Sabine Pakora
2021
La dernière leçon
Pascale Pouzadoux
Sandrine Bonnaire, Marthe Villalonga
At 92 years old, Madeleine decides to set the date and conditions of her death. By telling her daughter Diane and her son Pierre, she hopes to prepare them as gently as possible but it comes as a shock, and their minds are set ablaze. Until the end, Madeleine will keep her dignity, wits, and passion for life as a course of conduct, so she can give them all, and in particular Diane, a touching “final lesson”.
The Final Lesson
Samba
Éric Toledano, Olivier Nakache
Omar Sy, Charlotte Gainsbourg
Samba migrated to France 10 years ago from Senegal, and has since been plugging away at various lowly jobs. Alice is a senior executive who has recently undergone a burnout. Both struggle to get out of their dead-end lives. Samba's willing to do whatever it takes to get working papers, while Alice tries to get her life back on track until fate draws them together.
Samba
Aya de Yopougon
Marguerite Abouet, Clement Oubrerie
Aïssa Maïga, Tella Kpomahou
While Aya has dreams of becoming a doctor, her two best friends, Adjoua and Bintou, just like to hang out and spend their evenings dancing, drinking and flirting with boys. Their ambition is to follow Plan C: Combs, Clothes and Chasing Men! But big trouble comes to town when Adjoua realizes she’s pregnant, and the baby’s father is the spoiled son of one of the richest and most feared men in the whole country.
Aya of Yop City
Kirikou et les hommes et les femmes
Michel Ocelot
Romann Berrux, Awa Sene Sarr
The grandfather welcomes us into his blue grotto, there was still beautiful memories of childhood to tell Kirikou: the times when he helped the men and women of his village and elsewhere ... He tells us how Kirikou, thanks to his bravery and intelligence, came to the aid of the strong woman. He tells us by what trick the little hero found the grumpy old man, who had been lost in the bush, and how a cherry threatened by the witch was finally able to pass on his knowledge to the villagers. We also discover the secret of a mysterious blue monster, and finally through a flute linked to the family of our small and valiant heroes, the magical power of music.
Kirikou and the Men and Women
Des étoiles
Dyana Gaye
Ralph Amoussou, Marème Demba Ly
The debut feature from Franco-Senegalese filmmaker Dyana Gaye charts the interconnected destinies of three far-flung sojourners across three continents. A quiet drama, about the anxieties of negotiating journeying to foreign countries and making a place for oneself in the world.
Under the Starry Sky
Itinéraire d'une maman braqueuse
Alexandre Castagnetti
Cécile Rebboah, Claire Nadeau
Despite her best intentions and hard work, a single mom with two sons just can't make ends meet and is forced to depend upon credit just to get by. Desperate, she can see only one solution left to save her family: stage a hold-up.
How Mom Turned to Armed Robbery
1001 Grams
Bent Hamer
Ane Dahl Torp, Laurent Stocker
When Norwegian scientist Marie attends a seminar in Paris on the actual weight of a kilo, it is her own measurement of disappointment, grief and, not least, love, that ends up on the scale. Finally Marie is forced to come to terms with how much a human life truly weighs and which measurements she intends to live by.
1001 Grams
He Even Has Your Eyes
Lucien Jean-Baptiste
Lucien Jean-Baptiste, Aïssa Maïga
Paul is married to Sali. Everything would be fine if they could get a child. Until the day when Sali receives the call that they have been waiting for so long: their adoption file is approved. He is adorable, he is 6 months old, his name is Benjamin. He is blond with blue eyes and white. They - are black.
He Even Has Your Eyes
Villa Caprice
Bernard Stora
Niels Arestrup, Patrick Bruel
Famous lawyer, Luc Germon adds Gilles Fontaine, one of the most powerful bosses in France, to his clients. He is suspected of having acquired a magnificent property, Villa Caprice, under questionable conditions.
Villa Caprice
La Fête des mères
Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
Audrey Fleurot, Clotilde Courau
They are the President of the Republic, a nanny, a baker, an actress, a teacher, a florist, a journalist, unemployed, a pediatrician. They are possessive, benevolent, clumsy, absent, omnipresent, overwhelmed, guilty, indulgent, loving, fragile, in full possession of their means or losing their mind. Alive or already a memory ... Son or daughter, we remain their child no matter what, with the desire that they let us go and the fear that they leave us. And then we become mom ... and it will be our party! Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
La fête des mères
Black Snake, la légende du serpent noir
Thomas Ngijol, Karole Rocher
Thomas Ngijol, Karole Rocher
After years spent in Paris, Clotaire Sangala returns to his native country, Africa. Raised by a Chinese martial arts grandfather, convinced to have been found in a garbage can, Clotaire knows nothing of the glorious past of his parents. He will become "Black Snake", the masked and ultra-sapped superhero, liberator of the people against the dictator Hezekiah.
The Legend of Black Snake
