Nicolas Giraud
Nicolas Giraud (born 12 November 1978) is a French actor and filmmaker. Giraud is known for playing the role of Peter in the 2008 action film Taken. He is the writer, director and lead actor of the short film Faiblesses (2009). Giraud played the lead role in L'Astronaute... Read full bio →
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Les gardiennes
Women are left behind to work a family farm during the Great War.
Anton Tchékhov 1890
In 1890,Russian writer Anton Chekov writes short stories in newspapers to feed his family. He achieves success in the form of Pushkin prize. However, he decides to meet convicts at Sakhalin when one of this brothers die due to tuberculosis.
Loin des hommes
A French teacher in a small Algerian village during the Algerian War forms an unexpected bond with a dissident who is ordered to be turned in to the authorities.
Aux yeux des vivants
Three teenagers skip school in order to explore an abandoned film studio lot where they catch sight of a woman being dragged by a masked man.
Ce que le jour doit à la nuit
Algeria in the 1930s. Nine-year-old Jonas was placed in the care of his uncle in Oran. He befriends the youth of Rio Salado. Emily is loved by all. The love that grows between Jonas and Emily is influenced by the country's conflicts.
Voir la mer
Two brothers live in Montbard, Burgundy. For their summer vacation, they decide to visit their mother in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, because it’s been a long time, because it would make her happy… There’s no shortage of reasons.
Les tribulations d'une caissière
A young woman, working as a cashier for a large retailer, writes anonymously about the working conditions that she and all the cashiers face everyday. Her blog becomes famous all over the country, some people want to know who she is.
Coup d'éclat
Fabienne is a police officer. She does her job well but is gradually growing tired of the dehumanized nature of her work : arresting undocumented aliens day after day does not fit in with her ideals.
Nannerl, la soeur de Mozart
A re-imagined account of the early life of Maria Anna 'Nannerl' Mozart, five years older than Wolfgang and a musical prodigy in her own right.
Les aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec
An adventure set in the early party of the 20th century and focused on a popular novelist and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and other distractions.
Bruc. La llegenda
In 1808, a lone drummer boy uses Montserrat's echoes to defeat Napoleon's army, becoming a legend.
Vertige
A group of friends on vacation decide to venture onto a trail high up in the mountains that has been closed for repairs. The climb proves more perilous than planned, especially as they soon realize that they are not alone. The adventure turns into a nightmare.
Taken
A former spy relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been forced into the slave trade.
Liberté-Oléron
During the summer vacation of a french family, the father goes through a mid-life crisis. To cope with it, he ends up buying a boat, which turns out to be a not-so-good idea.