Pierre Arditi

Farce meets ironic realism in a stream-of-consciousness romp featuring prominent French actors who play themselves ... or some semblance of themselves.

Vermeer: Beyond Time explores the life and work of one of Johannes Vermeer. In this documentary, Jean-Pierre Cottet focuses on not only his work, but also his family life.

Master director Alain Resnais ('Last Year in Marienbad') blurs the line between cinematic technique and theatrical artifice in his acclaimed 'Mélo', adapted from Henri Bernstein's classic play about a doomed love triangle in 1920s Paris. Pierre (Pierre Arditi, 'Love Unto Death') and Marcel (André Dussollier, 'A Good Marriage') are both celebrated concert violinists and lifelong friends, in spite of their differing temperaments. Pierre is modest, sensitive and content with his lot; Marcel is hungry, driven, and pursues a solo career that takes him to the four corners of the world. After years apart, the two friends reunite when Pierre invites Marcel to his home for dinner. It is then that Marcel first meets Pierre's wife Romaine (Sabine Azéma, 'Cosmos'), sparking a passionate affair that can only end in tragedy before the curtain falls.

Six Parisians engage in a lonely and mostly unsuccessful search for real love: Nicole (Sabine Azéma) and Dan (Pierre Arditi) are engaged to be married, but his drinking drives them apart; Thierry (Isabelle Carré) flirts with a religious co-worker (André Dussollier) who has a secret vice; Gaelle (Lambert Wilson) answers numerous personal ads, but her dates never show up.

Two monkey tribes are divided by centuries of fear and prejudice. When curious teenager Kom plummets from his home, his family consider him lost forever. Below, however, his life is spared, and he soon becomes the King's favourite - which angers the Chancellor, who plans seize power for himself. Kom and loyal maid, Gina, uncover the plot, plan to reunite the two tribes and save the day.

France, early 1960s. In the idyllic world of 9-year-old Nicholas, there is Papa, Mum, his school, and - most importantly - his ragtag group of friends. Mischievous and inseparable, they call themselves 'The Invincibles', and life couldn't be better. A lavish big-screen adventure featuring author Rene Goscinny (Astérix) and illustrator Jean-Jacques Sempé's beloved character, a young boy with limitless curiosity and a dangerously overactive imagination.

To illustrate his theory on the complexities of human behavior, Professor Laborit selects three destinies: Jean, a careerist middle class man, Janine, an actress of humble origins, and René, a farmer’s son who manages his own textile company. All face difficult choices in life-changing situations.

A couple in crisis. He, disillusioned, sees his life upset the day an entrepreneur offers him to plunge back into the time of his choice