Lola Bessis

Persian Lessons

Occupied France, 1942. Gilles is arrested by SS soldiers alongside other Jews and sent to a camp in Germany. He narrowly avoids sudden execution by swearing to the guards that he is not Jewish, but Persian. This lie temporarily saves him, but Gilles gets assigned a life-or-death mission: to teach Farsi to Head of Camp Koch, who dreams of opening a restaurant in Iran once the war is over. Through an ingenious trick, Gilles manages to survive by inventing words of "Farsi" every day and teaching them to Koch.

A Mermaid in Paris

A man rescues a mermaid in Paris and slowly falls in love with her.

Scred TBM

Gabriel, young father in a relationship, leads a double life. It is through a dedicated application and the pseudonym « Scred TBM » that he is brought to live a part of his sexuality in secrecy. He scrupulously organizes his meetings in order to never be unmasked, but everything changes the day he meets a new profile.

Loving

A set of stolen moments, captured in the privacy of different people. Couples, whether straight or gay, mixed or not share kisses, caresses, and smiles.

Nighthawks

Wide-eyed Midwest transplant Stan agrees to play wingman to his calculating and privileged roommate Chad as they embark upon an exploration of glittering New York nightlife, whose darkest secrets are held captive by an elite band of millennials known as Nighthawks.

Thirst Street

Gina, an American flight attendant, falls in with a Parisian bartender on a layover only to find herself tangled in a web of deception, delusion and unrequited amour fou.

Mr & Mme Adelman

How did Sarah and Victor get along for more than 45 years? Who was this enigmatic woman living in the shadow of her husband? Love, ambition, betrayals and secrets feed the story of this extraordinary couple, as they experience both the large and small moments of the last century's history.

Ce qui nous lie

At a family garage, on the eve of its impending closure, a customer drops off her car for a simple tune-up. There's nothing special about the car, except that it is the last.

La Nuit de Pierre Niney

Pierre Niney shares his vision of a Parisian night, of his life after dark. Part of a series of 9 short films for Canal +.

Swim Little Fish Swim

Between surrealism, unusual characters, art and magic tricks, "Swim Little Fish Swim" is a dreamlike journey from childhood to adulthood.

Go West!

1976: In order to leave the Soviet Union, the Mishkins undergo a "marriage of convenience" with their Jewish neighbors. But the trick only works at the beginning.