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Az works for an oyster farmer in Sète. He knows oysters by heart, he opens them by the hundreds. In one of them, Az decides to hide a ring, to ask his girlfriend Jess to marry him. She doesn't say yes. Fortunately, his band of friends are ready to do anything to help him get his head out of the water.

The story of Empress Elisabeth of Austria told from the point of view of her lady-in-waiting, Irma Sztáray. Far from the kitschy “Sissi” cliché, she portrays a woman who, for years without her husband, surrounded only by women, ventured on journeys throughout Europe, mastered six languages, practiced high-performance sports and did not fit at all into the tight corset of the Viennese court.

1.5 million Syrians have been forced to flee to Lebanon, where they find themselves in a hopeless situation. Their only hope for a lasting solution is to participate in a resettlement program and be accepted into one of twenty Western countries. Two Syrian families who left Syria in 2012 and have since gone through a real obstacle course are now, five years later, about to leave for Germany. But before they can take the final step, fate intervenes.

Ten-year-old Lucy is well-behaved, honest, polite and always in a good mood. But one day there's a hiss and an explosion - and the ice cream machine in Lucy's family's gelateria is broken. What to do now? With no one willing to extend credit for the expensive repair, Lucy soon sees only one way out: she plans to rob a bank to save the family business from bankruptcy. She takes lessons from a disreputable classmate to learn how to steal, lie, cheat and blackmail. But nice Lucy doesn't turn into an evil gangster as easily as she thinks ...

February 1927. After the death of Marcel Pericourt, his daughter, Madeleine, must take over the financial empire of which she is the heiress. But she has a son, Paul, who in an unexpected and tragic move sets her on the path to ruin and downfall. Faced with the adversity of men, the corruption of her environment and the ambition of her entourage, Madeleine will have to do everything possible to survive and rebuild her life. This task is all the more difficult in a France that watches, powerless, the 'first colors of the fire' that will ravage Europe.

A young woman who is passionate about ballet dancing and experiences a trauma, and then she meets other women who have experienced similar situations and they find a creative way to pursue their passion.

A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.

Between 2002 and 2010, more than 10,000 civilians were killed by the Colombian army and thrown into mass graves—with the aim of demonstrating the success of the offensive against the FARC. Felipe Monroy offers a voice to the families of the victims of this unpunished state crime, thereby creating a heartrending film that stands against the worst crime of all: oblivion.

Spring 1945, Heinrich Zwygart, Swiss ambassador to Germany flees bombed-out Berlin after eight years of service in the capital of the Reich. This is the end of a terrible mandate, during which he had to make fatal compromises to preserve the neutrality and security of his country. He went through the war, but will he survive the peace?

Giulia Tonelli, principal dancer at the Zurich Opera House, returns from maternity leave. She has to fight to find her place and a new balance, between the competitive and extremely demanding world of an elite ballet company and her new family life.

“In re-viewing our Super 8 films, shot between 1972 and 1981, it occurred to me that they comprised not only a family archive but a testimony to the pastimes, lifestyle and aspirations of a social class in the decade after 1968. I wanted to incorporate these silent images into a story which combined the intimate with the social and with history, to convey the taste and colour of those years.” Annie Ernaux

An ex-convict endeavours to meet his daughter for the first time after leaving prison. However, his attempts are interrupted due to a drug raid planned by an Inspector.

When a former racer faces the prospect of his car repair shop and go-kart track being foreclosed, he comes up with a daring plan: to win the prize for the big race on the Bilster Berg. He has one month to turn his old Opel into a rocket from the old days, but his ex-wife suddenly enters his life with a request to take care of their son.

Set between Hong Kong, London and Frankfurt, this is the intimate portrait of five women working in the highest spheres of finance. Regularly stigmatised as “dragon-women”, they reveal the survival mechanisms they use and the personal battles they fight in this ultra-patriarchal professional field where they represent a tiny minority.

Fisherman's son Adam is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the epicenter of power of Sunni Islam. Shortly after his arrival in Cairo, the university’s highest ranking religious leader, the Grand Imam, dies and Adam becomes a pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Eqypt's religious and political elite.