Catherine Ferran

L'Histoire d'une mère

Bird People

An overstressed American businessman and a French chambermaid make a connection at an airport hotel in Paris.

It's Only the End of the World

Louis, 34, visits his family for the first time in years. He finds his brother Antoine, his sister Suzanne, his mother and his sister-in-law Catherine. Louis did not come back by chance. He wants to tell his family terrible news: his imminent and inexorable death. But as soon as he arrived, his presence brought back memories and old family quarrels. Buried bitterness and annealed tensions resurface one after the other and transform the little suburban pavilion into a stifling family prison. So much so that the unfortunate Louis never finds the right time to share his heavy secret ...

Le Tartuffe

A staging of Molière's play "Tartuffe" by Peter Stein.

Doris

An involuntary fabulist, Doris lies constantly. She talks randomly about her imagination in order to make her life more pleasant. And so we wonder, when is she really sincere? In love with a handsome boy, she will use any means necessary to achieve her ends. But so many lies risk leading her to disaster, even to the loss of the one she loves.

Cyrano de Bergerac

Famed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines his self-confidence. Then he finds a way to express his love to her, indirectly.

Bouvard et Pécuchet

Two retirees obsessed with their desire to know everything put their knowledge into practice in a constantly awkward way.

Baxter

A white Bull Terrier named Baxter is given to an elderly woman by her daughter. As time passes, the dog develops aggressive and murderous behavior in order to be adopted by another family.

L'Histoire d'une mère

Bird People

An overstressed American businessman and a French chambermaid make a connection at an airport hotel in Paris.

It's Only the End of the World

Louis, 34, visits his family for the first time in years. He finds his brother Antoine, his sister Suzanne, his mother and his sister-in-law Catherine. Louis did not come back by chance. He wants to tell his family terrible news: his imminent and inexorable death. But as soon as he arrived, his presence brought back memories and old family quarrels. Buried bitterness and annealed tensions resurface one after the other and transform the little suburban pavilion into a stifling family prison. So much so that the unfortunate Louis never finds the right time to share his heavy secret ...

Le Tartuffe

A staging of Molière's play "Tartuffe" by Peter Stein.

Doris

An involuntary fabulist, Doris lies constantly. She talks randomly about her imagination in order to make her life more pleasant. And so we wonder, when is she really sincere? In love with a handsome boy, she will use any means necessary to achieve her ends. But so many lies risk leading her to disaster, even to the loss of the one she loves.

Cyrano de Bergerac

Famed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines his self-confidence. Then he finds a way to express his love to her, indirectly.

Bouvard et Pécuchet

Two retirees obsessed with their desire to know everything put their knowledge into practice in a constantly awkward way.

Baxter

A white Bull Terrier named Baxter is given to an elderly woman by her daughter. As time passes, the dog develops aggressive and murderous behavior in order to be adopted by another family.

Les Femmes savantes

His Brother

After years of estrangement due to difficulties accepting his brother's sexuality, a man diagnosed with a terminal illness decides to reconnect. As the brothers grow closer, their renewed bond starts to alienate their partners, leading to emotional turmoil and strained relationships.

La Dame de chez Maxim

Tartuffe ou L'imposteur (Comédie Française)

Tartuffe is a hypocritical impostor who manages to manipulate Orgon, a wealthy widowed bourgeois, by feigning devotion. Orgon ends up offering his daughter Mariane in marriage to Tartuffe, while he disowns his son Damis and intends to donate all his possessions to Tartuffe. Elmire, Orgon's young wife, whom Tartuffe is courting, will attempt to expose him, while the royal family intervenes to prevent the ruin of Orgon's family.

Cold as Summer

A female detective investigates the case of a young mother whose infant left behind has died.

Trois femmes brûlées

Simone lives and works in a shabby camping, while taking care of her old cantankerous mother. One morning, 15 years old Joe arrives there, well decided to get to know them.

Anna Oz

This taut psychological chiller tells the twisted story of Anna, a woman living in Paris, whose dreams of her Venetian counterpart, a secretive young woman who lives in a fine palace with her brother and an enigmatic older man, become frighteningly real. Anna's world begins coming apart after she is picked up by the police for witnessing an awful crime she cannot remember seeing. When she realizes that her dream alter-ego is trying to kill her, only her lover Marc's calming and supportive influence can save her from madness.

Coming to Terms with the Dead

It’s summer, on the beach of this little town in Brittany, a man is building a sand castle. A few people watch him. We will be told the story of three of them: a boy, Jumbo, aged 9; François and his sister Zaza. All of them had to deal with the death of somebody they cherished.

Les Femmes savantes

Breath of Life

Simon is an experienced doctor who rubs shoulders with death on a daily basis as part of his job in an intensive care unit. Like any good professional, he has learnt to shield himself from it. But when his mother is hospitalised in a nearby unit, and is in a critical condition, his private life and professional life clash spectacularly. Simon’s whole world, and all his certainties and beliefs, are shaken to the core – even to the extent of re-evaluating his career...

Fanny

Capitaine Marleau

Beneath her eccentric appearance, Captain Marleau is a formidable detective. Her Sherlock Holmes deerstalker cap, her character, her unusual appearance, her humor, her unpredictable behavior--Captain Marleau is not your average gendarme. She never rushes an investigation; she becomes the investigation and relentlessly pursues the suspects.