An intimate and political history of the French working class from the early 1950s to the present day.

Sugar Hill er et område i New Yorks Harlem, hvor brødrene Roemello og Raynathan styrer narkohandlen. Mens Roemello holder sig væk fra stofferne, så bliver Raynathan stadig mere afhængig og begynder at miste overblikket. En narkobaron trænger ind på deres territorium, og de to brødre må beslutte, om de vil kæmpe eller opsøge et andet liv.

Sofiane, the son of a former Algerian diplomat, has travelled a lot. Having moved to Lyon for his studies, he is the victim of an administrative decision and lives under constant threat of deportation. In the hope of regularising his situation, he agrees to work for a Muslim funeral parlour. Between parties, encounters and his job, Sofiane finds himself on a journey of initiation that will lead him to build his own identity and gradually move towards adulthood.

A mother of two gathers her loved ones to celebrate her birthday in her big house near the Loire Valley. The festivities are disrupted by the arrival of her daughter, who is known for her unpredictable outbursts.

When Amador Coro gets out of prison for having provoked a fire, nobody is waiting for him. He returns to his home town, a small village hidden in the mountains of rural Galicia, to live with his elder mother, Benedicta, and three cows. Life goes on calmly, following the rhythm of the nature. Until the night when a fire devastates the region.

Zahia Ziouani, 17, dreams of becoming a conductor, while her twin sister Fettouma hopes to be a professional cellist. They want to make classical music accessible to everyone and create their own orchestra.

Boundary-pushing Russian dancer and actress Ida Rubinstein selects renowned French composer Maurice Ravel to compose the music for her next ballet. Ravel ends up creating his greatest success ever: Boléro.

„Un peuple et son roi" crosses the destinies of the men and women of the population, and those of historical figures. Their meeting place is the newly founded National Assembly. At the heart of the story lie the fate of the king and the birth of the French Republic.

On election night in 1981, celebrations spill out onto the street and there is an air of hope and change throughout Paris. But for Elisabeth, her marriage is coming to an end and she will now have to support herself and her two teenage children. She finds work at a late-night radio show and encounters a troubled teenager named Talulah whom she invites into her home.

Amaia has just become a mother, and the challenge is even more significant than she imagined. So when her partner has to leave for several weeks because of his job, she decides to spend time with her parents in a lovely coastal village in the Basque Country and hopefully share the responsibility of looking after her baby. However, she forgot that even when one becomes a parent, one never stops being a daughter.

En afdæmpet og knivskarp skildring af en 6-årig piges kamp med livet. Frida har mistet først sin far og nu sin mor og flyttes derfor fra Barcelona til en onkel og tante ude på landet. Deres empati er næsten grænseløs, men Frida har en afmægtig sorg og smerte i sin lille krop. Et uformuleret råb om hjælp og kontakt, som får destruktivt udtryk, og ikke alene slider på dem alle, men måske også truer parrets egen 3-årige datter.

Den unge bhutanske skolelærer Ugyen udstationeres i en skole i landsbyen Lunana. Byen ligger langt væk fra den moderne civilisation, og her oplever Ugyen et helt andet Bhutan end det, han kender. Men hvad Lunana mangler i komfort, har byens befolkning i taknemmelighed, og langsomt bløder den vrangvillige Ugyen op. Blandt bjerge, floder og yakokser lærer Ugyen fra sig, mens han også selv lærer et og andet om verden uden for egen navle.

Fred Zinnemanns filmatisering af Robert Bolts historiske skuespil A Man for All Seasons er så vellykket, at den ud over de 6 Oscars, den vandt i 1966, scorede yderligere 14 internationale filmpriser samme år. Det er en moralsk fabel, der placerer den engelske Lord Chancellor, juristen og katolikken Sir Thomas Moore (Paul Scofield) i centrum, da han af samvittighedsmæssige grunde nægter at anerkende sin konge, Henry VIII's ønske om skilsmisse.

Modelo Prison. Barcelona, 1977. Manuel, a young accountant, imprisoned and awaiting trial for embezzlement, faces a sentence of 6 to 8 years, a disproportionate punishment for the crime committed. Together with his cellmate Pino, he joins forces with COPEL, a collective fighting for the rights of ordinary prisoners and amnesty. A war for freedom breaks out that will bring the Spanish prison system to its knees. If things are changing outside, they’ll have to do the same inside. A tale of friendship, solidarity and freedom, inspired in true events.

A novelist attends the trial of a woman accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter by abandoning her to the rising tide on a beach in northern France. But as the trial continues, her own family history, doubts, and fears about motherhood are steadily dislodged as the life story of the accused is gradually revealed.

As the coronavirus upends their lives, two detectives doggedly pursue those responsible for an abduction they realize is part of a sinister pattern.

After shrewdly seizing his chance to join a money-laundering scheme, a modest valet dives into a world of fast cash, fast cars — and an inevitable crash.

Iranian female judokas Leila and her coach Maryam, travel to the Judo World Championship, intent on bringing home Iran’s first gold medal. Midway through the Judo World Championships, they receive an ultimatum from the Islamic Republic ordering Leila to fake an injury and lose, or she will be branded a traitor of the state. With her own and her family’s freedom at stake, Leila is faced with an impossible choice: comply with the Iranian regime as her coach Maryam implores her to do, or fight on, for the gold.

Masashi is a photographer. He has his parents and an older brother Yukihiro. Through the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Masashi begins to take staged photos of his family.

I 1939 skaber Billie Holiday sensation, da hun optræder med sangen Strange Fruit, som handler om lynchning i USA's sydstater. Koncertsalene er udsolgte, og publikum opfordrer hende til at synge tidens mest kontroversielle sang. Derfor er Billie Holiday et voksende politisk problem, og man ønsker handling fra højeste sted. I FBI ved man, at Billie er stofmisbruger, og netop det kan bruges til at få hende dømt og fjernet fra scenen.