Robert Guédiguian – MRQE

Twist à Bamako

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

Mali, 1960. The youth of Bamako dance the twist to rock and roll music newly imported from the West and dream of political renewal. Samba, a young socialist, falls for spirited Lara during one of his missions to the bush. To escape her forced marriage, she secretly flees with him to the city. But Laras husband wont let them be and the Revolution soon brings painful disillusions as they dream of a future together.

Gloria Mundi

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

Daniel leaves prison. He returns to Marseilles where Mathilda, his daughter, has just given birth. Nicolas, her spouse, a self-employed driver, is exhausted while Mathilda is a sales assistant on a trial basis. But, one night, Nicolas is assaulted by taxi drivers determined to reduce unfair competition.

Une histoire de fou

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Aram, a young man from Marseille of Armenian origin, blows up the Turkish ambassador’s car in Paris. Gilles, a young cyclist who was passing at that precise moment, is seriously injured. Aram’s mother feels guilty and feels the need to visit Gilles at the hospital and beg for his forgiveness, something that Gilles does not understand. Against the advice of his comrades in Beirut, Aram decides to go meet his victim.

L’armée du crime

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

This gripping historical drama recounts the story of Armenian-born Missak Manouchian, a woodworker and political activist who led an immigrant laborer division of the Parisian Resistance on 30 operations against the Nazis in 1943. The Nazis branded the group an Army of Crime, an anti-immigrant propaganda stunt that backfired as the team’s members became martyrs for the Resistance.

Le Voyage en Arménie

Sun, 08 Mar 2026 05:00:00 +0000

This is a story about returning to ones ancestral homeland. Anna is a cardiologist who discovers her father has fled to his native Armenia after being diagnosed with a heart problem. Despite their contentious relationship, she sets out to bring her father back for this operation. Anna is a tough-minded, headstrong woman with little feeling for her fathers homeland or patience with its politics and socially intrusive culture, yet she finds this journey not only a reunion of sorts, but one of reconciliation as well.

Le Promeneur du champ de Mars

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

A young journalist (Lespert) helps the French President compile his memoirs.

Mon père est ingénieur

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

Her parents and a former lover try to help a woman out of an apparently unjustified catatonic condition.

Marie-Jo et ses 2 amours

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

Marie-Jo and Her Two Lovers (French: Marie-Jo et ses deux amours) is a 2002 French drama film directed by Robert Guédiguian. It was entered into the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.

La Ville est tranquille

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

A dark tale of working-class life in Marseilles, a city in crisis. Interesting characters include a hard-bitten but compassionate fish market worker with a drug addicted daughter and a moody bartender with a shocking secret life.

À l’attaque!

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

Two friends with very different personalities decide to write a script for a movie. Their discussions and confrontations are constant, but the story slowly takes shape around a poor family that has a small car repair business. Times are hard and will have to fight to prevent a multinational tear down the garage.