Édouard Sulpice

France, 1963. Anne is a bright young student with a promising future ahead of her. But when she falls pregnant, she sees the opportunity to finish her studies and escape the constraints of her social background disappearing. With her final exams fast approaching and her belly growing, Anne resolves to act, even if she has to confront shame and pain, even if she must risk prison to do so.

The future of Marguerite, a brilliant student in Mathematics at the prestigious Ecole Normale Supérieure, seems all planned out. The only woman from her year, Marguerite is finishing a thesis she has to present to an audience of researchers. On the big day, a mistake shakes all her certainties and all her foundations collapse.

In 1930s Paris, Madeleine, a pretty, young, penniless, and talentless actress, is accused of murdering a famous producer. Helped by her best friend, Pauline, a young, unemployed lawyer, she is acquitted on the grounds of self-defense. A new life of fame and success begins, until the truth comes out.

An unlikely oddball trio bond during an impromptu trip to the French countryside on a foolhardy romantic mission.

Annie becomes pregnant. Since she doesn't want to keep the child, she meets a movement that performs illegal abortions. But, in the seventies, Annie will encounter allies and opponents along the way.

Barbie, once an attractive, devoted mother and partner, faces newfound challenges as she turns 55, descending into darkness, violence, and absurdity while grappling with her identity, relationships, and life's complexities.

Céline, 32, is expecting her first child. But Céline is not pregnant. In three months, it is Nadia, her wife, who will give birth to their daughter.

Elena and Francesco are bound by a love full of ups and downs, a visceral bond that spans the years, the distances, and diverging life choices. As their paths seem to drift apart, something keeps pulling them back to each other. He finds a new balance with Marta, while she becomes involved with Arthur, who offers her stability and a marriage proposal. But with her wedding just around the corner, the only choice left is the one they’ve never had the courage to make.

Pierre, a devoted father in his 50s, raises his two sons alone. When Louis, the youngest, leaves home to attend the Sorbonne in Paris, Fus, slightly older and not as successful academically, becomes more and more secretive. Driven by a fascination for violence, he gets entangled in far-right extremist groups, at the very opposite of his father’s values. Between them, there is love and hate, until tragedy happens.

Youssef Salem, 45, has always managed to miss his writing career. But the trouble begins when his new novel becomes a success because Youssef couldn't help but be inspired by his own, for better or worse. He must now avoid at all costs that his book falls into the hands of his family.

Marcia, a classy young Parisian singer, is recording an album with her idol Daredjane, a '70s rock icon. When Daredjane dies accidentally, Marcia needs to get approval from Daredjane's rights-holder, Anthony, a suburban market vendor in his thirties, to release their album. But Anthony never liked his distant relative, let alone her music. Their two worlds clash between good and bad taste, sophistication and rudeness, sincerity and lies. Unless love gets in the way...

In a near future, Max and her daughter are selling stolen robots on the black market. When Max loses custody of her daughter following their latest scheme, she must rely on the last robot she took, T-O, who is ready to do anything to help.

Tim claims to have discovered a makeshift camp in the garage and pretends it was set up by a migrant. Alex and Valentine, who understood he was creating a hoax, decide to pretend to believe it.

Two cousins, Jean and Estelle, meet up for a walk. They're happy to see each other, but it's a strange year: whole swathes of the forest have been cut down and the paths have disappeared. Soon, a young man who had been sleeping under the trees crosses their path. He brings the sun with him.

Burgundy, France. Solange's 60th birthday celebrations are violently interrupted by her estranged brother, Bernard. His outburst will reawaken painful memories and reveal untold stories of the Algerian War.

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.

Ivan is a freelancer on holiday in rural France. Not very inspired by the article he has to write, he hangs out by the river with Léa and her baby Jojo. It’s the start of a workation…

Hélène and Marie are twin sisters. They meet up with their stepfather, Daniel, to help him empty the family home following the death of their mother. Over the course of a weekend, they will have to rebuild their relationship.

Elina, a young Russian journalist, travels to an Alpine ski resort to write an article about a wellness retreat. But during her stay, news from her home country comes to haunt her as she must face her own malaise.

Lucie, about to graduate university, has to stay in Paris for the summer to finish her master thesis. While she hopes to combine work and rest, she’s constantly distracted by the outside world, people in vacation, but also her own despise for routine…

A love left unsaid on the football field, a third invite to a high-rise tête-à-tête, a fast-approaching farewell and a friendship that evolves into something complicated. Lose yourself in these five stories from France that are handled with grace, maturity and a tender touch. The 5 short films are: 9th Floor to the Right [9ème étage droite] (2022); Hugo: 6:30 [Hugo : 18h30] (2020); Cary & James (2023); For the Love of the Game [Pour l'amour du jeu] (2023); Youssou & Malek [Youssou et Malek] (2022).

Arnaud, a student remaining alone in Paris during the summer, is obsessed with the wall where the names of the Parisian soldiers who died in the 1914 war are engraved. He finds himself confronted by one of these soldiers, who invites him to step out of time and to bring comfort to his loved ones.

Nathan, an author with writer's block, goes out to meet his good friend Francis in town. As the day unfolds, the pair stumble into various scenarios inspired by their favourite films.

David, Cam and Flo are back to debrief their troubles, loves and anxieties. While David learns to be a “flirt” from Cam, the young woman reconnects with her father while helping Flo launch his food-truck business. And as usual, to cope, the trio always find themselves at the same bar, always at the same table and always… “Hanging out”.

Johanna, Amandine and Vivian, three friends in their twenties, are trying to live for their passion for gastronomy. But they suffer in this environment of patriarchal violence and race for stars. They dream of a new democratic gastronomy.

When Aurore learns of the death of her former teacher, her partner leaves her the very same day. As the torments of her past resurface, she meets Noé, who for his part is unsuccessfully trying to find a woman he only crossed paths with briefly. Unexpectedly, the two of them become inseparable...