Movies: Lola Bessis

Occupied France, 1942. Gilles is arrested by SS soldiers alongside other Jews and sent to a camp in Germany. He narrowly avoids sudden execution by swearing to the guards that he is not Jewish, but Persian. This lie temporarily saves him, but Gilles ...

How did Sarah and Victor get along for more than 45 years? Who was this enigmatic woman living in the shadow of her husband? Love, ambition, betrayals and secrets feed the story of this extraordinary couple, as they experience both the large and smal...

A man rescues a mermaid in Paris and slowly falls in love with her....

A set of stolen moments, captured in the privacy of different people. Couples, whether straight or gay, mixed or not share kisses, caresses, and smiles....

The story of Bonnie-and-Clyde-type couple, Buddy and Franny. Buddy is determined to reconnect with his estranged parents by saving their home from foreclosure, whatever it takes. During a botched bank robbery, Buddy takes Franny as his hostage and to...

Wide-eyed Midwest transplant Stan agrees to play wingman to his calculating and privileged roommate Chad as they embark upon an exploration of glittering New York nightlife, whose darkest secrets are held captive by an elite band of millennials known...

Between surrealism, unusual characters, art and magic tricks, "Swim Little Fish Swim" is a dreamlike journey from childhood to adulthood....

Gina, an American flight attendant, falls in with a Parisian bartender on a layover only to find herself tangled in a web of deception, delusion and unrequited amour fou....

A young Palestinian boy living in the Gaza strip accompanies his father on monthly visits to the ruins of a destroyed village. Though he doesn't understand his father's ritual, he feels he has a duty to help him....

Pierre Niney shares his vision of a Parisian night, of his life after dark. Part of a series of 9 short films for Canal +....

Gabriel, young father in a relationship, leads a double life. It is through a dedicated application and the pseudonym « Scred TBM » that he is brought to live a part of his sexuality in secrecy. He scrupulously organizes his meetings in order to neve...

Theresa is a young and talented writer who is struggling to finish her novel. As an attempt to find inspiration and understand her protagonist - a wild and free runaway named Chloé - better, she leaves busy and noisy Paris and heads on a journey to w...

At a family garage, on the eve of its impending closure, a customer drops off her car for a simple tune-up. There's nothing special about the car, except that it is the last....