Daniel Gélin – MRQE

Obsession

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Two men become entangled in a torrid love affair with the same woman. Pierre is Miriam’s longtime lover. John is desperately searching for clues about his past when he and Miriam have a fateful encounter in a Berlin train station. The allure of forbidden love becomes irresistible, and an intense love triangle is ignited. Who will Miriam choose? Who will walk away? For two men who desperately adore the same woman and for the woman who loves them equally…there is no easy way out.

Napoléon

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Versailles, and sites of Napoleonic battles including Austerlitz and Waterloo.

En effeuillant la marguerite

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Due to an urgent need of money, Agnes participates in an amateur striptease contest. Her new boyfriend, Daniel, who is a reporter by profession, covers the contest for his magazine.

Fugueuses

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Two girls meet on a train: Prune is looking for her father whom she has not seen since she was a little girl, Marina is looking for the mother she has never had. Prune learns that her father took his life and then she accidentally dies by drowning. Marina decides to assume her identity and begins a correspondence with Prune’s mother.

Bidochon, Les

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Raymond and Robert Bidochon lead a dismal life in a suburban HLM. The change, so hoped for by Raymonde, could come from a reality show, Grand Bonheur, in which they participate.

Pushing the Limits

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

No other sport in the world requires that you tape your racket to your hand – but for wheelchair tennis. Mark Eccleston is an athlete who has overcome tremendous adversity – this frank, fearless and often funny film tells his triumph of the human spirit. He became one of the world’s leading wheelchair tennis players and held the World No 1 spot for fourteen months. He went on to win a silver medal in the Athens Paralympics in 2004. Mark could never have achieved this level of success without the great will power he shows daily – and a philosophy which is as useful to the able bodied as to the disabled.

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.

Roulez jeunesse!

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

After a missed burglary, deux young cads take refuge in a retiring-pension sowing terror. On the call of one of the pensioners, the police catch them. But some of the old people are puzzled by their situation and decide to ask about them…

Itinéraire d’un enfant gâté

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A foundling, raised in the circus, Sam Lion becomes a businessman after a trapeze accident. However, when he reaches fifty and becomes tired of his responsibilities and of his son Jean-Philippe, he decides to disappear at sea. However, he runs into Albert Duvivier, one of his former employees. He comes to realise that he has ignored the important things in his life.

La Vie est un long fleuve tranquille

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Two babies are switched at birth. When the mistake is discovered 12 years later, it leads to complications in the lives of both families. One family is affluent, with dutiful and (apparently) contented children. The other family is poor, with rambunctious (even delinquent) children, often hungry, but with lots of laughter in the house.