Arnaud Desplechin

When their regal matriarch falls ill, the troubled Vuillard family come together for a hesitant Christmastime reunion. Among them is rebellious ne'er-do-well Henri and the uptight Elizabeth. Together under the same roof for the first time in many years, their intricate, long denied resentments and yearnings emerge again.

Dir. Arnaud Desplechin · With Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Anne Consigny

Filmmakers discuss the legacy of Alfred Hitchcock and the book “Hitchcock/Truffaut” (“Le cinéma selon Hitchcock”), written by François Truffaut and published in 1966.

Dir. Kent Jones · With Bob Balaban, Wes Anderson, Olivier Assayas

Paul is preparing to leave Tajikistan, while thinking back on his adolescent years. His childhood, his mother's madness, the parties, the trip to the USSR where he lost his virginity, the friend who betrayed him and the love of his life.

Dir. Arnaud Desplechin · With Quentin Dolmaire, Lou Roy-Lecollinet, Mathieu Amalric

A police chief in northern France tries to solve a case where an old woman was brutally murdered on Christmas Eve. However, in a neighborhood rife with crime, everyone seems to be a suspect.

Dir. Arnaud Desplechin · With Léa Seydoux, Sara Forestier, Roschdy Zem

At the end of WWII, Jimmy Picard, a Native American Blackfoot who fought in France, suffers from unexplainable symptoms and is admitted to a military hospital. When doctors suspect schizophrenia, an eccentric psychoanalyst takes up the case and starts a conversation with the veteran.

Dir. Arnaud Desplechin · With Benicio del Toro, Mathieu Amalric, Gina McKee

Just as the disheveled and alcoholic filmmaker Ismaël embarks on a difficult new film project, his life is sent into a tailspin. His wife Carlotta, presumed dead for 20 years, come crashing back into his life creating chaos in his work and his current romantic relationship with the starry-eyed astronomer Sylvia.

Dir. Arnaud Desplechin · With Mathieu Amalric, Marion Cotillard, Charlotte Gainsbourg

An American writer living in exile in London, Philip listens to women. His English mistress, who visits him regularly in the studio that serves as their refuge. A student he loved in another life. A former lover confined to a hospital in New York.

Dir. Arnaud Desplechin · With Denis Podalydès, Léa Seydoux, Emmanuelle Devos

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.

Dir. Arnaud Desplechin · With Melvil Poupaud, Marion Cotillard, Golshifteh Farahani