Victor Lanoux – MRQE

Two Men in Town

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

A former bank robber is released after 10 years in prison. He gets help from a social-worker, but gets harassed by an old cop from his past.

La Position de l’escargot

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

Tunisian-born Myriam, a Sephardic beauty, lives in Montreal. Théo, her grad-student boyfriend, breaks up with her, and she’s desolate. She house-sits for a friend for several weeks: during that time, her father arrives looking for her after 20 years, Théo realizes he misses her, and she meets the quirky Lou, a poetry-spouting squatter who introduces himself by clipping a lock of her hair during a movie; he later breaks into her flat to chat with her. She’s angry with her father, confused by Théo, and delighted with Lou, whose free spirit and undemanding attention inspire her. Working out her feelings about her father gives her to key to decide what to do next.

Grandes bouches, Les

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

This is a suspense drama about Esther, Lamar, and Zed, three friends who live together. Tired of having financial problems, they decide to hit it big somehow. They visit Armand, a former ‘Godfather’ who has now retired. They soon realize that, in contrast to their world of easy living with few responsibilities, Armand’s world belongs to the underground with its own code of behavior. Their involvement in that world brings them face to face with events they had never imagined before.

Reines d’un jour

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

Some days turn out to be simply unforgettable. For Marie, it all starts with a pregnancy test that proves positive, a car accident and being fired from her job… For Hortense, mobile phone in hand, the frantic quest for sexual satisfaction begins in a traffic jam… For both Luis and Maurice, the unexpected appearance of a loved one pitches them into a world of dreams and nightmares. While some of the characters know each other, others come into contact by chance. One woman profits from all this, the other is shattered. One will have gone looking for trouble, the other will have asked for nothing. There’ll be no fatalities.

Démons de Jésus, Les

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

Set in the late 1960s, a family of Gypsies live in a dilapidated pavilion in the western suburbs of Paris.

Le Lieu du crime

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

In the woods, a 13-year-old boy is grabbed by an escaped convict and told to bring money later that day. The boy does as he’s told, only to be attacked by the convict’s partner. A murder ensues, and through happenstance, the murderer and the boy’s mother form an alliance. All this takes place in four days during which the boy has his first communion, his separated parents face each other amidst grandmother’s hopes they’ll reunite, the grandfather just wants to go fishing, the school’s chaplain complains about the boy’s behavior, and the convicts’ shared girlfriend comes, gun in hand, to help them escape to Tangier. The mother’s surprising decisions complete the story.

La Triche

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

In the docks of Bordeaux a well-known homosexual was murdered. Police Inspector Michel Verta starts investigating, when he falls in love with Bernard, a handsome young musician. This not only threatens his family life but also his integrity, for he is married with a child and Bernard is one of the murder suspects.

Voleurs de la nuit, Les

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

A crime story set in Paris about a Bonnie-and-Clyde couple — how they got together and how they are pursued for a murder they never committed.

Canicule

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

An American bank robber on the run in France is held hostage by a family of depraved farmers.

Y a-t-il un Français dans la salle?

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

An official’s earlier rise to power had some sordid aspects that are about to be uncovered by the death of his uncle. While he is trying to contain any potential scandal, the man becomes enamored of the daughter of his uncle’s maid. This new romance inspires him to forget worries about a public image and focus on a new life — not any easy objective when unsavory friends and foes have their own agendas in mind.