Olivier Bonnaud

1874, The Birth of Impressionism

April 15, 1874, boulevard des Capucines, Paris: a group of young feverish painters shunned by the official Salon and mocked by the classical masters, chose to come together to exhibit their paintings freely, in the studio of photographer Nadar. At the end of a teeming century, when modernity was emerging, this group of rebellious artists, revolutionized the world of art.

Young Ahmed

A Belgian teenager hatches a plot to kill his teacher after embracing an extremist interpretation of the Quran.

One Nation, One King

„Un peuple et son roi" crosses the destinies of the men and women of the population, and those of historical figures. Their meeting place is the newly founded National Assembly. At the heart of the story lie the fate of the king and the birth of the French Republic.

Voir le jour

A man is born. He is ephemeral. He will only live a day, during which he will go through all the stages and ages of life, growing old by several years every hour. Like a visitor from elsewhere, he encounters, discovers, and tries to understand this world in which has been born.

Our Patriots

After the French defeat of summer 1940, Addi Ba, a young Senegalese rifleman escapes and hides in the Vosges. Aided by some villagers, he gets false documents that allow him to live openly.

The Unknown Girl

Jenny, a young doctor who feels guilty after a young woman she refused to see winds up dead a few days later, decides to find out who the girl was, after the police can't identify the young woman.