The film is set in Nice, in the industrial area of Saint-Laurent del Var. With money from his in-laws, Jihad opens a small eatery. Despite the commitment of his employees and the abundance of good products, things aren’t going well. But Jihad does not give up; together with the cooks and his secretary, he forges ahead, cost what it costs. Back in Midi, Claire Simon shows the pieces of a human comedy that soon get the best of the film’s subject. A film about a utopia similar to the one behind all of the director’s projects.
In Gata Má there is a little girl whose best mates are cats; in the words of her Mum, the little girl is special; as for the cats, sometimes they’re evil ‚ but that is something only the little girl knows.
My Son, My Son is based on a true story. A house in a San Diego is surrounded by cops cause a man has barricaded himself in his house with two hostages. Across the street, his mother lies dead. The son is suspected of the murder. Little by little, his friends and his girlfriend put together the pieces of the story through flashbacks of events. A murder case film with Oedipus syndromes inspired by true events, produced by David Lynch.
The fourth title of the series “Musicbox Club Docs” is dedicated to the Terrakota.
The Cloudy Goats are gathered in a flock wandering in the sky; their movements determine the weather below.
A documentary about the life and work of musician, composer, poet, actor, activist, columnist, music producer, José Mário Branco, a multitalented man who have been using his songs to transform the country and whose lyrics make as much sense today as they did 40 years ago. The shooting began in 2005 covered seven years of rehearsals, recording, talks and concerts, both in Portugal and France. In this film José Mário Branco talks about music, his convictions, his generation, the dictatorship, the colonial war and his imprisonment and exile. It is the portrait of a man for whom “the song [was always] a weapon.”
The fifth title of the series “Musicbox Club Docs” is dedicated to the X-Wife.
In July 1962, at home, Marilyn Monroe grants to Richard Meryman which will be his last interview. She died on the night of 4 to 5 August 1962. Richard Meryman publishes excerpts from their conversations in Life Magazine, August 17, 1962. The film shows this interview. Dominique Coquard interprets the text.
Coro dos Amantes is made of three songs that, in two voices, tell the same suffocating event from two different perspectives.
Costa da Morte is a region in Galicia (Spain), which was considered as the end of the world during the Roman period. Its dramatic name comes from the numerous shipwrecks that happened throughout history in this area made of rocks, mist and storms. We cross this land observing the people who inhabit it, fishermen, gatherers of shellfish, loggers… The wind, the stones, the sea, and the fire, are characters in this film, and through them we approach the mystery of the landscape, understanding it as a unified ensemble with man, his history and legends.
A small village in Portugal is slowly dying out, after most of its inhabitants emigrated. In the summer, however, the village is filled with life for a couple of weeks – before sinking back into silence.
A young men puts his relationship at risk because of his drug addiction. A certain event will open his eyes.
15-year-old Klara and four girls and boys of the same age are Eating Lunch under the supervision of nurses at a centre for eating disorders; they have just 30 minutes to eat up.
Maverick, the vulture, knows violence from the day he was born; as a grown-up he becomes the leader of an unlikely gang in Faroeste ‚ um autêntico western, a Brazilian animation that plays with the Warner Bros’ universe.
Miriam takes the blame on herself instead of little brother. Little brother cannot bear it and admits his guilt. But finally the hen has to confess that she was behind it all.
The third of the series documenting represent five artists/groups with different musical genres: JP Simões, Micro Audio Waves, X-Wife, Terrakota and Dealema. Final purposes, however, are greater: providing an annual series, thus developing an important documentary archive that will trace our times.
Aggressiveness and desire to compete are part of childhood; in the boxing club of a poor neighbourhood, children find a place to channel their Fury in a controlled and liberating way.
A co owner General Assembly seen by Luc Moullet is the opposite of the dull meetings we all have experienced.
