Santa Claus Is a Stinker
1 h : 30 min
  • Français

On Christmas Eve, the offices of a telephone helpline for people in distress descend into chaos. With its larger-than-life characters, absurd situations and biting humour, Le Père Noël est une ordure strings together cult scene after cult scene in an irreverent comedy that has become a landmark of French theatre and cinema.

What's in a Name? (Le Prénom)
1 h : 44 min
  • Français

At a dinner party among friends, a simple question — what to name an unborn child — sets off an unexpected chain reaction. Between revelations, tensions and old scores being settled, Le Prénom dissects the fault lines of human relationships with wit and finesse, in a brilliant, fast-paced comedy of manners.

Two Lies and One Trut
1 h : 55 min
  • Français

When appearances start to crack, everything left unsaid gives way to a string of unexpected revelations. In Deux mensonges et une vérité, relationships fray, certainties waver and the characters find themselves caught in a dangerous game where the line between truth and lies grows ever more blurred. A sharp, fast-paced comedy driven by precise dramatic clockwork and a keen sense of the plot twist.

I Really Love What You Do
1 h : 26 min
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One wrong move with a mobile phone, and you discover what your best friends really think of you — just before they arrive for a weekend at your country house that will turn out to be unlike any other. Between misunderstandings, mounting tension and hypocrisies laid bare, J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites unfolds a devastatingly effective situation comedy, where the laughter springs from the truth of human relationships.

Art

Three long-standing friends see their relationship falter when a white painting, bought for a small fortune, becomes the centre of a debate as absurd as it is revealing. With formidable precision and razor-sharp humour, ‘Art’ probes the fragilities of friendship, social tensions and the way each of us looks at the world — and at everyone else.

Couscous aux lardons
1 h : 16 min

Between traditions and contradictions, Couscous aux lardons takes a witty, perceptive look at the identity, cultural and family tensions of our times. Through situations that are both funny and deeply human, this contemporary comedy questions notions of belonging, heritage and living together in an ever-changing society.

The Miser (L'Avare)
2 h : 16 min
  • Français

Harpagon, an old man obsessed with money, rules his household with an iron fist, ready to do anything to protect his fortune. Between family conflicts, thwarted love affairs and comic misunderstandings, Molière's The Miser unfolds a biting comedy in which the obsession with wealth exposes the most universal of human failings.