Eric Laugérias
2021
Capitaines des ténèbres
Serge Moati
Manuel Blanc, Patrick Mille
In 1899, a French military column, led by Captains Julien Chanoine and Paul Voulet, set out to conquer Lake Chad in order to unite the French colonial empire. The two captains were violent and ruthless towards the local populations and their colonial soldiers. The Voulet-Chanoine mission sinks further and further into unknown Niger territory while the lack of food supplies is felt. Little by little, Voulet falls into a megalomaniac delirium.
Capitaines des ténèbres
Un monde presque paisible
Michel Deville
Simon Abkarian, Zabou Breitman
Set during the largely unexplored period immediately following World War II, the film follows a group of mostly Jewish Parisians who attempt to restart their lives and rekindle their capacity for happiness in the shadow of unspeakable horrors. Variety called it "thoroughly charming. Sad, gentle, and funny in the best French tradition of high quality cinema." A film by Marcelo Gomes
Almost Peaceful
Paris 36
Christophe Barratier
Gérard Jugnot, Clovis Cornillac
A star is born in a time of both celebration and instability in this historical drama with music from director Christophe Barratier. In the spring of 1936, Paris is in a state of uncertainty; while the rise of the Third Reich in Germany worries many, a leftist union-oriented candidate, Léon Blum, has been voted into power, and organized labor is feeling its new power by standing up to management.
Paris 36
Je m'appelle Bernadette
Jean Sagols
Katia Cuq, Michel Aumont
Between February and July 1858, in the Massabielle cave, the Virgin appeared eighteen times to Bernadette Soubirous, a miserable little girl from Lourdes. A true revolution in the heart of the Second Empire that shakes the established order by his universal message of love and prayer.
My Name Is Bernadette
Villa Jasmin
Férid Boughedir
Arnaud Giovaninetti, Manuel Blanc
A compelling double love story about a French-Tunisian Jewish family. Henry returns to La Goulette, port of Tunisia, with his wife, in search of his family roots. The film explores his parent's history from the 1920s, and the impact of the Vichy Government under German Occupation in the 1940s.
Villa Jasmin
Taxi de nuit
Serge Leroy
Bruno Cremer, Laure Marsac
It is only a few years into the future, but the face of France has changed drastically, due to its takeover by a moralistic, hypocritical and totalitarian regime. Women with children who want to divorce their husbands are not allowed to do so, all political parties have been outlawed, smoking is illegal and everyone must work. After a spat with her boyfriend, Carole (Laure Marsac) hails a taxi, not realizing that she has done so without any of the money or identification papers she needs. Her driver (Bruno Cremer) attempts to help her, but a variety of mishaps bring her to the attention of the police, who proceed to arrest her on made-up charges and a phoney HIV-positive result on tests given at the time of arrest.
Night Taxi
Mitterrand à Vichy
Serge Moati
Mathieu Bisson, Elsa Mollien
The dark years, those of war. This film, which combines fiction and archives, tells the story of the unusual trajectory of a young man from the provinces. Prisoner of war, escaped at the age of 24, he found himself in Vichy, capital of the French state. A convinced Pétainist, he will become a leading resistance fighter.
Mitterrand à Vichy
Please Don't Go
Bernard Jeanjean
Richard Berry, Judith Godrèche
Paul may be a successful psychoanalyst but he fails to realize that his own marriage to Carla is failing. One of his patients, Raphaël, confides in him that he is in love with a married woman. In the course of the discussion, Paul understands that the woman in question is his own wife, Carla. Rather than end the consultation, Paul decides to manipulate his patient in an attempt to win back his wife. But Raphaël is not as stupid as he looks...
Please Don't Go
Mon Cousin
Jan Kounen
Vincent Lindon, François Damiens
Pierre is the highly successful CEO of a large family-owned company. Before signing the deal of the century, he has to settle one last formality: obtain the signature of his cousin Adrien who owns 50% of his firm. This sweet, idealistic dreamer, who makes one blunder after another, is so happy to see Pierre again that he wants to spend time with him and delay the moment of signing. So Pierre has no choice but to take his cousin with him on a turbulent business trip during which his patience will be put to the test.
My Cousin
