To Beat A Dead Horse
Synopsis:
Gab was thrown out of the flat by her mother. In the hustle and bustle of Paris she now searches for an apartment.
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Having just arrived in paradise, Jerome sets out to find his wife Maryline. In the course of his search, he sinks into a surreal and colourful world in which no one seems to be able to help him.
- Drama
- Tragicomedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
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Marseille, midsummer. Lying on their beach towels, Jess and Alana talk about the previous night’s beach party.
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A diner collapses in a restaurant. All the other diners – except for one – are in a state of shock.
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The film relates Bastien’s multiple and unsuccessful attempts to initiate a dialogue with his grandfather using an excellent combination of art styles to lay out a story of war trauma, family conflict, creative process and ultimately filial love…
- Drama
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Having crept into a tent, a young girl steps out of it grown and strangely dressed as a bunny rabbit. An inner journey through which the young woman tries to understand the drama at the root of all her suffering.
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Princess Lucette hires a dragon to stage her own kidnapping —only to discover that forging fairytales is trickier than it seems.
- Fantasy
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On his last exhibition night, an artist’s surreal garden becomes a space for contemplating legacy, as shifting visual styles reveal his inner world before departure.
- Romance
- Drama
- Fantasy
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An X-actress stars in the Devil’s cannibalistic snuff movies in exchange for a beautiful bombshell skin. As she lures a runaway-bride to the studio to devour on camera, she develops feelings that will disrupts the Devil’s scenario.
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Experimental
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A shortcut on Thelma & Louise by Chloe Farr.
- Drama
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Amidst fields of Arabica beans, Hurle, a young woman, dreams of a future beyond the coffee shop where she works to support her mother. Her life is disrupted when she goes in pursuit of an eccentric petty thief who will turn her daily life upside down.
- Experimental
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Every night, teenager Brindone goes to bed before the TV program ends. Every night, instead of going to bed discreetly, his big brother Musclor turns on the light in their shared bedroom to annoy him. It’s the same movie every night. Brindone can’t take it anymore. With the help of his friend Tamilclou, he devises an extraordinary strategy to put an end to this torment. But things aren’t quite so simple… He pulls himself out of the sheet, but remains tied to it by his feet. In the distance, a stream of characters like himself. TIS tries to join them, but has to make do with this large sheet he’s dragging along, which handicaps him.
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Under a scorching sun, Charlie is bored out of her mind and dreams of going to the seaside. But she’s forced to guard a seedy motel with her cousin Jess, who’s slumped in her deckchair. The two teenagers don’t get along and bicker at every opportunity. On the radio, the monotone voice of a collapsology researcher predicts the imminent end of the world.
- Drama
- Coming-of-Age
- Tragedy
- Abstract
- Experimental