Olivier Marchal
Olivier Marchal (born 14 November 1958) is a French actor, director, screenwriter, and a former policeman. In 2005, he was nominated for three César Awards (Best Director, Best Film and Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation) for his film 36 Quai des Orfèvres. He also created... Read full bio →
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Bonne conduite
Pauline has her own way of doing road safety: as a trainer in a point recovery center during the day, she becomes a serial killer of drivers at night.
Ibiza
A mature podiatrist, his girlfriend and her teenage children travel Ibiza to live a crazy holidays.
Fastlife
Fastlife: always go further, faster, to shine in the eyes of others: this is the motto of Franklin. Franklin is a megalomaniac obsessed by the desire to shine at any price. He will have to choose between becoming a man or continue to live the Fastlife...
Un p'tit gars de Ménilmontant
Jo gets out of prison after 15 years after a big heist, and most is changed in his old neighborhood. New gangs and different lives. He's even got a son, which he didn't know about. He is back, and that stirs up the neighborhood.
Diamant 13
A cop goes up against his lifelong friend, who has become one of the city's biggest drug traffickers.
Pour elle
Lisa and Julien are married and lead a happy uneventful life with their son Oscar. But their life radically changes one morning, when the police comes to arrest Lisa on murder charges. She's sentenced to 20 years of prison. Convinced of his wife's innocence, Julien decides to act. How far will he be willing to go for her?
Truands
A Parisian criminal gang fall apart after challenges to the gang's leader lessen his influence.
Ne le dis à personne
A man receives a mysterious e-mail appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's alive, he finds himself being implicated in her death.
36 Quai des Orfèvres
In Paris, two cops are competing for the vacant job of chief of police, in the middle of the search for a gang of violent thieves. The movie is directed by Olivier Marchal, a former police officer who spent 12 years with the French police before creating this story, taken in part from real events of the 1980s.
L'extraterrestre
Chased by two androids programmed to kill him, Zerph puts down his flying saucer in Auvergne while waiting for help.
Profil bas
A disillusioned police detective, used as a scapegoat by his corrupted superior, fights back by becoming a competent criminal.