June 1946: Stalin invites Russian emigres to return to the motherland. It's a trap: when a ship-load from France arrives in Odessa, only a physician and his family are spared execution or prison. He and his French wife (her passport ripped up) are sent to Kiev. She wants to return to France immediately; he knows that they are captives and must watch every step.

Portræt af en af det 20. århundredets mest indflydelsesrige musikere, den afro-amerikanske sanger, sangskriver m.m. James Brown (1933-2006). Browns forældre overlod ham til sig selv i en ung alder, og han var i bund og grund ´selvmade´ og måtte da også omkring et ungdomsfængsel, før han helligede sig musikken. Ved hjælp af unikke og hidtil ukendte optagelser og fotos følger vi James Browns musikalske rejse fra rhythm and blues til funk, fra hans første hit ´Please, Please, Please´ fra 1956 til de legendariske koncerter på Apolloteatret i New York, Olympia i Paris m.m.

In the 1980 French countryside, farmer Jojo and his ill-tempered wife Lulu hate each other, though their respective interests speak against divorce. The only thing that keeps the oppressed Jojo from murder is the threat of the guillotine...

"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.

The plot is about a trial against three men who tried to earn loads of money by illegal methods to get to Canada and about the lawyers and the judge who get on with the trial and who are being unfaithful to their couples.

Old professional killer Wagner seeks someone to teach what he knows as long as he is already dying, and he chooses Max, young and passionless thief to be his successor.

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.

Based on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic. The film opens with Uchida resigning his job as a German professor at the onset of WWII. The story is told mostly in vignettes as he is cared for by former students in his old age.

The film, set in 1912, is about the exploits of France's first motorized police brigade.

An old man who has one interest in life, collecting butterflies, has his life changed by an eight year old girl.

A young Israeli man absconds to Paris to flee his nationality, aided by his trusty Franco-Israeli dictionary.

Leo is a middle-aged writer of popular romantic novels who writes under a pseudonym, but despises her own work. At home, her husband, who works overseas, is distant both physically and emotionally. As she reevaluates her life and writing, Leo is led to an unexpected relationship with Angel, a sensitive newspaper editor.

Under the pressure of his boss, a music producer decides to set up a group consisting of a rabbi, a priest and an imam to make them sing the living together. But the religious he recruits are far from being saints ...

The children of a small European mountain village end up being its only residents, soon after the adults cannot take their behavior any longer.

En stilfærdig, beskeden kardinal finder sig pludselig forfremmet til pave i Rom. Han har aldrig før været i rampelyset og bliver slået helt ud, da han konfronteres med menneskeskaren på Peters-pladsen. For at undgå en international krise hidkalder Vatikanet en ikke-religiøs psykiater (Nanni Moretti), til at finde ud af, hvad paven fejler.

Pariseren Jean de Florette, arver en gård i Provence og beslutter sig for at drive den. Det bliver en kamp med det nådesløse, sydfranske klima og den lokale storbonde Papet, der selv vil have gården og derfor med ufine midler forsøger at få byboen til at give op. Det lykkes ikke, og Papet må se til, at hans lille bedrag efterhånden får langt mere katastrofale konsekvenser, end han havde tænkt sig.

Drevet af en uhelbredelig trang begår Virgil det ene mere klodsede røveri efter det andet. Hans evner som forbryder er håbløse, og han vandrer ind og ud af statens fængsler. Vennerne har afskrevet ham som et fjols og en genetisk spøg. Selv da Virgil møder den dejlige Louise, og hans liv ser ud til at tage en kraftig drejning, fantaserer han videre om et bankrøveri - hans sidste store og afgørende kup.

Montana lige efter århundrede skiftet. Her suser vinden stadig trolsk i løvet, bjergene rejser sig næsten majestætisk mod himlen og den utæmmede flod flyder ufortrødent fremad. Dette storslåede landskab udgør rammen for historien om brødrene Norman og Paul Maclean. Godt nok er de som dag og nat, men de elsker hinanden over alt på jorden. Som årene går glider de dog fra hinanden. Norman forlader byen og går seriøst ind for sine studier, mens Paul bliver tilbage og vier sit liv til sprut, spil og kvinder. Da de atter ses igen mange år senere, varer det kun kort tid før katastrofen rammer dem! Lykken varer ikke evigt - kun i vores erindring...

While working part-time as a food deliveryman, Antoine, an aspiring young rapper from the suburbs of Paris, meets Mrs. Loiseau, an eminent teacher at the Paris Opéra. Stunned by the young man's raw talent, she introduces him to the world of opera. As Antoine becomes one of Mrs. Loiseau's students, he hides his new dream from his friends and family, fearing that they won’t understand – this double life burdens him... Somewhere in between the gilded and uptight Parisian upper-class, and the harsh yet free-spirited and familiar suburbs he grew up in, Antoine will have to find his own voice.

Det spiller ingen rolle hvem du er, eller hvad du laver: Der findes altid nogen, der er yngre, hurtigere og stærkere, og de er lige i hælene på dig. Det er noget Miami Sharks træneren Tony D'Amato har mærket i den sidste tid. Efter nogle fremgangsrige sæsoner er det gået nedad for hans hold. De taber den ene kamp efter den anden, publikum svigter og holdets stjernequarterback, Jack "Cap" Rooney, bliver skadet. Den unge Willie Beamen har et stort talent, men ikke så meget respekt for den ældre træner. Desuden har Tony problemer med både privatlivet og holdets unge vicedirektør, Christina Pagniacci...