Aïssa Maïga
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Aïssa Maïga is a Senegal-born French actress, director, writer, producer, and activist. Maïga has worked with major auteurs like Michael Haneke, Abderrahmane Sissako and Michel Gondry, and recently starred in Chiwetel Ejiofor’s directorial debut.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Dakar, Senegal
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Birthday: May 25, 1975
Age: 49 years old
Gender: Female
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Caché
Overview: George, host of a television show focusing on literature, receives videos shot on the sly that feature his family, along with disturbing drawings that are difficult to interpret. He has no idea who has made and sent him the videos. Progressively, the contents of the videos become more personal, indicating that the sender has known George for a long time.
Genres: Mystery Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-10-05
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Don't Worry, I'm Fine
Overview: A 19-year-old searches for her twin brother after he runs away from home, following a fight with their father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-09-06
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Paris Je T'aime
Overview: Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this drama include a pair of mimes, a husband trying to chose between his wife and his lover, and a married man who turns to a prostitute for advice.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-06-21
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Russian Dolls
Overview: Five years after their summer together in Barcelona, Xavier, William, Wendy, Martine and Isabelle reunite.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-06-15
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Diamond 13
Overview: A cop goes up against his lifelong friend, who has become one of the city's biggest drug traffickers.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-06-21
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Crossfire
Overview: A grizzled Parisian detective is sent to an outpost town in Southern France to dismantle a gang of killers which has freed a notorious criminal. The detective inherits a team of unmotivated and dishevelled detectives, and he makes connections nobody else ever saw because nobody else bothered to look. A mysterious, charismatic figure, he leads by example, and gradually his team begins to feel like cops again.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-06-11
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Neuf meufs - Le film
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-10-07
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The Age of Man
Overview: Samuel is 30. Formerly a confirmed bachelor, he has been living with Tina – a photographer – for the past year but he gets scared when it’s time to commit. So he gives himself 24 hours to decide whether or not to break up with the woman he loves, convinced she will leave him sooner or later. By his side, Samuel can count on Jorge and Mounir, his usual confidants.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-09-12
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L'Aide Au Retour
Overview: Sofija and Miroslav are two immigrants who live in France without papers with their two sons. To avoid being evicted, the State proposes them a grant if they go back to their country of orgine, the one from which fled.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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My Children Are Different
Overview: A classical musician demands that his beautiful daughter and his young son follow in his footsteps despite their personal wishes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-07-23
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Don't Worry, Be Happy
Overview: With his vitriolic pen, Désiré Loncle, does not make the life of filmmakers easy. But chickens come home to roost, don't they? As a matter of fact, Désiré gets his due punishment when Manu, his girlfriend, kicks him out of home. At a loss, he finds refuge with Alex, a young actor. He is soon joined by Eduardo, an Italian producer, dumped like him by his wife. While Désiré tries to rebuild himself, the three men decide to write a film script that will be the basis of a vehicle for Alex.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-05-14
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Together Is Too Much
Overview: Imagine, if you will, a somewhat contented married woman finding out her husband's infidelity during the celebration of a birthday party. That is what happens to Marie-France, when her husband, Henri, pulls out panties from his pocket to be used as a handkerchief. Marie-France becomes furious, storming out of the house. His son, Sebastian and his wife, Clementine, a struggling couple, decide to take Marie-France to their tiny apartment, something they feel it is a temporary arrangement. Little did they know what they were getting into...
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-02-17
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Black and White
Overview: Racial integration is Elena's profession and passion, not only filling her working day as a cultural mediator assisting immigrants, but spilling over into her home life as well. All too often her husband Carlo must attend charity events where he feels distinctly out of place. During one of these evenings, Carlo meets Nadine, a beautiful black woman.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2008-01-11
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The Counsel
Overview: A new lawyer, looking to establish himself, wins a difficult case and deals with the unforeseen consequences that may destroy him.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-08-09
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One Stays, the Other Leaves
Overview: A story about two couples, longtime friends in which both husbands engage in long-term affairs and, as the title says, ultimately one remains with his wife and one makes a new life with another woman.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-01-12
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The Man Who Saved Paris
Overview: The most successful brothel owner in Paris during the 1940s is asked by the government to restore the city's image (City of Love, Romance, Light) after the Nazi Occupation and falls in love when he least expects it.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
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Today
Overview: Satché is about to die. He decides to make his last day on this world the day of his life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-01-09
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I Do
Overview: Life is easy for 43-year-old Luis, a happy single guy, fulfilled in his job of star nose with a perfume creation company, cosseted by his mother and five sisters. It could have lasted for a whole life, but fed up with mollycoddling and helping him, his mother and sisters decide it's time he got married, and the sooner the better!
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-11-01
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Big Kids
Overview: Yannick is a caregiver in a retirement home. Between permanent pressure and budget restrictions, he faces the lack of means with a contagious good mood. But when he is forced to share the dining room with a class of children, the situation becomes complicated. Their arrival, as well as that of his hostess, Aude, will shake up the daily life of everyone, especially the residents.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-04-26
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Mood Indigo
Overview: A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-01-10
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Le temps de la kermesse est terminé
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-03-17
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Jonas and Lila, Til Tomorrow
Overview: It’s December 1999, and 25-year-old Jonah has just graduated from film school. As the new millennium begins, Jonah marries his longtime sweetheart Lila. Over the course of six months, the couple meet a number of interesting people, including Irina, an exiled Russian actress, as well as spending their time with Jonah’s sister Cecile and his filmmaking mentor Anziano. The discussions Jonah has with these friends and strangers help him to gain some perspective on his life and the new millennium.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1999-11-10
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Aya of Yop City
Overview: While Aya has dreams of becoming a doctor, her two best friends, Adjoua and Bintou, just like to hang out and spend their evenings dancing, drinking and flirting with boys. Their ambition is to follow Plan C: Combs, Clothes and Chasing Men! But big trouble comes to town when Adjoua realizes she’s pregnant, and the baby’s father is the spoiled son of one of the richest and most feared men in the whole country.
Genres: Animation Romance Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-07-17
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Anything for Alice
Overview: Slacker Max fell so hard for single mother Alice in college that he developed a website aimed at winning her heart. Years later, after his venture has earned him millions of dollars, Max risks his entire fortune performing an ever more complicated series of social contortions to get close to Alice, now a politically motivated factory worker.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-01-21
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Maria Schneider, 1983
Overview: In 1983, French actress Maria Schneider gives an interview for the TV show Cinéma Cinémas. The conversation takes an unexpected turn when she challenges film industry practices and is asked to talk about the controversial film Last Tango in Paris (1972).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-05-26
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Impatientes
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-01-01
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Toussaint Louverture
Overview: Toussaint opposes the Spanish army and joins the French troops. On Saint-Domingue he succeeds to push the English back. He proclames himself as the gouvernor of Saint-Domingue. To restore the economy he takes a bold descision. He calls for the workers to return to the plantages...
Genres: History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-02-14
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Les Saigneurs
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Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
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Deadly Summer
Overview: A woman's plans to leave her husband and follow her lover abroad are thrown into turmoil when murder strikes.
Genres: Crime Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-06-19
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Le Marchand de sable
Overview: Marked by years of prison, Djo, a parcel delivery man in the Paris suburbs, lives modestly with his mother and daughter. One day, an aunt who has just fled the Ivorian conflict arrives at their home with her three children. In a hurry, Djo manages to find them a place to live. But faced with the growing demand and with the prospect of offering a decent life to his daughter, Djo switches and becomes a sleep merchant.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-02-15
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The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess
Overview: Three tales, three ages, three worlds. At the time of Ancient Egypt, a young king becomes the first black pharaoh to deserve the hand of his loved one. During the French Middle Ages, a mysterious wild boy steals from the rich to give to the poor. In 18th-century Turkey, a prince of pastries and a princess of roses escape the palace to live their love.
Genres: Animation Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-10-19
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Neneh Superstar
Overview: Born to dance, Neneh is a 12-year-old black girl who dreams of entering the Paris Opera Ballet School. Despite her enthusiasm, she will have to redouble her efforts to escape from her condition and be accepted by the director of the school, Marianne Bellage, the guarantor of traditions and the bearer of a secret that links her to the little ballerina.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-01-25
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Pas de toit sans moi
Overview: She is a black illegal immigrant, he's white and unemployed - Both of them are racists and they hate each other, but a fake wedding could solve both their problems. Ashanti wouldn't be sent back to her country and Paul would find a job.
Genres: Romance TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-06-01
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Marie-Line
Overview: A woman learns to care for others when she's forced to help people on the wrong side of the law in this drama. Marie-Line (Muriel Robin) is a single woman in her mid-forties who oversees the cleaning crew at a large office building. On the job, Marie-Line is all business, with no patience for laziness and no tolerance for employees who do less than a perfect job. But Marie-Line's bosses are in the midst of a money crunch and they've cut back on her budget, so when several of her employees quit, she has to find new cleaners willing to work for a lower wage. Marie-Line soon finds new workers willing to work hard for low pay, but there's a catch -- most of them are illegal aliens, smuggled into France from Africa, Albania, or the Middle East, and when police begin asking questions about Marie-Line's new cleaners, she has to scramble to cover for them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-12-20
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One Man's Show
Overview: On the eve of his fiftieth birthday, an actor discovers that he's got stomach cancer. He must now face his shattered life.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-01-02
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Lise and Andre
Overview: Lise is a Parisian prostitute who has a young son, Sebastien. Lise dotes on her boy, who has a gift for music and sings in a children's choir directed by aging parish priest Father Andre. Sebastien becomes involved in an auto accident that sends him into a coma; after he remains unconscious for three months, Lise begins to panic, desperate for a remedy that medical science can't provide. When she is told of a field in a village in rural France where a miracle is said to have occurred some years before -- an apparition of the Virgin Mary arrived to provide food for a group of starving children -- Lise wants to travel to the site of the miracle to pray for her son. She also insists that Father Andre come along, but the priest is not eager to go, due to his age, his health, and his increasing cynicism about religion. Lise is persistent, however, and before long the two are on the road in search of a much-needed miracle.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-11-29
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Un château en Espagne
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
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Sex, Okra & Salted Butter
Overview: An extramarital affair leads to Hortense’s separation from her very traditional African husband, who is in for a ride as he learns about her love affair, his eldest son’s secret love life, and the responsibilities of single parenthood.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-07-18
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Bamako
Overview: Caught in the stranglehold of debt and structural adjustment, Africa is fighting for its survival. In the face of disaster, representatives of African society bring an action against international financial institutions. The trial takes place in Bamako, in the yard of a house, among its inhabitants.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bm
Release Date: 2006-06-21
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Le Bout du chemin
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Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: fr
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Journey to Ouaga
Overview: Lionel, a young Frenchman, who has just arrived in Cotonou, Benin, loses his car, airplane ticket and passport and his hopes in riots in the city.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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The African Doctor
Overview: 1975. When Seyolo Zantoko, a doctor from the Congo who has managed, along with his family, to flee tyranny, is hired by the mayor of a small town in northern France, he begins a struggle to adapt to a new life and gain the trust of the prejudiced villagers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-06-08
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He Even Has Your Eyes
Overview: Paul is married to Sali. Everything would be fine if they could get a child. Until the day when Sali receives the call that they have been waiting for so long: their adoption file is approved. He is adorable, he is 6 months old, his name is Benjamin. He is blond with blue eyes and white. They - are black.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-01-18
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Code Unknown
Overview: A series of events unfold like a chain reaction, all stemming from a minor event that brings the film's five characters together. Set in Paris, France, Anne is an actress whose boyfriend Georges photographs the war in Kosovo. Georges' brother, Jean, is looking for the entry code to Georges' apartment. These characters' lives interconnect with a Romanian immigrant and a deaf teacher.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-11-15
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Lucy's Revenge
Overview: After Polish-born writer-director Janusz Mrozowski, a French resident for the past 30 years, made a series of 30-minute films based on African writings, he was approached by Africans to do a cinematic survey of past events in African history. Filming in Burkina Faso, Mrozowski responded with this comedy about a dictator kidnapped from the present-day and taken back through the mists of time. There he meets the mother of humanity, Lucy, who teaches him the basics of sexual equality. By the time he returns to the present, he's also received an education in 16th-century slave-trading and European influences on Africa.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-06-17
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Corniche Kennedy
Overview: Corniche Kennedy. In the blue of the Mediterranean, at the foot of luxurious villas, the young kids of Marseille defy the laws of gravity. Marco, Mehdi, Franck, Mélissa, Hamza, Mamaa, Julie : girls and boys dive, take flight, take risks to experience life to the fullest. Suzanne devours them with her eyes from inside her chic villa. Their free bodies, their excess. She wants to be part of them. She will be part of them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-01-18
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Love Is Dead
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-11-23
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The Eiffel Tower Mystery
Overview: The daughter of one of the architects who built the Eiffel Tower gets framed for a murder that has taken place there, so she and her girlfriend embark on a quest across Paris to solve the mystery.
Genres: Mystery Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-04-19
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Quand la ville mord
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Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami
Overview: When reporter Dan Geraldo (Alain Chabat) arrives in Palombia to hunt for a scoop, he never suspects that he is about to make an incredible discovery... With his resourceful local guide Pablito (Jamel Debbouze), D an has one surprise after another during a thrilling adventure that allows him to bring the world some spectacular news: the Marsupilami, a mythical and mischievous animal, really does exist! You too will believe in furry tails!
Genres: Family Adventure Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-04-03
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Overview: Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-02-14
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Brother
Overview: Because he wanted to protect his little brother, Teddy, a young man without a history, is accused of the murder of his father and sent to a closed educational center, waiting for his trial for parricide. He then plunges into a brutal universe of which he does not know the rules.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-07-31
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Une famille parfaite
Overview: Martha is 30 years old in 2031. She spent a happy childhood in a family not quite like the others since she was adopted by two men. Now, one of them is dead and the other is losing his memory
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-10-17
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The Bathers
Overview: Sexy, gritty and as provocative as a lap dance, The Bathers takes an insider's look at the lives of six women working as dancers at a seedy Parisian peep show. Governed by their overprotective boss, the girls' routine of glittery neon lights and lecherous customers is soon disrupted when an enigmatic stranger enters the scene. Now, drugs, sex and bickering all take a back seat as the girls unite to save this man haunted by a mysterious past and unforgiving demons. A fascinating glimpse into a world of back alleys and primal instincts, The Bathers transports us to a netherworld where the show always goes on.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-01-22
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Pygmalionnes
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-01-22
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Où sont les noirs ?
Overview: French actors Lucien Jean-Baptiste, Aïssa Maïga, Sonia Rolland, Deborah Lukumuena, Marie-France Malonga, Gary Dourdan and others speak up on the reality of black actors in the French movie industry.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-03-18
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The Tower
Overview: Eleven-year-old Wardi’s great-grandfather leaves behind a will suggesting looking to the past to find the future. Searching the house, Wardi finds out about her Palestinian homeland from family memories.
Genres: Animation Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2018-11-30
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Above the Sky
Overview: After losing the use of her legs in an plane crash at 18, Dorine earns her pilot's license and dedicates herself to advocating for disability rights.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-10-04
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Pop féminisme : des militantes aux icônes pop
Overview: An overview of 21st-century feminism through the lens of pop culture.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-11-06
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Par accident
Overview: Isabelle Blanc, a 30 years old biologist who works at the university, awakes in an hospital and doesn't remember why she is in the hospital.Little by little the doctor explains her that she had an accident driving by night under the rain and that accident provoked the death of a person.After her work Isabelle met her companion Vincent and then went alone by car: Vincent called her by cell phone, they spoke about their future and Vincent wanted that Isabelle listens to to a song; then came the crash.After going with Vincent to the place of the accident (where she saw a bouquet of flowers for the dead person) Isabelle reads in the newspaper the death notice of Marie Delhomme.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-11-17
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The Listening Tapes
Overview: In three reenactments of a controversial 1983 television interview, actors Manal Issa, Aïssa Maïga, and Isabel Sandoval play late French actress Maria Schneider. “The Listening Takes” is a prescient confrontation with the patriarchal structure of the film industry. [Overview Courtesy of Participant Inc.]
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-11-17
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Promised Sky
Overview: In Tunisia, Marie, a 40-year-old Ivorian journalist and pastor, helps vulnerable women like Nané, a worker without her passport, and Jolie, an artist pressured to return home, as they navigate rising tensions and difficult choices with resourcefulness and humour.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2025-05-14
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Killing of a Nation
Overview: Anderson Toussaint, an American lobbyist in Haiti, gains access to President Moïse's inner circle and uncovers corruption. Amid political turmoil, Moïse is assassinated, plunging Haiti into chaos.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
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