Mélanie Laurent
1) My Son
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Français
Description
In the middle of the night, a 7-year-old boy has gone missing. The crisis has drawn the child’s father Julien (Guillaume Canet) back to a small, snowy town in eastern France in an effort to help. Julien travels abroad for work and has been essentially absent from his son’s life since splitting with his wife (Mélanie Laurent) a few years earlier. Fueled by his sense of guilt about neglecting his family, Julien is determined to do whatever it takes...
Publisher
Distrib Films
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Français
Description
France 1809. The charming Captain Neuville (Jean Dujardin) is set to marry the naïve Pauline (Noémie Merlant) when the war breaks out, forcing Neuville to depart for the battlefield. After not hearing from the captain for months, Pauline soon starts to become ill with worry, pushing her sister Elizabeth (Mélanie Laurent) to write fake letters on behalf of Neuville, thinking he would never come back. "*Full to the brim with Gallic charm, it's an...
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Français
Description
A taut, nuanced story about the depths of female friendships and the dark side of teenage infatuations. BREATHE, the sophomore directorial effort from Melanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds, Beginners), is an assured adaptation of the sensational French young adult novel of the same name. Charlie (Josephine Japy) is seventeen and bored. Her estranged parents are too caught up in their own drama to pay her much attention. School holds no surprises either,...
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Français
Description
On her return from vacation, Lili, 19, is told by her parents that her twin brother Loïc has left home after a violent argument with their father. With no news from Loïc, Lili becomes convinced that something has happened to him and sets off to look for her brother. What she discovers is beyond comprehension.
5) Plonger
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures*
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
César and Paz are madly in love. Paz, a Spanish photographer, is always looking for new people to meet, new countries to discover, new experiences. But César, previously a war journalist, is looking for peace and quiet. Paz gets pregnant and the perspective of motherhood smothers her. Each day she becomes more distant, lost in a quest she can’t quite grasp herself. Until she suddenly leaves Cesar and their baby behind with no explanation. A...