Véronique Silver – MRQE

Noce blanche

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

A philosophy professor has an illicit affair with one of his students, a bright yet troubled girl who lives alone.

La Maison de jade

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

During a ceremony in an orthodox church in Paris, a 40-year-old writer and journalist is seduced by a young man, whom with she will live an extraordinary story of love and passion that will drive them to madness.

Le Mystère Alexina

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In 1856, fresh from life with nuns in an orphanage school, Alexina Barbin comes to a coastal village in La Rochelle to teach the village girls. She is deeply religious. She shares the classroom and a bedroom with the young and vivacious Sara, with whom she falls in love. Alexina has another secret: her gender is mysterious. She and Sara begin a scandalous love affair, but Alexina seeks marriage and social acceptance. She discloses her secrets to the village priest, to her mother, to the bishop, and to the bishop’s physician. After the church and court rule on her petition, marriage to Sara becomes Alexina’s sole purpose and hope.

La Femme d’à côté

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

Madame Jouve, the narrator, tells the tragedy of Bernard and Mathilde. Bernard was living happily with his wife Arlette and his son Thomas. One day, a couple, Philippe and Mathilde Bauchard, moves into the next house. This is the accidental reunion of Bernard and Mathilde, who had a passionate love affair years ago. The relationship revives… A somber study of human feelings.

Dites-lui que je l’aime

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

Industrious accountant David Martinaud claims to be visiting his parents every weekend, but it’s merely a cover for the labor-intensive refurbishing of his country cottage. The reason for David’s secrecy is that his childhood crush, Lise, lives nearby, and, although she’s married, he still believes they’ll get together. His devotion to the idea borders on mania, and, when Lise’s husband is accidentally killed, he quickly spirals out of control.

Passagers, Les

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

The new Saint Denis-Bobigny streetcar picks up and drops off commuters in an all-too-brief transit of their lives. Among the regular riders is a woman who is both spectator and guide she introduces, comments on, ponders and catalyzes the sometimes vain, sometimes serious preoccupations of her fellow travelers, who, for the moment, are rushing headlong toward their destiny. The commuters and their observer have double lives. Once they step off this streetcar, the real-life dramas begin. Each has his or her style of living or dying