In 1850, on the isolated French island of Saint-Pierre, a murder shocks the natives. Two fishermen are arrested. One of them, Louis Ollivier, dies in custody. The other, Neel Auguste, is sentenced to death by the guillotine. The island is so small that it has neither a guillotine nor an executioner. While those are sent for Auguste is placed under the supervision of an army Captain.

Irrepressible French comedian Fadily Camara weaves jokes, vivid characters and physical comedy into a lively stand-up show at La Cigale in Paris.

"Smoking" and "No Smoking" are two segments of the film which are based on closely connected plays. The original plays covered eight separate stories, which have been pared down to three each for these movies. At a certain point in the story of each segment, the five female characters (all played by Sabine Azema) and the four male characters (all played by Pierre Arditi) have their lives skillfully recapped in terms of "what might have happened" if they had made or failed to make certain choices. For example, "No Smoking" focuses chiefly on the relationship between the mild-mannered Miles Coombes and his infinitely more aggressive and ambitious wife, Rowena.

After leaving France in search of a better life in America, a television producer returns with a group of burlesque dancers to take the Paris club scene by storm.

After a bad breakup, a college-aged Parisian moves into her father's flat only to discover that he is living with his new girlfriend - a young woman her age.

The film is based on interviews with 2,000 women from 50 countries, and covers the status of women all over the world. The topics covered include forced marriages, sexual assault, female genital mutilation, acid attacks, motherhood, sexuality, menstruation, education and the professional success of women.

Marie has had a tough childhood ever since her mother Elisa committed suicide. She has spent most of her life in an orphanage and now makes a living as a small time criminal in Paris. Now she wants to unravel her past and find her father whom she blames for her mother's death.

A young girl is frustrated by her over-protective mom. At school, she meets another fearless little girl that is going to have a big influence on her.

In the aftermath of the most devastating conflict mankind had ever experienced, the tiny island of Shikotan became part of the Sakhalin Oblast... and on the unhealed border in this remote corner of the world, friendship among children from two different countries timidly blossomed, striving to overcome language barriers and the waves of history. Inspired by true events.

Alex, Antoine and Manu meet Jean, a loner who ignores the pleasures of friendship. Little by little, they learn to know each other, to appreciate each other. Jean is moved by the complicity and affection that fuels the relationship with his new friends.

Den sengeliggende Leona Stevenson venter på, at hendes mand kommer hjem, da hun i telefonen overhører en samtale mellem to mænd. Det går snart op for hende, at mændene planlægger et mord! Men hvem er ofret? En mere og mere desperat Leona forsøger at gennemskue det suspekte plot, inden forbindelsen bliver afskåret igen.

Jean-Pierre Costa is a football manager upon whom fate appears not to be smiling. First, a friend, Annabelle, dumps a pet Labrador named Didier on him whilst she goes off to make a report in Los Angeles. Next, one of his star players is injured, leaving him one player short for a crucial match. As if things could not get any worse, Costa wakes up one morning to find that that Didier has been transformed into a man...

Kenza and Yaël are two young French women who go to Syria to fight alongside the Kurdish forces. There they meet Zara, a Yezidi survivor. Born in different cultures but deeply united, the women-fighters heal their past wounds and discover their present strength, especially the fear they inspire in their opponents. The three young women soon bound together and become true sisters-in-arms.

Et hjem, en bil, tjenere, sidste nye mode. Det er, hvad Paris' mest giftemodne og overpertentlige ungkarl (Louis Jourdan) tilbyder Gigi (Leslie Caron). Men hun, som vi ser blive forvandlet fra kejtet lillepige til kultiveret kvinde, længes efter det der ubestemmelige, som ikke kan købes for penge.

Fransk komedie om feminismens spæde start. Paulette Van Der Beck og hendes mand har drevet en husholdningsskole i Alsace i mange år. Deres mission er at træne teenagepiger til at blive perfekte husmødre på et tidspunkt, hvor det forventes, at kvinder skal tjene deres mand. Efter sin mands pludselige død opdager Paulette, at skolen er på randen af konkurs og er nødt til at påtage sig sit ansvar. Mens skolen forbereder sig til årets husholdningskonkurrence i tv, begynder hun og hendes livlige studerende at stille spørgsmålstegn ved deres overbevisning, mens de landsdækkende protester i maj 1968 forandrer samfundet omkring dem.

In Paris XVIIIth district, Lambert works the night shift at a gas station, rarely speaking, living alone, drinking. One day comes a half-jewish half-arab small-time crook in dire straits, pushing a Moped. Named Bensoussan, he takes refuge at the station pretending he needs a spark plug. The two men become friends.

Paris. Fred stjæler nogle dokumenter fra overklassepigen Helena og flygter ned i Metroen efterfulgt af politiets og Helenas mand. Her møder Fred en bizar underverden med skæve eksistenser, der lever i deres egen verden. I sin søgen efter Fred møder Helena den samme verden, og da hun endelig fanger tyven, bliver hun forelsket i ham.

Paris, the late 1960s. Madame Claude is at the head of a flourishing business dedicated to prostitution that gives her power over both the french political and criminal worlds. But the end of her empire is closer than she thinks.

Høvdingebørnene Mamere, Theo og Abital er gjort forældreløse af borgerkrigen i Sudan. Efter en fodrejse på mange hundrede mil når de en flygtningelejr i Kenya. Tretten år senere vinder de og deres venner, Jeremiah og Paul, en enkeltbillet til USA i en humanitær udtrækning. Men socialrådgiveren Carrie har svært ved at finde jobs til de unge indvandrere, som er ganske fremmede overfor den moderne verden.