Maurice Garrel – MRQE

The Passenger

Sun, 14 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

When he learns of the death of his older brother Richard, Thomas sets out for Marseilles to identify the body. Having collected his brothers possessions, he returns to their home town, hoping to recall their earlier life together. Here, Thomas insinuates himself into the company of Richards friends, whilst keeping his own identity a secret. As he does so, he begins to bring his brother back to life, although not all the memories are pleasant ones…

Le Rouge et le noir (TV)

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

In 1827, Berthet, the son of a craftsman and a young seminarian, was tried and sentenced to death for murdering his former mistress, the wife of a notable who had hired him as tutor to his children.

Merry-Go-Round

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

New Yorker Ben Phillips and mysterious Léo Hoffmann are strangers who are summoned to Paris by a mutual acquaintance. Upon arrival, they meet and soon find themselves tangled in a complex mystery.

Un été brûlant

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

Paul reflects on the summer he met Angèle and Frédéric as he watches his friend being laid to rest.

Actrices

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Marcelline is an actress. Forty, single and childless, she begins rehearsals for Turgenev’s A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY. Denis, the director, admires her greatly and promises he’ll make her happy on stage – she will shine. But things don’t go to plan. Denis introduces Marcelline to his assistant, Nathalie. The two women were at drama school together twenty years earlier. Nathalie tells her she had to give up acting: she has a husband and children. Marcelline and Nathalie look at each other as if in a mirror, each seeing in the other the life she doesn’t have, the dreams she cannot bear to abandon. Their meeting is the first in a series of tremors that will turn Marcelline’s life upside down.

Amants réguliers, Les

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

1968 and 1969 in Paris: during and after the student and trade union revolt. François is 20, a poet, dodging military service. He takes to the barricades, but won’t throw a Molotov cocktail at the police. He smokes opium and talks about revolution with his friend, Antoine, who has an inheritance and a flat where François can stay. François meets Lilie, a sculptor who works at a foundry to support herself. They fall in love. A year passes; François continues to write, talk, smoke, and be with Lilie. Opportunities come to Lilie: what will she and François do?

Rois et reine

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

Shortly before her wedding, art gallery director Nora travels from Paris to Grenoble to visit her preteen son, Elias, who is spending time with her aging professor father, Louis, recently diagnosed with terminal cancer. During her stay, she reaches out to her former lover, Ismael, a viola player and father figure to Elias who has been committed against his will to a mental hospital. Ismael, however, has his own problems to sort out.

Mes enfants ne sont pas comme les autres

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A classical musician demands that his beautiful daughter and his young son follow in his footsteps despite their personal wishes.

Rencontre avec le dragon

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

11th Century AD. In a world that burns with the heat of battle, a world torn apart by Crusades, one knight traverses the desolate wastes laid bare by bloody conflict. Prepare yourself for a descent into a brutal hell, where armies clash and blood flows like rivers, and where a sharp blade is the only means of defense against an army of evil.

Son frère

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

Thomas has been estranged from his brother Luc for several years, due in part to his difficulties in dealing with Luc’s homosexuality. But when Thomas is diagnosed with a rare blood disease, which is difficult to treat and impossible to cure, he decides he wants to bring Luc back into his life. The brothers soon become inseparable, and their new relationship begins to alienate their significant others.