Manufrance

Il faut que je l'aime

A young woman named Juliette reminisces a series of recent confrontations. We hear, off-screen, the voices of her loved ones, her mother, her former lover, who burst in just as she was making the decisions that affected her life.

La Défaite du rouge-gorge

Chamonix

Nine people tell an anecdote, tall story or dramatic narrative straight into the camera.

Pork and Milk

Shot in Tel-Aviv, this documentary is about Jews who were raised Ultra-Orthodox and then made the choice to become secular. For most of them, this decision meant severing ties with their families and the community and setting out alone to find their footing in an unfamiliar society.

Valvert

Valvert is a psychiatric hospital in Marseille, founded in the mid-seventies in a spirit of freedom and openness. The film observes daily life there, painting a portrait of the place through interviews with employees and scenes from the patients’ lives. In an atmosphere resolutely opposed to the standard institutional system, the liberty at Valvert reveals various facets of ordinary madness.

Iris in Bloom

An 18-year-old beauty develops an attraction to an older photographer.

Princesses

Enfant chéri

A car trip will be an opportunity for a son to at last tell his father everything that is weighing on his heart.

Ylang Ylang Residence

A Comorian village. Djibril spends his frees time taking care of an abandoned villa. While he is busy there, his cabin catches fire. Homeless, he must find a place to live.

Capri

Le Goûter

A young woman welcomes friends for some tea.

The Bat Ear

Lucie was born with a protruding ear that she got from her mother. In this documentary she tries to find answers in her fathers' features.

You Teenagers

The film gives voice to Lebanese teenagers, filmed in different regions of the country - Tripoli, Sidon, Hermel... Coming from different backgrounds, they express themselves on the future, their future, their desires and fears, on their role models, their link to family, politics, memories. They talk with the frankness and funniness of children and yet, also with the maturity of adults. Through a series of simple and open questions, the documentary draws an intimate portrait of today's Lebanese youth.

The Empire of Light

Based on Kim Young-ha’s seminal award-winning novel, The Empire of Light takes the audience on a journey between truth and lies, dreams and reality, where the lives of a North Korean sleeper agent and his wife unravel in just 24 hours.

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A dreamy and eclectic inventory of images of Japan and of things listed in alphabetical order.

French Courvoisier

It is the end of a meal. Eight people are gathered around a big table. They evoke the memory of a lost friend. Through the stories of each about the absentee, the character traits, the haabits or the expressions, a portrait in hollow is outlined.