Miou-Miou

Since 2014, France's restorative justice programmes have offered a safe space for supervised dialogue between offenders and victims. Grégoire, Nawelle, and Sabine, victims of heists and violent robberies, agree to join one of these discussion groups alongside offenders Nassim, Issa, and Thomas, all convicted of violent robberies. Meanwhile Chloé, a victim of childhood sexual abuse, prepares for dialogue with her own agressor after learning he has moved back into town.

Dir. Jeanne Herry · With Birane Ba, Leïla Bekhti, Anne Benoît

Théo is given up for adoption by his biological mother on the very day he is born. After this anonymous birth, the mother has two months to change her mind… Or not. The child welfare services and adoption service spring into action… The former have to take care of the baby and support it during this limbo-like time, this period of uncertainty, while the latter must find a woman to become his adoptive mother. She is called Alice, and she has spent the last ten years fighting to have a child.

Dir. Jeanne Herry · With Sandrine Kiberlain, Gilles Lellouche, Élodie Bouchez

A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.

Dir. Michel Gondry · With Gael García Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Miou-Miou

Georges has Down syndrome, living at a mental-institution, Harry is a busy businessman, giving lectures for young aspiring salesmen. He is successful in his business life, but his social life is a disaster since his wife left him and took their two children with her. This weekend his children came by train to meet him, but Harry, working as always, forgot to pick them up. Neither his wife or his children want to see him again and he is driving around on the country roads, anguished and angry. He almost runs over Georges, on the run from the institution since everybody else went home with their parents except him, whose mother is dead. Harry tries to get rid of Georges but he won't leave his new friend. Eventually a special friendship forms between the two of them, a friendship which makes Harry a different person.

Dir. Jaco Van Dormael · With Daniel Auteuil, Pascal Duquenne, Miou-Miou

A former world-famous conductor of the Bolshoï orchestra, known as "The Maëstro", Andreï Filipov had seen his career publicly broken by Leonid Brezhnev for hiring Jewish musicians and now works cleaning the concert hall where he once directed. One day, he intercepts an official invitation from the prestigious Théâtre du Châtelet. Through a series of mad antics, he reunites his old orchestra, now composed of old alcoholic musicians, and flies to perform in Paris and complete the Tchaikovsky concerto interrupted 30 years earlier. For the concerto, he engages a young violin soloist with whom he has an unexpected connection.

Dir. Radu Mihăileanu · With Aleksey Guskov, Mélanie Laurent, Dmitri Nazarov

Two whimsical, aimless thugs harass and assault women, steal, murder, and alternately charm, fight, or sprint their way out of trouble. They take whatever the bourgeoisie holds dear, whether it’s cars, peace of mind, or daughters. Marie-Ange, a jaded, passive hairdresser, joins them as lover, cook, and mother confessor. She’s on her own search for seemingly unattainable sexual pleasure.

Dir. Bertrand Blier · With Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, Patrick Dewaere

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

A bisexual petty criminal named Bob encounters a married couple arguing in a bar. Bob breaks up the fight and proceeds to seduce first the wife and then the husband. Then Bob teaches the couple how to be burglars and they join him in his criminal exploits.

Dir. Bertrand Blier · With Gérard Depardieu, Michel Blanc, Miou-Miou

A legendary secret service agent comes out of hiding and returns to France to help the son he's never met get out of trouble.

Dir. David Charhon · With Jean-Claude Van Damme, Alban Ivanov, Samir Decazza

It's mid 19th century, north of France. The story of a coal miner's town. They are exploited by the mine's owner. One day the decide to go on strike, and then the authorities repress them.

Dir. Claude Berri · With Miou-Miou, Renaud, Jean Carmet

Expert conman Joe Thanks teams up with half-breed Bill and naive Lucy to steal $300,000 from the Indian-hating Major Cabot. Their elaborate plan is full of disguises, double-crosses, and chases, but Joe always seems to know what he's doing.

Dir. Damiano Damiani · With Terence Hill, Miou-Miou, Robert Charlebois

Françoise has just been dumped by her husband for a much younger woman. In order to cheer her up, and to celebrate her 60th birthday, sisters Rose and Alice decide to take their mother to a resort on the tropical island of Reunion so they can relax, work on their tans, and have too many margaritas. But when Rose pays a one-night stand, Thierry, to show her mother a good time, their holiday plans start to unravel.

Dir. Eloïse Lang · With Miou-Miou, Camille Cottin, Camille Chamoux

To his family, François Voisin is nothing more than a humdrum civil servant. In truth, for the past twenty years he has been working as a secret agent. All goes well until circumstances put his secret in danger.

Dir. Claude Zidi · With Thierry Lhermitte, Miou-Miou, Eddy Mitchell

Stephen, an international trader, tracks down his ex-wife Patricia in some Amazonian backwater. He needs her consent to a divorce so that he can marry Charlotte. Unfortunately, he discovers a son he didn’t know he had – Mimi-Siku. The young jungle boy yearns to see Paris so Stephen reluctantly agrees to take him back home with him for a few days. How will Mimi-Siku react to life in the great metropolis?

Dir. Hervé Palud · With Thierry Lhermitte, Patrick Timsit, Ludwig Briand

Jeanne, a brilliant architect has a new assignment: renovate the sumptuous Daguerre mansion owned by an eccentric family, head of a Board Game empire. When the landlord and patriarch Cesar is found dead, everyone present becomes a suspect. Suddenly Jeanne’s mission turns intoa life-size investigation to expose the murderer...

Dir. Nicolas Pleskof · With Alice Pol, Miou-Miou, Eddy Mitchell