Drama

A LOVE STORY

May, 2024

A film by Alexis Michalik with Juliette Delacroix, Marica Soyer, Alexis Michalik

Katia’s life is a mess when she meets Justine who has never dated a woman. It is love at first sight. They begin a beautiful, strong relationship and decide to have a child together. Sadly, Justine leaves her without a backward glance when Katia is carrying their daughter. Twelve years later, after Katia has raised Jeanne alone, she is told she has only a few months left to live.To find a guardian for Jeanne, her only option is her brother, William, a cynical, disillusioned writer.

ANGRY ANNIE

February 10, 2023

A film by Blandine Lenoir with Laure Calamy, Zita Hanrot, India Hair

A countryside village in France, 1974. When she accidentally becomes pregnant, Annie, a working mother of two teenagers, meets with the Movement for the Liberation of Abortion and Contraception (MLAC); doctors and women who perform illegal abortions in the public eye, practicing a free, safe and respectful method. Gradually Annie will join their battle, which will bring a new meaning to her life.

BROTHER AND SISTER

November 11, 2022

A film by Arnaud Desplechin with Marion Cotillard, Melville Poupaud, Golshifteh Farahani

Alice and Louis are brother and sister. She is an actress; he was a teacher and poet. For more than 20 years, Alice has hated her brother. In all this time they haven’t seen one another. The death of their parents brings the siblings face to face.

CONSENT

February 23, 2024

A film by Vanessa Filho with Jean-Paul Rouve, Kim Higelin, Laetitia Casta

Paris, 1985. Vanessa is 13 when she meets Gabriel Matzneff, a renowned writer in his fifties. The teenager becomes the lover and muse of this man celebrated by the cultural and political world. Losing herself in the relationship, Vanessa increasingly suffers the predator's destructive hold over her.

DIVERTIMENTO

July 21, 2023

A film by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar with Oulaya Amamra, Lina El Arabi, Niels Arestrup

Classical symphonic music is everything for 17-year-old Zahia Ziouani and her twin sister, Fettouma. Nevertheless, living in underprivileged Parisian suburbs in 1995 with their Algerian background, they struggle arduously to approach their dreams – becoming an orchestra conductor and a cellist. Driven by determination, passion, and courage, they create their own orchestra, Divertimento. It will be a game-changer. DIVERTIMENTO is inspired by the life of Zahia Ziouani, one of the few worldwide renown female conductors.

FULL TIME

April 29, 2022

A film by Éric Gravel with Laure Calamy, Anne Suarez, Geneviève Mnich, Nolan Arizmendi, Sasha Lemaitre Cremaschi, Cyril Gueï, Lucie Gallo, Agatje Dronne, Mathilde Weil

Julie goes to great lengths to raise her two children in the countryside while keeping her job in a Parisian luxury hotel. When she finally gets a job interview for a position she had long been hoping for, a national strike breaks out, paralyzing the public transport system. The fragile balance that Julie has established is jeopardized. Julie then sets off on a frantic race against time, at the risk of faltering

HOMECOMING

May 10, 2024

A film by Catherine Corsini with Aïssatou Diallo Sagna, Suzy Bemba, Esther Gohourou

Khédidja works for a wealthy Parisian family who offered her to mind their children for a summer in Corsica. Bringing along her own two teenage daughters Jessica and Farah, it is an opportunity for them to go back to the island they left 15 years earlier, in tragic circumstances. While their mother grapples with her memories, the two girls indulge in all the summer temptations: unexpected encounters, mischief and first love experiences. Meanwhile, questions are surfacing about their distant past on the island, leading them to dig deeper into their mother’s version of the family story.

JUST THE TWO OF US

November 24, 2023

A film by Valérie Donzelli with Virginie Efira, Melville Poupaud

When Blanche meets Gregoire, she thinks she has found the one. The ties that bind them grow quickly, and a passionate affair ensues. Together, they relocate. For Blanche, far from her family, from her twin sister, Rose, a new life begins. But little by little she finds herself caught in the grip of a deeply possessive and dangerous man.

LIE WITH ME

May 5, 2023

A film by Olivier Peyon with Guillaume De Tonquédec, Victor Belmondo, Guilaine Londez

Upon agreeing to be the brand ambassador for a famous cognac celebrating their bicentennial, novelist Stéphane Belcourt returns to his hometown for the first time in many years. Once there, he meets his first love’s son, Lucas. Memories come rushing back to him: irrepressible attraction, bodies becoming one in the heat of desire, a passion that can never be revealed… His first love’s name was Thomas. They were 17.

LITTLE ONES

November, 2023

A film by Julie Lerat-Gersant, François Roy with Pili Groyne, Romane Bohringer, Victoire Du Bois

Pregnant, 16-year-old Camille is placed in a home for teen mothers by a family court judge. Separated from her own loving yet toxic mother, she strikes up a friendship with Alison, another rather immature underage mother, and rebels against the social worker Nadine, a passionate, albeit blasé authority figure. These encounters will radically change her destiny.

ON EARTH AS IN HEAVEN

April 12, 2024

A film by Nathalie Saint-Pierre with Lou Thompson, Édith Cochrane, Dominik Dagenais

Two young sisters - Clara and Sarah Gagnon - have always lived in the countryside with their parents, within a Christian community cut off from the world. The day Sarah suddenly disappears, Clara collapses. Convinced of knowing where her sister is hiding, Clara flees in turn, in the hope of bringing her back to “the right path”. Clara arrives at Montreal with his aunt Louise, who is unknown to him, and discovers with horror that his sister is not there. When her aunt tells her that she is about to go on vacation, Clara realizes that she only has ten days to find her sister. During his research throughout the city, Clara discovers the world, doubt and the price of freedom.

OUR TIES

June 9, 2023

A film by Roschdy Zem with Roschdy Zem, Maïwenn, Sami Bouajila

Moussa has always been kind, selfless and there for his family. Unlike his brother Ryad, a high-profile TV presenter who is widely criticized for his egocentricity by those around him. His only defender is Moussa, who feels a great admiration for his brother. Then an accidental fall leaves Moussa with a serious brain trauma. Now unrecognizable, he talks without any filter, delivering brutal home truths to friends and family alike, and ends up falling out with everyone – except Ryad…

ROADS TO FEBRUARY

February 8, 2019

A film by Katherine Jerkovic with Arlen Aguayo Stewart, Gloria Demassi, Mathías Perdigón

SOLO

September 15, 2023

A film by Sophie Dupuis with Théodore Pellerin, Félix Maritaud, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Alice Moreault

The film tells the story of Simon, rising star of Montreal drag queen scene. It's love at first sight when he meets Olivier, the new recruit of the bar-show where he performs. While Simon believes he is living an electrifying love story, a toxic and destructive dynamic arises between them. At the same time, Claire, Simon’s mother, a famous opera singer, returns to work in the country after 15 years of absence. Fascinated by this woman he hardly knows but whom he idealizes, Simon persists in trying to create a bond with her. Weakened by the failure of these two impossible loves, Simon will have no choice but to realize that he deserves better.

SOUL MATES

November, 2023

A film by André Téchiné with Benjamin Voisin, Noémie Merlant, Audrey Dana

After an attack against his military convoy in Mali, French lieutenant David Faber is brought back home to be cured. Deeply burnt, he spends months in recovery, under the careful watch of his worried and devoted sister Jeanne. But David suffers from severe amnesia. She brings him to their family house in the Pyrénées, between mountains, lakes and forests, where, she hopes, he will recover his memory. Strangely, he does not seem too eager to reconcile with the one he was…