Louise Bourgoin

A popular novelist in 1912 must deal with a prehistoric monster roaming the streets of Paris. Will she be the one to discover its secret?

Boris and Dimitri are brothers. They are both doctors in the 13th district of Paris and always work together. They devote all their time to their patients. One day, they start looking after a diabetic child raised by her single mother, Judith. They both fall passionately in love with Judith. This sudden attraction will create turmoil in their strong relationship.

Baptiste is a loner. A gifted primary school teacher living in the south of France, he knows how to bring their schoolwork alive for his pupils but never remains in the same job for more than a term. His unremarkable appearance masks cracks, even violence. When he is left unwittingly in charge of Mathias one weekend by the child’s negligent father, the boy takes Baptiste to his mother Sandra, a dazzling but fragile woman who works on the beach near Montpellier. An erratic parent who longs to make amends, she welcomes Baptiste and her son into her bungalow. For one enchanted day, a powerful spell unites them, the beginnings of a family for those who do not have one. But it won’t last. Sandra owes money and her creditors are moving in. She is forced to flee again. To help her, Baptiste must return to the roots of his life, and to the darkest, most painful secrets within him.

Adapted from Diderot’s eponymous novel, The Nun tells the story of a woman trying to resist imposed religious values, revealing the dehumanizing effect of cloistered life. Sent to a convent against her will Suzanne, a young Nun, finds herself taunted by her fellow Sisters and subjected to sadistic punishments after breaking her vows. Taken in by a kindly Mother Superior, she soon finds that her affection comes at a price, but despite her suffering, Suzanne refuses to accept her fate and her desire for freedom never diminishes.

In the turmoil of World War I, Julie clings to the hope that her missing husband Julien is still alive. Her conviction is strengthened three years after his disappearance when she sees a photo in a newspaper of a man suffering from amnesia, whom she immediately identifies as her Julien.

A down-and-out artist encounters a sociopathic drifter during a desert getaway, setting off a chain of terrifying consequences.

Ex-husband and wife Richard and Kate's retirement nest egg is wiped out when Richard's investment firm is defrauded and the pension fund is siphoned away. Learning that the unscrupulous French financier behind the scheme has just purchased a $10 million diamond for his bride to be, the divorced duo hatch a plot to gate-crash the wedding and steal the rock.