Gérard Meylan

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)

Teenage siblings Nenette and Boni were raised apart as a result of their parents' divorce. Their mother, who doted on her son Boni, has died. He works for an interesting couple as a pizza baker, and is surprised and enraged when his younger sister, having run away from boarding school, suddenly turns up. There's a problem that they must confront. (imdb)

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)

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)

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.

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.

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)

An aging caregiver steals small amounts from her elderly clients despite caring for them devotedly and being loved in return, as she struggles financially but won't accept her situation. (imdb)

Tells the story of the killing of French politician Yann Piat, member of the National Assembly for Var's 3rd Constituency, after her involvement in an investigative committee on the role of the local mafia in the drug wars plaguing Var. (imdb)

In the working-class district of old Marseille, Rosa is the heart and soul of her community, a nurse and the matriarch of a large and close-knit family. She meets Henri and realizes it is never too late to fulfill her own dreams. (imdb)

Her parents and a former lover try to help a woman out of an apparently unjustified catatonic condition. (imdb)

In Provence, Philippe lives between two worlds : his cannabis deals and working the family farm. One day his father, who is deeply in debt, tries to kill himself. To save the farm, Philippe decides to join forces with a major drug dealer. (imdb)