The Colour Of Lies (1998)
A young girl is murdered in Breton fishing village after leaving the house of depressive artist.
Dance First (2023)
Biopic of author and playwright Samuel Beckett.
Happening (2021)
France, 1963. Anne is a bright young student with a promising future ahead of her. But when she falls pregnant, she sees the opportunity to finish her studies and escape the constraints of her social background disappearing.
Intimate Strangers (2004)
A woman mistakes a tax adviser for a psychiatrist and begins to reveal her marital problems.
Mark Of An Angel (2008)
A mother caught up in a custody battle becomes obsessed with another woman's child.
Monsieur Hire (1989)
A middle-aged outsider becomes obssessed with a woman.
Police (1985)
No holds barred as French cops go after a Tunisian drugs gang.
Secret Defense (1997)
A biologist has to explore her background after their brother claims her father's death was not accidental.
The Soul Eater (2024)
When violent and gruesome deaths start plaguing a small mountain village, an old legend about a malevolent creature resurfaces.
The Truk (2018)
An ex-con makes a plan with his friend to travel from rave to rave selling water and Ketamine from their food truck.
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