Distrib Films (Firm)
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Arnaud is a movie director and the typical Parisian man: charming, distracted, unsettled. Straddled with both professional and personal dilemmas, he struggles hard to convince producers to invest in his sophomore movie while also dealing with a dissatisfied fiancée and burgeoning feelings for Gabrielle, an ambitious young actress. In all of this chaos, Arnaud's mother passes away, leading to a turning point in his life.
2) Sweet Escape
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A mid-life crisis propels graphic designer Michel into a newfound passion for kayaking and pastoral adventure in this French comedy, which sparkles with good humor and lighthearted charm.. Nominated for Best Supporting Actress (Agnès Jaoui) at the César Awards.. "There hasn't been a more charming French film this year." - Allan Hunter, The List
3) After Love
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Marie and Boris decide to get a divorce after 15 years of marriage. Tensions rise when cash-strapped Boris must continue to live with Marie and the two children while trying to figure out how to divide the assets.. Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival.. "Lafosse, along with actors Bérénice Bejo and Cédric Kahn, infuse the film with a brutal honesty that makes it ... compelling." - Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic. "An insightful and...
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This social dramedy stars Francois Cluzet as a devoted and revered countryside doctor whose life gets rocked by a middle-age woman who has come from the city hospital to earn her chops. Challenging each other with opposite views on medicine, the pair eventually bonds and learns from one another. . Nominated for Best Actor (François Cluzet) at the César Awards. Nominated for an Audience Award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.. "Persuasively...
5) Josep
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February 1939. Spanish republicans are fleeing Franco’s dictatorship to France. The French government built concentration camps, confining the refugees, where they barely have access to hygiene, water and food. In one of these camps, separated by barbed wire, two men will become friends. One is a guard, the other is Josep Bartoli (Barcelona 1910 – NYC 1995), an illustrator who fights against Franco’s regime.
6) The Outsider
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Before the subprime mortgage crisis began unfolding in 2008, causing chaos in world markets and misery among millions of homeowners, another financial apocalypse was already underway at one of France’s most prestigious banks.. Based on the life of Jérôme Kerviel, a young trader who was convicted in the Société Générale trading loss for breach of trust and forgery, this thrilling French drama tells the true story of France's greatest financial...
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Pierre, a one-time darling novelist disgusted with the publishing world, lets a duplicitous government insider tempt him into ghostwriting a manifesto designed to transform the landscape of French public opinion—a shift with risky consequences for the activist with whom he soon becomes involved.. Nicolas Pariser’s debut feature is an elegant political thriller that makes much use of its stellar cast, particularly with the brittle, uneasy rapport...
8) In Her Name
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Based on the true Kalinka Bamberski case, IN HER NAME follows the three decade battle faced by a father to bring his daughter’s murderer to justice. Faced with challenges from the French and German legal systems, Bamberski’s story is one of perseverance and obsessive determination.. "An interesting and intense film that lets the viewer make its own conclusions through a very agile ending." - Erick Estrada, Cinegarage
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In the early seventies, the world was watching as Chile democratically elected Socialist leader Salvador Allende. His political ideals and aspirations—among them providing education for all children and distributing land to the nation’s workers—terrified the country’s right-wing, as well as the U.S., who helped orchestrate a military coup that replaced him with dictator Augusto Pinochet.
10) Down by Love
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Adéle Exarchopoulos (Blue is the Warmest Color) sizzles in this story of a young inmate who falls for her married prison director. The film is based on true events that occurred in a Versailles prison in 2011, causing a national scandal.. "[Adele] Exarchopoulos ... is naturally compelling." - M. Faust, The Public. "This increasingly unsettling tale sets the bar as high as electrified prison walls ... very fine work by leads Adele Exarchopoulos and...
11) Gallant Indies
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Based on Jean-Philippe Rameau’s opera-ballet that was directed by Clément Cogitore for the Opéra National de Paris. This is a premiere for 30 dancers of hip-hop, krump, break, voguing… A first for the Director Clément Cogitore and for the choreographer Bintou Dembélé. And a first for the Paris’ Opera Bastille. By bringing together urban dance and opera singing, they reinvent Jean-Philippe Rameau’s baroque masterpiece, Les Indes Galantes....
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The decades-spanning tumultuous romance of a quintessentially French couple is chronicled in the thought-provoking and scathingly funny MR. & MRS. ADELMAN. Told in flashback from the early 1970s forward, this epic love-hate relationship begins as angst-ridden writer Victor meets Sarah, a brilliant doctoral student who falls head-over-heels. A complicated courtship and eventual marital discord ensue, as the egocentric Victor becomes a literary superstar...
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"After being evicted from his long-time apartment in Rome, retired professor Astolfo returns to his childhood village in southern Italy, where a distinguished yet run-down estate has been passed down in his family for generations. Any plans for a quiet retirement are derailed when he discovers a squatter living on his family's estate and begins to clash with the community in a series of brilliant comedic misadventures. But as Astolfo builds unlikely...
14) The venerable W
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Evil comes in many forms. In Myanmar, it manifests in the casual racism and Islamophobia of influential, charismatic Burmese Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu. Through interviews with journalists and community leaders who protest against Wirathu's views, activist footage of Rohingya persecutions, and through powerful storytelling, director Barbet Schroeder slowly builds his case. Perhaps most damning of all are the interviews with the man himself; couching...
15) Just a sigh
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In the short break between performances in Calais, stage actress Alix, played by the stunning Emmanuelle Devos (Desplechin's Christmas Tale), makes a quick escape to Paris. On the train, she meets a mysterious English stranger. Drawn toward him, she follows him and, at least for a few hours, falls in love with him before facing what could be a new life.
16) A Kid
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When Matthieu finds out that the father he never knew has died, he decides to go to his funeral in Quebec in order to meet his two siblings. But once in Montréal, he realizes that nobody is aware of his existence or even interested in it. Nominated for Best Actor (Pierre Deladonchamps) and Best Supporting Actor (Gabriel Arcand) at the **César Awards**. *"A solidly crafted family drama by ace storyteller Philippe Lioret that offers the right amount...
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This French coming of age story follows Benjamin, who is sure he's going to become a great doctor. But his first experience as junior doctor in his father's service, the Professor Barois, does not turn out the way he hoped. Benjamin will be brutally confronted with his own limitations, his fears, and those of his patients, families, doctors and staff.
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Pierfrancesco Diliberto (a renowned TV host and political comedian, better known as Pif) wrote, directed, and stars in this subversive, irreverent feature debut about Arturo, a young boy whose obsession with the Mafia's casual presence in his city surpasses even his passion for Flora, the beautiful schoolmate who remains his main love interest until adulthood.
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An exhilarating account of the creative process and a rousing, uniquely accessible rendition of Verdi’s glorious opera. Director Béziat, known for his innovative documentaries on classical music, trains his cameras on a 2011 production of La Traviata helmed by celebrated stage director Jean-François Sivadier. We get a behind-the-scenes look at such areas as set design and musical direction, but the heart of the film is the intense collaboration...