Director: Claire Denis (2009)
The setting is an African country during a period troubled by an uprising. In a farming region home to one of the rebel chiefs, Maria, a staunch and brave white woman, refuses to relinquish her coffee crop and to see the danger to her family that such an attitude provokes. For her, [...]
Director: Stéphane Brizé (2009)
Jean is an upstanding man: a good builder, a good son, a good father, and a good husband. In his ordinary, placid life, divided between family and work, he crosses paths with Mademoiselle Chambon, his son’s teacher.
He is a man of few words; she comes from a different world.
They become overwhelmed by [...]
Director: Julie Lopes-Curval (2009)
Three women, three generations.
In the 1950s, Louise left her husband when their children were still little. She was never heard from again. Her daughter Martine stayed in the small seaside town, where she’s become a doctor.
Martine’s daughter, Audrey, an independent thirty-year-old, returns to visit her parents. By chance, she finds a notebook [...]
Director: Sophie Laloy (2009)
Marie leaves her family and moves to Lyons to study piano at the conservatory there. For economic reasons, she shares an apartment with Emma, a childhood friend, who has lived alone since her father’s death and her mother abandoned her. Marie submits to the rules and regulations imposed by her roommate, which [...]
Director: Philippe Lefèbvre (2009)
Sunshine, Cannes, the Côte d’Azur. Armand Teillard has taken early retirement and is taking it easy. A ready-to-wear store assures him a comfortable income, he’s got a lovely girlfriend, an impressive collection of records and… a secret garden: the Aline Roc. Every day, at the same hour, he retires alone to its [...]