Roschdy Zem
2) Point Blank
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Français
Description
Samuel is a nurse working at a hospital when his pregnant wife is kidnapped before his very eyes.
Publisher
Menemsha Films
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
עברית
Description
The magnificent, epic story of an Ethiopian boy who is airlifted from a Sudanese refugee camp to Israel in 1984 during Operation Moses. Shlomo is plagued by two big secrets: He is neither a Jew nor an orphan, just an African boy who survived and wants, somehow, to fulfill his Ethiopian mother’s parting request that he “go, live, and become.” Buoyed by a profound and unfaltering motherly love – both in his memory and in the arms of his adoptive...
4) The Innocent
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Français
Description
Part crime thriller, part family farce, Louis Garrel’s THE INNOCENT shows the dangerous lengths two men go to, and the outlandish lies they tell, for the women they love. Garrel stars as Abel, a museum educator and widower whose mother, Sylvie, marries Michel, one of her drama pupils in the local penitentiary. Once on parole, Michel attempts to start a legitimate life for Sylvie’s sake but soon reverts to his old ways, with the suspicious Abel...
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
Français
Description
This **Oscar-nominated** drama tells the story of a family fighting for Algeria's independence from France after World War II. After losing their family home in Algeria, three brothers are scattered across the globe. Messaoud joins the French army fighting in Indochina; Abdelkader becomes a leader of the Algerian independence movement; Said moves to Paris to make his fortune in the shady clubs and boxing halls of Pigalle. Gradually, their interconnecting...
6) All Out
Publisher
Under the Milky Way
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Français
Description
From circus to theater, from anonymity to fame, the incredible destiny of Chocolat the clown, the first black stage performer in France. The unprecedented duo he forms with Footit is very popular in Belle Epoque Paris, until easy money, gambling and discrimination take their toll on their friendship and Chocolat's career. The singular story of an exceptional artist.
Publisher
Distrib Films
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Français
Description
The wife of a successful chef feels unfulfilled in her role as dining-room hostess and consults career counselor, who is herself dissatisfied by her useful but mundane place in the scheme of things. Without meaning to, the two women find their lives growing tangled together, with ever more complex tragicomic consequences.
9) London river
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Follows Elizabeth as she travels to London in the immediate aftermath of the bombings on July 7, 2005, after failing to hear from her daughter. Elizabeth is disturbed by the confusion of the metropolis and above all, by the predominantly Muslim neighborhood where her daughter lived. Her fear and prejudice escalate when she discovers her daughter was converting to Islam as she keeps crossing paths with Ousmane, a West African who has come from France...
Publisher
Koch Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Français
Description
Antoine has just been transferred from Normandy to Paris. He is happy, but his wife prefers the country. Antoine loves her dearly, but he loves his job just as much. His co-workers include Inspector Vaudieu, veteran cop Mallet, and Muslim cop Solo. For the most part, they get along pretty well. This is especially so for Antoine and Vaudieu, who develops maternal feelings towards the rookie. When the body of a drifter is found murdered along the Seine,...
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Français
Description
Rachel is a dedicated teacher who forms a deep bond with her boyfriend's young daughter, loving the family she's found but yearning for one of her own in this soulful, sexy, resolutely grown-up story of the elusive quest for belonging.
Author
Language
Français
Description
A brilliant, neurotic attorney goes to Monaco to defend a famous criminal. Instead of focusing on the case, he falls for a beautiful she-devil who turns him into a complete wreck. Hopefully, his zealous bodyguard will step in and put everything back in order. Or will he?
13) Point Blank
Author
Language
Français
Description
Samuel is a nurse working at a hospital when his pregnant wife is kidnapped before his very eyes. Knocked unconscious, he comes to and discovers that a dangerous criminal named Sartet is responsible, and if he's ever to see his wife again, he must do Sartet's bidding. Samuel quickly finds himself pitted against rival gangsters and trigger-happy police in a deadly race to save the lives of his wife and unborn child.
14) Bodybuilder
Author
Language
Français
Description
Twenty year old Antoine has made enemies of a gang of young thugs, to whom he owes money. Fed up with his scams and petty crimes, his mother and older brother decide to send Antoine to his father's place in Saint-Etienne. The two men haven't seen each other for several years.
Author
Language
עברית
Description
The epic story of an Ethiopian boy who is airlifted from a Sudanese refugee camp to Israel in 1984 during Operation Moses. Shlomo is plagued by two big secrets: He is neither a Jew nor an orphan, just an African boy who survived and wants, somehow, to fulfill his Ethiopian mother's parting request that he “go, live, and become.” Buoyed by a profound and unfaltering motherly love–both in his memory and in the arms of his adoptive mother–he...