love Me Tender

Love Me Tender · 2025

At the end of summer, Clémence tells her ex-husband that she’s had relationships with women. Her life is turned upside down when he files to strip her of their son’s custody. Then begins a struggle of several years for Clémence to defend her right to be a mother and a woman – free to make her own choices.

Under a Bad Star

Under a Bad Star · 2027

Under a Bad Star

Scorching heat in a suburban neighborhood in the South of France. It’s the end-of-year party at the local sports club. Birds are falling from their nests, wildfires are raging, and Kiki remains under the spell of her Bad Star.

Wild Foxes

Wild Foxes · 2026

At a sports boarding school, talented young boxer Camille narrowly survives a fatal accident, saved by his best friend Matteo. After a swift recovery, an inexplicable pain gradually takes hold of him, threatening his dreams of greatness and his relationship with the team. In the ring and in a man's world, there’s no room for weakness.

Le bal

Kader, the trainer of a teenage football team, refuses to see that Estelle has feelings for him. An outing to a nightclub with his best friend will perhaps enable him to see more clearly.

Her Will Be Done

Her Will Be Done · 2025

Her Will Be Done

MovieDramaHorror

Nawojka, 20, dreams of escaping her harsh life working at the family farm. Under the influence of the free-spirited Sandra, Naw experiences trance-like episodes and strange powers, just like her dead mother before her…

Junkyard Dog

Junkyard Dog · 2023

MovieDramaRomance

Childhood pals Dog and Mirales live in a little village in the south of France and spend their days just hanging out. To kill time, Mirales has got into the habit of teasing Dog mercilessly. But this summer is different: Dog meets Elsa and romance blossoms.

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L'Acteur

L'Acteur · 2023

Raphaël is an actor. For the first time, he has the lead role in a feature film. No one understands why he was chosen. In fact, no one really understands him.

Misericordia

Misericordia · 2024

MovieDramaThriller

Jérémie returns to his hometown for the funeral of his former boss, the village baker. He decides to stay for a few days with Martine, the man's widow. A mysterious disappearance, a threatening neighbor and a priest with strange intentions make Jérémie's short stay in the village take an unexpected turn.

Vincent

Love Me Tender

Love Me Tender · 2025

At the end of summer, Clémence tells her ex-husband that she’s had relationships with women. Her life is turned upside down when he files to strip her of their son’s custody. Then begins a struggle of several years for Clémence to defend her right to be a mother and a woman – free to make her own choices.

Police Officer

Under a Bad Star

Under a Bad Star · 2027

Under a Bad Star

Scorching heat in a suburban neighborhood in the South of France. It’s the end-of-year party at the local sports club. Birds are falling from their nests, wildfires are raging, and Kiki remains under the spell of her Bad Star.

The cashier

Wild Foxes

Wild Foxes · 2026

At a sports boarding school, talented young boxer Camille narrowly survives a fatal accident, saved by his best friend Matteo. After a swift recovery, an inexplicable pain gradually takes hold of him, threatening his dreams of greatness and his relationship with the team. In the ring and in a man's world, there’s no room for weakness.

Bogdan

Le bal

Kader, the trainer of a teenage football team, refuses to see that Estelle has feelings for him. An outing to a nightclub with his best friend will perhaps enable him to see more clearly.

Director

Her Will Be Done

Her Will Be Done · 2025

Her Will Be Done

MovieDramaHorror

Nawojka, 20, dreams of escaping her harsh life working at the family farm. Under the influence of the free-spirited Sandra, Naw experiences trance-like episodes and strange powers, just like her dead mother before her…

Franck

Junkyard Dog

Junkyard Dog · 2023

MovieDramaRomance

Childhood pals Dog and Mirales live in a little village in the south of France and spend their days just hanging out. To kill time, Mirales has got into the habit of teasing Dog mercilessly. But this summer is different: Dog meets Elsa and romance blossoms.

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Il venait de Roumanie

Il venait de Roumanie · 2014

Il venait de Roumanie

It is the life in a village, this cloistered world that produces stories, boredom, some necessary friendships, the author says. During a day, he paints a portrait of the past Clement with his band of mates, his parents, his sister, the stories told, the pictures in his house, his room intact and videos that remain of him.

Director

What the Statues Are Looking At

What the Statues Are Looking At · 2025

What the Statues Are Looking At

Barnabé, a museum guard, discovers that a strange phenomenon seems to be erasing paintings by "pixelating" them. Wanting to alert his superiors, he meets Bertille, an art student and intern in the museum's restoration workshop. Together, they will try to understand this mysterious phenomenon that makes the paintings disappear behind a fog of pixels.

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& (Esperluette)

& (Esperluette)

Chaque jour est une petite vie

Chaque jour est une petite vie · 2014

Chaque jour est une petite vie

MovieComedyDrama

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Piano Panier

Piano Panier · 2018

Rémi, a young and open man, in his third year of law studies, tries to find his place in the student jungle of Saturday night. At the end of the evening, drunk, he encounters Lisa and they spend the night together.

Director

Fireworks

Fireworks · 2022

A hot summer. Hidden in the forest, Jeanne and Jonas live in their converted truck. Before heading back on the road, they prepare one last action.

Marc

Big Boy

Big Boy · 2021

MovieDramaRomance

Sami and Julie, twenty-something, live together in a small village in the south of France. One evening, they get ready to shoot a clip for Sami's new song, but it looks like it's going to be more complicated than they expected.

Director

Loups Garous

Loups Garous · 2024

The Werewolves of Miller's Hollow, the best-selling French card game in the world, is reinvented like never before: CANAL+ transforms this cult game into a life-size social experience. Thirteen players, specialists in strategy and concealment, compete in real time for a game of life-size Werewolves.

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