Jean-Baptiste Durand
Director · b. 1985 · France
Born in 1985, Jean-Baptiste Durand grew up in Montpeyroux, a little village near Montpellier. After a difficult time in school, he nevertheless passed a literary baccalaureate with a speciality in art history. He went on to study at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Montpellier. He was firstly interested in painting and drawing, but his work evolved towards film. His first short fiction, L'Amour sans le sexe, was his art school graduation film and is an autobiographical film about friendship, exploring the passionate relationship between three young people in a village. On leaving art college, he worked for a time as a technician on films as a stagehand, set constructer, assistant director and even actor. Alongside this he made some rap music videos and continued drawing. In 2014, his first short in a professional context, Il venait de Roumanie, was screened in several festivals. He then made Même les choses invisibles se cachent (2016), a creative documentary on the contemporary artist Abdelkader Benchamma, for whom he had worked as an assistant for several years. His first feature, Chien de la casse (Junkyard Dog), was selected for the screenplay reading at Premiers Plans in 2021. Presented in competition in 2023, the film won the Audience Award.
Movies8
Movie6.4DramaThrillerJérémie returns to his hometown for the funeral of his former boss, the village baker. He decides to stay for a few days with Martine, the man's widow. A mysterious disappearance, a threatening neighbor and a priest with strange intentions make Jérémie's short stay in the village take an unexpected turn.
Movie6.6DramaAt the end of summer, Clémence tells her ex-husband that she’s had relationships with women. Her life is turned upside down when he files to strip her of their son’s custody. Then begins a struggle of several years for Clémence to defend her right to be a mother and a woman – free to make her own choices.
Love Me Tender
2025 · 20 votes
Movie5.9DramaAt a sports boarding school, talented young boxer Camille narrowly survives a fatal accident, saved by his best friend Matteo. After a swift recovery, an inexplicable pain gradually takes hold of him, threatening his dreams of greatness and his relationship with the team. In the ring and in a man's world, there’s no room for weakness.
Movie5.1DramaHorrorNawojka, 20, dreams of escaping her harsh life working at the family farm. Under the influence of the free-spirited Sandra, Naw experiences trance-like episodes and strange powers, just like her dead mother before her…
MovieDramaScorching heat in a suburban neighborhood in the South of France. It’s the end-of-year party at the local sports club. Birds are falling from their nests, wildfires are raging, and Kiki remains under the spell of her Bad Star.
Movie6.1ComedyRaphaël is an actor. For the first time, he has the lead role in a feature film. No one understands why he was chosen. In fact, no one really understands him.
L'Acteur
2023 · 15 votes
MovieComedyDrama
Movie5.2DramaRomanceSami and Julie, twenty-something, live together in a small village in the south of France. One evening, they get ready to shoot a clip for Sami's new song, but it looks like it's going to be more complicated than they expected.
Series1
TV7.3RealityThe Werewolves of Miller's Hollow, the best-selling French card game in the world, is reinvented like never before: CANAL+ transforms this cult game into a life-size social experience. Thirteen players, specialists in strategy and concealment, compete in real time for a game of life-size Werewolves.
Loups garous
2024 · 18 votes