Christophe Malavoy – MRQE

L’étranger

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000

In 1930s Algeria, the daily life of an indifferent Frenchman is shaken by the death of his mother and a fateful encounter on a beach.

La Nube

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A black cloud brings 1600 days of rain to Buenos Aires, while traffic and pedestrians move backwards. Aging actor Max (Eduardo Pavlovsky) runs the Mirror Theater in a former fish market, but lack of funding means a possible demolition. Max is attracted to Brazilian dancer Fulo (Angela Correa), who worries about her daughter back home. Amid political corruption and police brutality, Max’s elderly colleague Enrique leads a protest for unpaid old-age pensions. The pensioners succeed in their demands, only to learn from a government official that no money is available to pay them.

La Ville dont le prince est un enfant (TV)

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Two boys in their early teens in a strictly-run pre-WWII Catholic School form a firm friendship which is troubled by an abbot who is obsessed with the younger of the students.

C’est la tangente que je préfère

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A highly intelligent teenage girl has an affair with a 40-year-old man.

Des feux mal éteints

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A French army journalist bears witness to the atrocities of the Algerian war in 1962 in this gripping French war movie. It is based on the 1967 novel by Philippe Labro. The film begins in Paris as Jerome Carier, ready to embark to Algiers, is beaten and questioned about the politically sensitive photographs he has. The photos were sent to him by Francois, a friend stationed in Algiers. Francoise is trying to get the French and the Algerians to reconcile. Jerome arrives in the war-torn country and finds himself faced with unbelievable carnage. The French are behind most of it. Because he took the pictures, Francois life is in jeopardy. He is murdered and Jerome finds himself attracted to his girl friend, a radio station announcer. The film contains graphic pictures of the slaughter.

Madame Bovary

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Bored with the limited and tedious nature of provincial life in 19th-century France, the fierce and sensual Emma Bovary finds herself in calamitous debt and pursues scandalous sexual liaisons with absolute abandon. However, when her volatile lifestyle catches up to her, the lives of everyone around her are endangered.

Le Cri du hibou

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Robert is an architect and artist, in Vichy after separating from his Parisian wife. Robert finds it calms him to stand in the shadows of the home of Juliette and Patrick and watch her cook. She thinks he’s a prowler and confronts him, then invites him in…

Péril en la demeure

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The wealthy Tombsthays hire a guitar tutor, David Aurphet, for their daughter Vivian. The wife, Julia, begins a passionate affair with David. Edwige, Julia’s new neighbour, also takes an interest in David. David is attacked one night on returning home but saved by a mysterious stranger Daniel who reveals himself to be a hired killer. David begins to suspect that his affair is no longer secret.

La Balance

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A Paris police detective plays rough with a prostitute and her pimp/lover, whom he wants as an informant.