Sophie and Olivier are a couple leading a straightforward life. They’re bakers in Paris and their lives are regulated by the constraints of their job. Sophie gets the feeling that her husband is no longer really interested in her. They then read a personal ad pinned to their bakery’s notice...
Andre starts as a teacher in a remote mountain village in Albania. His first task is to choose one of two communist slogans. He picks the shorter one, which is appreciated by his class, because they have to build the slogan on the hillside using whitewashed rocks. However, this means that the...
Henry can't control himself : he's got to cheat, con, plot. It's not his fault, it's his nature ! Underhand deals, compromise, lies, and betrayals are the daily lot of this guitarist for provincial village dances. And he has no qualms about anything : getting his depressed sister committed, ripping...
The life of a man who discovers he has won the lottery, but faces numerous challenges in trying to claim his prize. Through a series of comedic and heartwarming events, the film explores themes of luck, fate, and the true nature of happiness.
When the War of Independence ends, a widow must find a roof for her six children. Luckily, a Frenchman about to leave offers her the house he is about to vacate. But a high-placed local bureaucrat does not agree to such a gift. After losing all hope of obtaining the property due to the bias of the...
In a puddle, splashes. November. The rain. Young, woman's hands wringing. The joints creak... In the puddle a last sparkle, a trace, an artificial nugget. The golden alliance.
Franck Landron follows photographer Antoine d'Agata wherever he goes, to the edges of the world, in a discreet presence, camera in hand. He has been doing hours and hours of rushes, patiently, without hurrying or rushing, he wants this film as fair, as honest, and as long as it takes: it lasted six...
Diane, a lesbian, becomes involved in a dispute between her friend Valerie, who she has been in love with for a long time, and Valerie's lover, Romain.
Sandra, a schoolteacher, would like to control every moment of a life she finds too banal. Even if she seems to have found an ideal in love, she takes two lovers, in the person of Pierre, ordinary but in love, and of Blaise a splendid black photographer.
