Present Perfect

Follows the struggles of Marion in her attempt to reconnect with her family and piece together her fragmented identity after fleeing a troubled childhood.

A young single father trying to find the strength to love. A feminist librarian, single by conviction, who’s decided that she won’t be a mother. A six-year-old child trying to find a place in a new family structure. By revealing their aspirations, their fears, their choices, Carine Tardieu depicts different ways in which humans create families.

A young girl is frustrated by her over-protective mom. At school, she meets another fearless little girl that is going to have a big influence on her.

When 6-year-old Luce starts school, she realizes that her father Thierry is mentally impaired. Until the start of school, the father-daughter team lived in seclusion in the forest. Her class teacher takes care of Luce.

Erwan, a strapping Breton who clears mines for a living, is shaken when he discovers that his father is not his father. Despite his affection for the man who raised him, he quietly sets out to find his biological father, and succeeds in locating Joseph, an endearing old codger he takes a liking to. Just when things look settled, another unexpected “bomb” hits Erwan in the form of Anna, an elusive nymph.

Luc, a renowned opera singer, agrees to run a singing workshop at a women’s prison over the course of a summer. Although initially wary of him, Carole, Jeannine, Noor, Jess, Marzena and Catherine eventually capture his full attention. Luc soon finds himself confronted by the unpredictable and clashing temperaments of these challenging inmates, whilst the prison is in turmoil. How will he manage to harmonise their voices? Will he be able – and at what cost – to make them feel a semblance of freedom through song?

Nothing is going right in Élise’s life: stuck in a toxic romantic relationship, she finds herself thrust into the role of director following the sudden death of the famous Groutchov, for whom she had been an assistant. A strange symptom—panic disorder—overwhelms her. Élise tries to put on a brave face, but her relationship with the world is completely transformed. Could this be an opportunity for her to look at life differently?

On the day Clémence realizes that no one has ever admired her, her father dies. Lulled by the illusions of the remnants of a complicated childhood, Clémence has no choice but to rebuild her self-esteem, which she never thought could be so low. When fate brings her together with a certain Paul, whom everyone nicknames Paul Pot because of his strong tendency toward tyranny, Clémence asks herself the only question that matters: is this the right person?