Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

In a working class Paris neighborhood in the early 60's, two unlikely characters -- a young Jew and an elderly Muslim -- begin a friendship. (Sony Pictures Classics)

One very full day in the life of Denis Diderot -- the 18th century philosopher and libertine who wrote the first encyclopedia -- during which he dodges the law, the church, his wife, and his definition of morality. (filmaffinity.com)

Odette dreams of thanking Balthazar Balsan, her favorite writer, for the optimism which she believes emanates from him. The wealthy and seductive writer is going to land in her life in a totally unexpected way. The story of a meeting between two unusual castaways who have nothing in common... (imdb)

Listening in to a conversation between his doctor and parents, 10-year-old Oscar learns what nobody has the courage to tell him. He only has a few weeks to live. Furious, he refuses to speak to anyone except straight-talking Rose, the lady in pink he meets on the hospital stairs.

Updated adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos' classic 18th Century tale of seduction, betrayal and revenge set in the modern 1960s world of Parisian high society. (imdb)

The movie is about a young man who suddenly finds himself in a strange place, between death and life. (imdb)