An Ordinary Execution

In the 19th century, a black woman from Africa is on display throughout Europe as an exotic curiosity.

Dissidents in a French overseas territory attack a police station and take hostages.

Under threat by fundamentalist terrorists, a group of Trappist monks stationed with an impoverished Algerian community must decide whether to leave or stay.

1945. Mathilde is a French Red Cross doctor working on a mission to help the French survivors of the German camps. While she works in Poland, she is asked for help by a nun. In her convent, several nu

Members of the advocacy group ACT UP Paris demand action by the government and pharmaceutical companies to combat the AIDS epidemic in the early 1990s.

An adaptation of Annie Ernaux's novel of the same name, looking back on her experience with abortion when it was still illegal in France in the 1960s.

French Canadians face execution after a revolt against British bureaucrats in Quebec.

A history of the Louvre during the Nazi occupation and a meditation on the meaning and timelessness of art.

In the 16th century in the Cévennes, a horse dealer by the name of Michael Kohlhaas leads a happy family life. When a lord treats him unjustly, he raises an army and puts the country to fire and sword

While a world war rages, Philippe, a draft-dodger from Quebec, takes refuge in the American West, surviving by competing in Charlie Chaplin impersonation contests. As Philippe makes his long journey h

The story of the first bearded lady attraction.

A tale of friendship between two men, one Jewish and the other Arab, as the country of Israel is being created.