Xavier Beauvois

Temmuz 1789’da Fransız Devrimi en yoğun dönemini yaşamaktadır. Kargaşadan uzakta, Versay Sarayı’nda Kral 16. Louis ile Marie Antoinette ve saray mensupları olağan hayatlarını sürdürmektedirler. Ancak Bastille’in saldırıya uğradığını öğrenince endişelenirler. Aristokratların ve hizmetlilerin birçoğu batmakta olan gemiden kaçıp gider, Kraliyet ailesini yalnız bırakır. Kraliçe’nin okuyucusu Sidonie Laborde gidenler arasında değildir. Hiçbir koşulda kraliçesinden vazgeçmeyecektir. Sidonie’nin bilmediği ise çok sevdiği Kraliçesi ile geçireceği sadece üç günü kalmış olmasıdır...

The dawn of the 20th century: L’Apollonide, a luxurious and traditional brothel in Paris, is living its last days. In this closed world, where some men fall in love and others become viciously harmful, the women share their secrets, their fears, their joys and their pains.

İşgal altındaki Fransa'da yeraltı mücadelesinin artık hissedilir bir boyuta geldiği bir zaman diliminde geçiyor. Kızıl Ordu'nun Nazileri Doğu Avrupa'da yenilgiye uğratması ve inlerine kadar kovalamasıyla müttefikler de artık lütfedip Normandiya çıkartmasını başlatma kararı alır. Bu çıkarma sırasında Naziler tarafından esir alınan bir İngiliz subayının yaşaması ise Fransız Kadın Ajanlara bağlıdır.

Isabelle, Paris'te yaşayan bir ressamdır. Sanatçı olmanın yanı sıra aynı zamanda boşanmış bir anne olan Isabelle, duygularının hayatını yönlendirmesine izin veren, mutsuz ve kararsız bir kadındır. Dünyanın en romantik şehrinde bile aşkı bulamaz. Aşk hikâyesindeki aktörler değişse de sonuçlar Isabelle için hep aynıdır: hayal kırıklığı ve yalnızlık… Isabelle, aradığı mutluluğu bulabilmesi için önce yanlış yerlere baktığını fark eder ve yeniden aşkı aramaya koyulur...

Paris, 1982. Franck and Serge are police investigators in charge of making a good catch in the Parisian porn industry. In order to infiltrate the mafia, they take over a peep show in Pigalle riddled with debts. In attempt to jump start the business, they begin to produce short porn films.

Chocolat the clown, the first black stage performer in France, goes from anonymity to fame after forming an unprecedented duo with fellow performer Footit in the very popular in Belle Epoque Paris. But easy money, gambling, and discrimination take their toll on their friendship and Chocolat's career.

A criminal duo learns of Charlie Chaplin's death and decides to steal his coffin to hold for a ransom.

Biopic about the famous French lawyer and politician, Robert Badinter.

A large and beautiful property on the French Riviera. A place that seems out of time and sheltered from the rest of the world. Anna goes there with her daughter for a few days of vacation. Amidst her family, friends and the house staff, Anna has to handle her fresh break-up with her partner and the writing of her next film.

Sex, avant-garde art, and Communist ideology are at the heart of this compelling historical drama. The film opens just as the Soviet Empire crumbles in 1989. As Louise mourns the death of her lover, she discovers the journal of Alfred Katz, an earnest Jewish radical and erstwhile poet who disappeared in 1938. With the aid of a history professor, Louise unravels what happened to Katz. In the feverish climate of pre-WWII Paris, Katz reveals himself as both a fervent Trotskyite and an unabashed romantic. At a party thrown by the noted surrealist Andre Breton, he meets Mila, a beautiful part-time model, part-time whore. As soon as he falls for her, he learns of her other lover Felix, a fervent Stalinist. Bored with politics, Mila eventually marries Katz. Soon betrayal and politics catch up with the poet.

Charismatic and resourceful, seducer and daredevil, Jean-Paul Belmondo has always played his roles as he lived, at a thousand miles an hour. He had only one passion: to entertain the public with his smile, his naturalness, his energy, his stunts. But contrary to appearances, his destiny was full of pitfalls. This film lifts the veil on a founding childhood that allowed him to overcome many obstacles throughout his life thanks to the tutelary figures of his father and mother. Told from the inside with the help of his autobiography, interviews and unpublished archives, this epic story traces the career of this turbulent young actor who launched the New Wave in Breathless before becoming the popular Bebel, an indestructible and provocative vigilante. From film to film, this documentary paints an intimate portrait of a man who built himself up to reach the top: his triumphs but also his trials, his doubts, his secrets, his angers, his clowning, his disappointments or his personal dramas.

After losing her mother in a car accident that leaves her with a broken arm, 4-year-old Ponette struggles with anguish and fear. Left by her father with a caring aunt and her children, Ponette grieves, secretly hoping her mother will somehow come back. Confused by the religious explanations provided by adults, and challenged by the cruel taunts of a few children at school, little Ponette must make her way through her emotional turmoil.

Twenty year old Antoine has made enemies of a gang of young thugs, to whom he owes money. Fed up with his scams and petty crimes, his mother and older brother decide to send Antoine to his father's place in Saint-Etienne. The two men haven't seen each other for several years.

Louise meets Nathan, her dreams resurface. It's also the story of her ailing brother, their mother, and the destiny of a leading family of wealthy Italian industrialists. The story of a family falling apart, a world coming to an end and love beginning.

Simon, a well-known French filmmaker, starts shooting his next film. A story about workers fighting to protect their factory from being relocated. But nothing goes as planned... His producer Viviane wants to rewrite the ending and is threatening to cut the budget; his own crew goes on strike; his personal life is in shambles; and to make things worse, his lead actor Alain is an egocentric jerk. Joseph, an extra who wants to get into the film industry, agrees to direct the making of and shoot the behind-the-scenes. He takes his role very seriously and starts following around the crew, capturing all this mess... What follows is proof that the making of can sometimes be far better than the film itself!

The amazing true story of Frédéric Bourdin, who after having plundered all the centers for runaway minors and deliquents in Europe, even thought he has come of age, now passes himself off as Nicholas Barclay, a 13-year-old American who had vanished three years ago. To his astonishment, Nicholas's family welcomes him like their son, leaving Interpol and the FBI aghast. It is the beginning of a race against time for the investigators, family and Bourdin. But who is manipulating whom? And who is Frederic Bourdin in reality?

This documentary recounts the life of the late composer Michel Legrand, known for his works on Les Parapluies de Cherbourg or Les Demoiselles De Rochefort with the famous director Jacques Demy.

Passionate about sailing, Jean-Paul is going through a rough patch. Up to his ears in debts, he pulls away from his family. Determined to take his life back in hand, he signs up for Virtual Regatta, the online version of Vendée Globe boat race. To enhance his impression of being a “real” skipper, Jean-Paul holes up for 3 months on his boat in his garden. His voyage, unlike any other, will allow him to reconnect with his family and, even more, with himself.

Ten years ago, distinguished French author Alexandre (Alain Delon) exchanged his stressful, hectic life in Paris for a more peaceful existence upon a Mexican hacienda with his wife Ariane (Marianne Denicourt). Lucien (Jean-Pierre Kalfon) also accompanies them. There, Alexandre meets the strange lady-oracle Sonia (Lauren Bacall). As the film opens, the melancholy Alexandre is visited by the sensuous actress Laure (Arielle Dombasle) and her producer Raoul Fillipi (Karl Zero) who is going to make a movie of one of Alexandre's best-loved books. Laure is determined to play the part of the heroine and is willing to resort to seduction to get it. At the same time, Ariane is involved in a passionate affair with French-Mexican seismologist Carlo (Xavier Beauvois). While all of these characters wrangle and tangle with their different agendas, the local residents prepare for a violent revolution. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Benoit has his life all planned out before him. Unfortunately, he had totally forgotten to include his military service. Inevitably called into duty, he tries everything he can to avoid it, eventually launching into a hedonistic lifestyle—out of control with drugs, alcohol, and nightclubs.

After the Liberation of France during the World War II, ten former Resistant fighters meet again during a dinner organized by Marie-Octobre...

Didier Travolta (Franck Dubosc) tüm şehrin en ilgi çekici dans stiline sahiptir. En azından 80’li yıllarda grubu The Bee Kings’le dans pistlerine hükmettiği kesindir. Fakat Didier’in düşlerini gerçekleştirmek için harcadığı çabalar sonuçsuz kalmıştır. Annesiyle yaşayan Didier, karısından boşanmış ve işsizdir. Üstelik tek oğlu da annesiyle yaşamak için İngiltere’ye taşınmıştır. Didier oğlunu tatile götürmek ister fakat beş parasızdır. Organizatör François Jackson (Gérard Depardieu) Gin Fizz adlı gece klübünün açılışı için bir dans yarışması organize eder. Avustralya tatili olan ödül tam da Didier’in ihtiyacı olan şeydir. Eski grubundaki dansçı arkadaşlarını harekete geçiren Didier, dans hocası France Navarre’nin de (Emmanuelle Béart) yardımıyla kıyasıya bir rekabete hazırlanmaya başlar.

Film, ünlü gitarist ve besteci Django Reinhardt'ın hayatını ve 1943'te Alman işgali altındaki Paris'ten kaçışını konu alıyor.

Paris'te Noel arifesi. Leo Zimmerman sevgili küçük kızının gülümsemesi için yaşayan bir işadamı. Dıştan bakıldığında, hayatı örnek niteliğindedir. Ancak, Dimitri Kopas normal bir müşteri gibi davranarak, ofisine girdiği zaman hayatı tümden değişektir...

Every day live on FRANCE 5, Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine and her team receive those who make the news. In the second part, the program welcomes, around a meal prepared by a qualified chef, artists in promotion.

Paris'teki bir ajansta çalışan menajerler, beklenmedik bir kriz sonrasında yıldız müşterilerini memnun etmek ve şirketlerini ayakta tutmak için çabalıyor.

As he approaches sixty, the time has come for Pierre Leprieur to take stock of his life. What did he accomplish and what did he mess up during his life? He was formerly an influential trade unionist on the docks at Le Havre. The passing years saw his relationship with his wife and his now-adult children subside. One evening, with his whole family gathered together to celebrate his birthday, the party is ruined. His sons, Jean and Simon, find themselves accused of mass drug trafficking. Whilst their sister, Emma, a criminal lawyer, tries to get them out of this difficult situation, Pierre, who si convinced that he is being targeted, does his utmost to help them. Yet he knows that if he roots around too much, he could end up unearthing truths best left untold.

Mayor Dellas accidentally kills his mistress and Inspector Alexander Konygnski is determined to uncover the truth. Seeking re-election, Dellas fells threatened by this renewed attention, and is driven to extreme lengths to protect his career and reputation. A gripping game of cat and mouse.