Jalil Lespert

Franck (Lespert), a Parisian business school student, takes an internship in the Human Resources department at the factory where his father (Vallod) has labored for 30 years. Franck's efforts lead to the firing of many employees, including his father. (Shooting Gallery)

A gripping police noir, Le Petit Lieutenant tells the story of Antoine, an ambitious young cop from the provinces who joins a plainclothes crime unit in Paris. Antoine spends his days eagerly awaiting his first assignment, drinking with his fellow detectives, and developing and unlikely relationship with his superior, a veteran policewoman with a troubled past. But when the body of a drifter is found murdered along the Seine, a seemingly routine investigation suddenly turns violent and forever changes all their lives. (Cinema Guild)

The film tells the true story of French clown Miloud Oukili from his arrival in Romania in 1992 to his encounter with the street children of Bucharest who live in the streets and sleep in Bucharest's sewers, eking a living out of petty crime, begging, and prostitution. Miloud wants to meet these neglected kids, turned into a quasi-feral state by their tragic past and ravaged by sexual abuse and drug addiction, and shine some light in their lives Miloud will create a real circus company. (imdb)

A musical drawing room farce set in Paris in October, 1925. Gilberte, in middle-age, flirts with men but loves her husband Georges, wishing he were more demonstrative. He's negotiating a deal with an American, Eric Thomson, who turns out to be Gilberte's first husband from an annulled and secret stateside marriage. Along with her sister Arlette, Gilberte begs Eric not to tell Georges about the marriage...(imdb)

A young journalist (Lespert) helps the French President compile his memoirs.

Hua is a young teacher from Beijing. She is fluent in French and has just arrived in Paris. Mathieu is a French worker in constructions, the child of Paris suburbs. They meet by chance and begin a smoldering, intense, passionate affair. (slantmagazine.com)

Alex, son of a leader of the Algerians in Marseilles, has a series of confrontations with the Corsican mafia after his stint in the French Foreign Legion. (imdb)

A young widow wants to install electricity on her plantation.

The story of a woman as she lives her entire life, from infancy to old age, set against the backdrop of her struggle for freedom and identity. (Cineuropa)

Iris, young wife of a businessman, disappears in Paris. Maybe a mechanic with many debts is involved in the strange affair. A really complicated job for the police. (imdb)

A young inspector investigates the death of a teenage boy in a rural French town.

Laurent's fate is to be a soccer superstar. But he happens to fall in love with a Fabienne, 40. He is only 18, and his career is about to fall apart... (imdb)

Constance and her fiance hope to one day take over, modernize and expand her father's farm, on the verge of bankruptcy, to the large-scale farms that share the land and power. She gains the support of the influential and charismatic Sylvain, their fate quickly lying in his hands - When Sylvain's desire for her steps in the negotiations, Constance must face yet another kind of violence. (imdb)

A 48 year old singer songwriter in search of the Virgin Mary takes on a new identity as guitarist Pat, who has disappeared. (imdb)

Because he wanted to protect his little brother from a father too violent, Teddy, a young man without history, is accused of the murder of his father and is sent to a closed educational center, waiting for his trial for parricide . He then plunges into a brutal universe of which he does not know the rules. (imdb)

James and Em Foster are enjoying an all-inclusive beach vacation in the fictional island of La Tolqa, when a fatal accident exposes the resort's perverse subculture of hedonistic tourism, reckless violence and surreal horrors (imdb.com).

A woman goes on a magical journey to find her prince, Aladdin, in this adventure. Evil sorcerers, gentle genies, magical castles, and dangerous deserts feature in this tale of Lady, a woman searching for her true love. (imdb)

A high speed drama about a gang of bikers plotting a major heist with two cash-strapped siblings. (netflix.ca)