How do we fall in love? While rehearsing the love scene between Romeo and Juliette, Cécile, Thomas and Jérémie, barely twenty years old, each bring, in their own way, an answer to this question.
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The people behind it
Florent Arnoult
Thomas
Matila Malliarakis
Jérémie
Heloïse Adam
Cécile
Didier Tournan
Le professeur
Jonás, Leonor and Bernardo work on the last rehearsal before the premiere. The producer gives them the sudden news that the theater will close due to a political march. The premiere is cancelled. Despite everything, the three actors try to perform the play.
A Syrian refugee adapts to life in an unfamiliar country after her husband's immigration visa is unexpectedly rejected.
A love story between a poet and a painter. Lani realizes her feelings for Mae go beyond a deep bonded friendship. With Maeve graduating and moving across the country, she must decide whether to speak those feelings or silence her heart.
Take a trip on the wild side with these six daring short films from Mexico, Portugal, Brazil, Spain and France that uncover the power of nature and mysticism, family ties that bond yet suffocate, the vagaries of same sex attraction, the pain of memory, the thrill of what's to come. The 6 short films are: Memory of An Afternoon On the Roof [Recuerdo de una tarde en la azotea] (2022); Afternoon Sun [À Tarde, Sob o Sol] (2020); Sweet Water [Água Doce] (2023); Cor Petit (2023); Haiku (2022); The Boy Who Wanted to Fly [El niño que quería volar] (2018).
Juan has been trying for months to forget his ex-girlfriend Lola, who is now dating someone else.
A suicidal person believes everyone deserves to die, but he soon discovers that he desperately needs help. Death is not a solution.
Omran finds himself at a hospital with no idea how he got there. Once he's out of the hospital, he will face a lot of conflicts and it will lead him to his own home. Will Oman's finds his identity?
In Tijuana, Mexico, Gabriel is a man who once had a normal and happy life alongside his family. He now seeks revenge for the murder of his son at the hands of a group of vampires that roam the city at night, stalking its inhabitants. Gabriel's days blur into one another as he tries to track down the murderers he calls "leeches", without knowing that his revenge will bring serious consequences for his wife and himself.
Adults reflect on the experience of losing a parent at a young age.
Alice lives between reality and social media. One day, her ex-boyfriend puts one of their sex tapes online.
After losing his title belt, a fallen star in the boxing world seeks advice from an Amish technician to get his career back up.
It is the last night that Haizea and Mikel spend together. As a gymnast, she has given him a scholarship to train in Poland. After making love, she asks about the future of their relationship.
Dali is a full-time caretaker for Douja, his Down syndrome daughter. One day, and against the advice of his wife, Dali decides to take Douja to the amusement park called ASTRA. In this park, a weird and inhospitable world awaits them .
In an inhospitable place, a boy and his family struggle for survival.
'Lukas & the Aspies' is a story about 12-year old Lukas. In many ways, Lukas is a normal kid: He plays in a band, hangs out with his friends and fights with his little brother. But Lukas' has also Asperger syndrome - and hence his own set of unique problems.
Former child star Joe Davis, reduced to living in a cheap Hollywood motel while struggling for acting jobs, is lusted after by nearly every woman he meets, including Jessica Todd, a tightly wound feminist who has recently come out as a lesbian. When Jessica's mother, Sally, an emotionally needy has-been actress, meets Joe, she moves him into her enormous, tacky mansion as her new boy toy and attempts to get him acting work.
The petite waitress Johnny works and lives in a truck-stop, where she's lonely and longs for love. She develops a crush on the garbage truck driver Krassky, although her sleazy boss Boris warns her that he's gay.
Amanda struggles to keep something inside as she spends the day taking pictures of her best friend.
A tragic comedy of a sweet little girl, who grows up to be a crazy old cat lady.
A meditation on My Lai.
A young woman chronicles her childhood of neglect and isolation.
Sean is taken to a motel and is given a prostitute for his 18th birthday by his father. He must sleep with her to "fix" his questionable homosexuality. "Pretty Boy" is a coming of age story of a young bullied teen, Sean, struggling with his sexuality and the hardships of high school. After his father finds some questionable magazines in his room, this devout Christian will go to any lengths to get his son to find the light and "perform" the way a man should. Sean is introduced to Katie, a prostitute that understands the stigmas of modern society and helps him see the true light that is within him.
Fourteen-year-old Mo is a lonely, sensitive boy whose hunger for the rant and banter of buddies makes him prone to tread dangerous territories. He idolizes his handsome older brother, Rashid, a charismatic, well-respected member of a local gang, whose drug dealing enables “Rash” to provide for his family. Aching to be seen as a tough guy himself, Mo takes a job that unlocks a fateful turn of events and forces the brothers to confront their inner demons. It turns out that hate is easy. It is love and understanding that take real courage.
Jean is young, gay, and promiscuous. Only after he meets one or two women, including Laura, does he come to realize his bisexuality. Jean has to overcome a personal crisis and a tough choice between Laura and his male lover Samy.
After a dreadful incident coupled with an ungovernable paroxysm of violence, a butcher will fall into a downward spiral that will burn to the ground whatever dignity still remained in him.
After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his involvement with a violent gang and the escalation of her ex-husband's grieving rage.
Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The two decide to skip town, but before they can, Vincent and his thugs abduct Gloria, and Davey is forced to search for her among the most squalid corners of the city, with his enemy hiding in the shadows.
An animated short based on Hans Christian Andersen's tale about a poor young girl with a burning desire to find comfort and happiness in her life. Desperate to keep warm, the girl lights the matches she sells, and envisions a very different life for herself in the fiery flames filled with images of loving relatives, bountiful food, and a place to call home.
Grieving and facing the consequences of their crimes, the Traoré brothers get one last chance to forge a new path.
When a change of circumstances leaves Miriam unable to pay her college tuition, she makes a surprising decision: to start performing in adult films, using the pseudonym Belle Knox. Miriam lies to her family and her friends at school, keeping her double life a secret. But soon rumours spread and Miriam becomes the subject of vicious online attacks and unwanted attention. Miriam fights back: she talks to the media, saying her new line of work empowers her as a feminist. But her confident stand has unintended consequences. Miriam is shunned by her conservative family and her colleagues in the adult film world. One impulsive decision has quickly spiralled out of control - and Miriam's problems are just beginning.
Island of Tahiti. French government official De Roller is a calculating man with impeccable manners, capable of dealing with both high society and the locals he frequents in shady joints.
Set in the Clapham district of south London, England, the film is inspired by true events. The paths of several men intersect during a dramatic thirty-six hours in which their lives are changed forever.
Damien lives with his mother Marianne, a doctor, while his father, a pilot, is on a tour of duty abroad with the French military. At school, Damien is bullied by Thomas, who lives in the farming community up in the mountains. The boys find themselves living together when Marianne invites Thomas to come and stay with them while his mother is ill in hospital. Damien must learn to live with the boy who terrorized him.
A woman watches time pass beside the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn't understand that his master has abandoned him.
In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.
A young man travels to an isolated farm for his lover's funeral where he's quickly drawn into a twisted, sexually charged game by his lover's aggressive brother.
MMA legend Patton James, now a commercial fisherman, is pulled back into the cage when his brother is in danger. Reuniting with his old coach Sammy, he commits to one final fight in one championship against the brutal champion Xavier Grau.
The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.
A nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of guilt, Robert shows no remorse and becomes overbearing and possessive.