L'ennui

L’ennui (1998)

A philosophy teacher restless with the need to do something with his life meets a young woman suspected of driving an artist to his death. He finds the very simple Cecilia irritating but develops a sexual rapport with her. Obsessed with the need to own and tormented by her inability to respond to him, he becomes increasingly violent in a quest he can’t name – a quest that slowly begins to undermine his certainties.

Connemara (2025)

August 21, 2026

A wife feels burnt out from her married family life and corporate work and returns to her hometown in rural France. There, she reconnects and begins an affair with her high school crush.

Burning Bush

Burning Bush (1987)

August 17, 2026

Jean and Julie meet again ten years after childhood. Jean has trouble recognizing the grown up girl. Julie is “promised” to Henri, a neighbor. Julie, scathing and capricious, provokes Henri and Jean.

The Invite

The Invite (2026)

August 15, 2026

Joe and Angela’s marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places. Have they reignited the spark or lit the match that burns it all down?

The Unpolished

The Unpolished (2007)

Stevie, a precocious 14-year-old girl must cope with the instabilities of her immoderate parents. When they decide to move to a small provincial town in Germany, Stevie attempts to slip into a normal life. Whilst her parents playfully escape their responsibilities, Stevie tries to make a good impression in town, spreading stories of grandeur and claiming to be the daughter of a diplomat. She makes progress. Yet the good weather doesn’t last and before long, she discovers that her parents have once more resorted to illegal means, as a way of supporting their leisurely lifestyle. As friends and hangers-on of her parents fill their new home, the chaos continually mounts. It is in this atmosphere of physical and emotional destruction, that Stevie must now start to define herself and perhaps even break free.

A Beating Heart

A Beating Heart (1991)

August 10, 2026

Mado is followed in the street by an unknown man. He offers her to go the hotel. She accepts, they sleep together and then split. Mado does not want to see him again, because she is married with Jean, and has a teenager son, Stephane. But Yves gave her his phone number. One day, Mado calls him…. An unusual love story.