Frédéric Pierrot

For twenty years, Bruno and Malik have lived in a different world—the world of autistic children and teens. In charge of two separate nonprofit organizations (The Hatch & The Shelter), they train young people from underprivileged areas to be caregivers for extreme cases that have been refused by all other institutions. It’s an exceptional partnership, outside of traditional settings, for some quite extraordinary characters.

Dir. Éric Toledano, Olivier Nakache · With Vincent Cassel, Reda Kateb, Hélène Vincent

Paris, France. Fred and his colleagues, members of the BPM, the Police Child Protection Unit, dedicated to pursuing all sorts of offenses committed against the weakest, must endure the scrutiny of Melissa, a photographer commissioned to graphically document the daily routine of the team.

Dir. Maïwenn · With Frédéric Pierrot, JoeyStarr, Nicolas Duvauchelle

David Carr is a British Communist who is unemployed. In 1936, when the Spanish Civil War begins, he decides to fight for the Republican side, a coalition of liberals, communists and anarchists, so he joins the POUM militia and witnesses firsthand the betrayal of the Spanish revolution by Stalin's followers and Moscow's orders.

Dir. Ken Loach · With Ian Hart, Rosana Pastor, Frédéric Pierrot

On the night of 16 July 1942, ten year old Sarah and her parents are being arrested and transported to the Velodrome d'Hiver in Paris where thousands of other jews are being sent to get deported. Sarah however managed to lock her little brother in a closet just before the police entered their apartment. Sixty years later, Julia Jarmond, an American journalist in Paris, gets the assignment to write an article about this raid, a black page in the history of France. She starts digging archives and through Sarah's file discovers a well kept secret about her own in-laws.

Dir. Gilles Paquet-Brenner · With Kristin Scott Thomas, Mélusine Mayance, Niels Arestrup

A woman struggles to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen years in prison.

Dir. Philippe Claudel · With Kristin Scott Thomas, Elsa Zylberstein, Serge Hazanavicius

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.

Dir. Roschdy Zem · With Omar Sy, James Thierrée, Clotilde Hesme

An insurance agent and his new secretary become locked in the grip of romance and competition as they train together for a speed-typing contest.

Dir. Régis Roinsard · With Romain Duris, Déborah François, Bérénice Bejo

In the shadow of an enormous hydraulic dam, the lives of the residents of a small French town are changed to their core when hundreds of previously dead relatives all return home on the same day.

Dir. Fabrice Gobert · With Anne Consigny, Frédéric Pierrot, Clotilde Hesme

Ten years have gone by since Elena's six-year old son has disappeared. The last thing she heard of him was a phone call he gave her, saying that he was lost on a beach in France and couldn't find his father. Nowadays, Elena lives on this same beach and manages a restaurant. She is finally beginning to emerge from this tragic episode when she meets a French teenager who strongly reminds her of her lost son. The two of them will embark on a relationship which will sow chaos and distrust around them.

Dir. Rodrigo Sorogoyen · With Marta Nieto, Jules Porier, Àlex Brendemühl

Isabelle, a 17-year-old student, loses her virginity during a quick holiday romance. When she returns home, she begins a secret life as a prostitute for a year.

Dir. François Ozon · With Marine Vacth, Géraldine Pailhas, Charlotte Rampling

Jérémie, 34, wakes up in an apartment he doesn't know, next to a woman he doesn't know. She is Adna, a stunning Swedish woman who is as funny as she is sweet. Is this the beginning of a fairy tale? Not quite, since Jérémie is about to get married—to Antoine.

Dir. Noémie Saglio, Maxime Govare · With Pio Marmaï, Franck Gastambide, Lannick Gautry

The lives of the residents of a small French town are changed when thousands of the recently dead inexplicably come back to life and try to integrate themselves into society that has changed for them.

Dir. Robin Campillo · With Géraldine Pailhas, Jonathan Zaccaï, Frédéric Pierrot

In the distant future, Earth is occupied by ancient gods and genetically altered humans. When a god is sentenced to death he seeks a new human host and a woman to bear his child.

Dir. Enki Bilal · With Linda Hardy, Thomas Kretschmann, Charlotte Rampling