Ariane Ascaride

A tale revolving around the carefree and bon-vivant, Felix, who is content living with his boyfriend, Daniel in the town of Dieppe in Northern France. When Felix is laid off from his job, he decides to take a road trip to Marseilles to track down the father he's never met. (imdb)

Claire (Nymark), an unmarried pregnant teenager, finds an odd relation in Madame Mélikian (Ascaride), an older woman grieving over the death of her son. (imdb)

Marseille in the year 2000 is the backdrop to this story of several characters whose lives overlap and influence one another in both tragic and uplifting ways. (New Yorker Films)

Having reached middle age, a woman must choose between the two men in her life. (imdb)

When her son is kidnapped, a mother asks two former pals in crime for help. Deft plot twists, the flare-up of past romance and a secret act of vengeance keep us guessing in this nourish drama of love and loss. (San Francisco Film Society)

My Life on Ice presents the unique point of view of 16-year-old Etienne, a cute would-be ice skating champion living in provincial Rouen who is obsessed with filming his daily life with a digital camera. Told from his subjective perspective, the focus of Etienne's video diary subtly takes shape as he records his single mother, his best friend Ludovic, and, almost stalker-like, his handsome male geography teacher Laurent. (imdb)

The poet Missak Manouchian leads a mixed bag of youngsters and immigrants in a clandestine battle against the Nazi occupation. Twenty-two men and one woman fighting for an ideal and for freedom. News of their daring attacks, including the assassination of an SS general, eventually reaches Berlin. (imdb)

Paloma is a serious, but deeply bored 11-year old, who has decided to kill herself on her twelfth birthday. Fascinated by art and philosophy, she questions and documents her life and immediate circle, drawing trenchant and often hilarious observations on the world around her...

Marius is the keeper of an abandonned cement works staying high above the quarter of l'Estaque in Marseilles. Jeannette is bringing up her two children alone with her poor checkout operator salary. Their meeting won't be without trouble, since besides material difficulties, both of them are wounded by life. They have to learn how to be happy again. (imdb)

After diagnosing her father Barsam with a heart disorder, French cardiologist Anna advises him to have surgical treatment as soon as possible. Father chooses to ignore his daughter's recommendations and flees Marseille, an adopted town where he has spent almost half a century with his family. He sets off for his native Armenia and Anna hasn't a clue where her father might be. She nevertheless departs for Yerevan in an attempt at finding her missing father.

A union pensioner and his wife are robbed, but find that merely getting the assailants brought to justice is not enough for their consciences.

The Art of Love is composed of several chapters, which follows several Parisian couples. Isabelle has not had sex in a year. She declines an offer from her friend Zoé to "borrow" her husband and instead winds up impersonating Amélie, another friend who cannot bring herself to sleep with her buddy, Boris. The singleton Achille thinks his prayers have been answered when his svelte new neighbour knocks on his door wearing a negligee and suggests they have an affair. (Wikipedia)

Ever since childhood, Clim (Raoust) and Bébé (Ogou) have been in love. Indeed, such is their suitability that her parents (Ascaride and Darroussin) and his dad (Meylan) soon put aside any doubts about the couple's decision to marry so young. The only objection comes from the boy's strictly religious mother and sister, whose antipathy to the relationship intensifies when he's arrested and imprisoned for raping a woman.

A young couple marry in France in the 1940s and the film follows the arc of their marriage over the next decade. As France recovers from the trauma of the war, the wife finds herself increasingly caught up in acquiring material possessions while the husband prefers a more traditional lifestyle. (imdb)

Based on a true story. At Leon Blum high-school in Créteil (France), a teacher decides to register her weakest tenth grade class to a national History contest. This meeting will transform them. (Allociné)

In the 80s, Aram, a young man from Marseille of Armenian origin, blows up the Turkish ambassador's car in Paris. Gilles Tessier, a young cyclist who was passing at that moment, is seriously injured. Aram, on the run, joins the Armenian Liberation Army in Beirut, the hotbed of international revolution in those years. Gilles is trying to understand when Anouch, Aram's mother, arrives in his hospital room to beg his forgiveness. She admits that her son planted the bomb. (imdb)

Sonie is a 17-year-old young girl who researches to join terrorist organizations in Syria. I found the way to enter the knitting. But when he does the preparations, he gets caught up with French security forces. The 17-year-old Sonie will give his life back to the house with the help of the authorities.

Today is Ariane's birthday and she is more alone than ever in her lovely home. The candles are lit on the cake, but the guests have apologized, for they won't be coming. So Ariane gets in her lovely car and leaves her lovely suburb to get lost in the big city.

Three grown children gathered at the picturesque villa of their dying father reflect on where they are, who they have become, and what they have inherited. (imdb)

In Marseille, a family gathers for the birth of baby Gloria. But despite the joy, the young parents have fallen on tough times. As they try to make ends meet, they reconnect with Gloria's ex-convict grandfather. (imdb)

A cheese promoter by day, manicurist by night, a 19-year-old woman dreams of opening a beauty salon. (imdb)

In the Beginning of the 20th century - Ughettera, Northern Italy, The Ughetto family's village. Living in the region had become very difficult and the Ughettos dream of a better life abroad. Legend has it that Luigi Ughetto crossed the Alps starting a new life in France, thus changing the destiny of his beloved family forever. His grandson travels back in time revisiting their history.

A couple is no longer in love but they try to hang on despite their arguments instead of just giving up and separating (imdb)

The evening of her wedding, in Israel, young Frenchwoman Natalie is accused of killing her husband. The state sends a diplomat, Karim, to help her. (imdb)

Emmanuelle lives in the suburbs near a shopping mall. Since her father's death, she feels increasingly out of sync with the world around her. Her mother is distracted, high school bores her. (imdb)

Odile is getting ready to celebrate her birthday. While her children and grandchildren are on their way for the evening, Jean, her husband, dies suddenly. Unable to face this reality, she hides it under her bed. (imdb)