Alex Descas

Alex Descas

Alex Descas (born 1958) is a French actor known for his roles in Jim Jarmusch films and for his role as Schneider in the French TV series Un Flic. He is a frequent collaborator of Claire Denis, appearing in her films No Fear, No Die, Nénette et Boni, Trouble Every Day, Ten Minutes Older: The Cello, 35 Shots of Rum and Bastards. He is of Antillean (Guadeloupean) descent. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alex Descas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Alex Descas
  • Popularity: 3.794
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1958-01-01
  • Place of Birth: France
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Alex Descas Movies

  • 2004
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    Coffee and Cigarettes

    Coffee and Cigarettes

    6.9 2004 HD

    Coffee And Cigarettes is a collection of eleven films from cult director Jim Jarmusch. Each film hosts star studded cast of extremely unique...

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  • 1995
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    Never Twice

    Never Twice

    1 1995 HD

    After much hesitation, a gigolo decides to take a shot of a radical remedy to save his failing virility.

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  • 2021
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    Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté

    Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté

    10 2021 HD

    Frantz Fanon alone embodies all the issues of French colonial history. Martinican resistance fighter, he enlisted, like millions of colonial...

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  • 2009
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    The Limits of Control

    The Limits of Control

    6 2009 HD

    A mysterious stranger works outside the law and keeps his objectives hidden, trusting no one. While his demeanor is paradoxically focused and...

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  • 1996
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    Irma Vep

    Irma Vep

    6.697 1996 HD

    Hong Kong action diva Maggie Cheung (playing herself) comes to France when a past-his-prime director casts her in a remake of the silent classic Les...

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  • 1997
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    The House

    The House

    7.2 1997 HD

    A moving world of spirits and ghosts, condemned to brush against one another without really meeting since they have all emerged from a single...

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  • 2009
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    35 Shots of Rum

    35 Shots of Rum

    6.8 2009 HD

    A widower and her daughter witness the retirement of a colleague of his and the closing of her department at her university.

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  • 2009
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    Rapt

    Rapt

    6.184 2009 HD

    A rich industrialist is brutally kidnapped. While he physically and mentally degenerates in imprisonment, the kidnappers, police and the board of the...

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  • 2001
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    Trouble Every Day

    Trouble Every Day

    5.8 2001 HD

    Newlyweds Shane and June arrive in Paris for their honeymoon. In the process of trying to find a cure for his strange, bloodthirsty disease, Shane...

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  • 1994
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    I Can't Sleep

    I Can't Sleep

    6.2 1994 HD

    Ninon is a spirited hotel-manager who teaches self-defense classes to her terrified eldery neighbors. Daiga, an aspiring Lithuanian actress newly...

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  • 1999
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    Last Harem

    Last Harem

    5.6 1999 HD

    A story of the impossible love between one of the Sultan's concubines and one of his eunuchs in a harem at the end of the Ottoman Empire.

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  • 1997
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    Africa Dreaming

    Africa Dreaming

    1 1997 HD

    A series of six dramatic shorts, each from a different African country and all on the broad theme of "love in Africa."

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  • 1991
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    Against Oblivion

    Against Oblivion

    6.5 1991 HD

    Contre l'Oubli (Against Oblivion) is a compilation of 30 French filmmakers, Alain Resnais and Jean Luc Godard among them, who use film to make a plea...

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  • 2003
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    The Dope

    The Dope

    4.7 2003 HD

    Alphonse Brown, who firmly believes he is the bastard son of James Brown, meets up with his best friend Scotch after Brown gets out of jail. On their...

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  • 2000
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    Lumumba

    Lumumba

    6.7 2000 HD

    The true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader of the independent Congo, Patrice...

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  • 2009
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    Persecution

    Persecution

    4.486 2009 HD

    The solitary Daniel and Sonia share an uneasy love/hate relationship. Daniel's life is disrupted by the appearance of a stranger that proceeds to...

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  • 1999
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    Late August, Early September

    Late August, Early September

    5.9 1999 HD

    A book editor juggles relationships with two women while coping with his best friend's terminal illness.

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  • 2005
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    A Perfect Couple

    A Perfect Couple

    5.2 2005 HD

    A French couple has been living in Lisbon for years, and they return to Paris for a friend's wedding. They announce to another friend they are having...

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  • 1990
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    No Fear, No Die

    No Fear, No Die

    5.9 1990 HD

    Dah and Jocelyn come from Benin, Africa, to coach their rooster, "S'en fout la mort", for an illicit cock-fight in the basement of a restaurant.

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  • 2002
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    Vers Nancy

    Vers Nancy

    8 2002 HD

    A train conversation between an immigrant French woman and novelist Jean-Luc Nancy centering on the idea of intrusion within every foreigner (a more...

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  • 2013
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    Bastards

    Bastards

    5.8 2013 HD

    Marco returns to Paris after his brother-in-law's suicide, where he targets the man his sister believes caused the tragedy - though he is...

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  • 2005
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    The United States of Albert

    The United States of Albert

    3.5 2005 HD

    Albert Renaud, a young French Canadian dreams of becoming a movie star and take the train to Hollywood. His trip is filled with adventures.

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  • 1984
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    The Syringe

    The Syringe

    4.2 1984 HD

    Good dope is becoming rare in the North of Paris. Drugstores are being raided by junkies and gangs are nervous, fighting each others: the 'Viets',...

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  • 1997
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    My Family's Honour

    My Family's Honour

    1 1997 HD

    In the nightclub where she works, Carole is dreaming. She has always dreamed of leaving her rainy Roubaix, her heavy guys and her lousy prospects....

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  • 1998
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    Le serpent a mangé la grenouille

    Le serpent a mangé la grenouille

    1 1998 HD

    Yves Le Guen, a black man with a degree in economics, is hired as a handyman on the property of Mr. Moreau, a rich public works contractor. His...

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  • 2007
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    Déjà vu

    Déjà vu

    1 2007 HD

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  • 1988
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    How Good the Whites Are

    How Good the Whites Are

    6 1988 HD

    The humanitarian aid expedition "Angeles Azules" (Blue Angels), comprising twelve Europeans and six trucks loaded with provisions to alleviate hunger...

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  • 2003
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    La nuit sera longue

    La nuit sera longue

    1 2003 HD

    It is the story of a prohibited and perverted identification: how an eight-year-old boy, entrusted to the care of his mother since the separation of...

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  • 1995
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    The Great White of Lambarene

    The Great White of Lambarene

    5 1995 HD

    Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965), the mission doctor, theologian and philosopher who founded a hospital in the rainforests of Gabon, achieved sainthood...

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  • 2002
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    Ten Minutes Older: The Cello

    Ten Minutes Older: The Cello

    6.6 2002 HD

    Collection of short films the summaries of which include; a foreign man moving to Italy, getting married and having a child; a four split scene short...

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  • 2022
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    Brûlé neige

    Brûlé neige

    1 2022 HD

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  • 2014
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    Murder in Pacot

    Murder in Pacot

    4.2 2014 HD

    In the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, a middle-aged Port-au-Prince couple come face to face with the stark contradictions of Haitian society when...

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  • 2024
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    Which Way Africa?

    Which Way Africa?

    1 2024 HD

    Forest dwellers pound drums upholding rituals while urbanites cry "Progress!" More plunder the land's riches but newly defiant ones shout back.

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  • 1998
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    In a Memory of a Film Gone By

    In a Memory of a Film Gone By

    1 1998 HD

    A film about the creation of director Šarūnas Bartas's feature film and the mysterious atmosphere of the filming location.

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  • 1985
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    Urgence

    Urgence

    4.8 1985 HD

    When a neo-Nazi group of terrorists is set to blow a pop concert off the face of the earth because it is an anti-racist benefit, they are faced with...

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  • 2002
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    La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan

    La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan

    1 2002 HD

    This program of short films by Vincent Ravalec (Never twice, Le Masseur and Les Mots de l'amour) deals with themes such as desire and death through...

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  • 2005
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    Nèg maron

    Nèg maron

    6.2 2005 HD

    Two childhood friends, Joshua and Flint, are adrift in boredom in their area of Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe. They're involved in petty theft and ordinary...

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  • 2024
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    Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants

    Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants

    7 2024 HD

    In the Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya drought is a menace to both humans and animals. This documentary follows two Elephant Guardians in...

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  • 2004
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    The Man Who Came From Elsewhere

    The Man Who Came From Elsewhere

    6 2004 HD

    At the end of 19th century, Doctor Pierre Adélaïde, born in Martinique, gets to a small village in Charente to take over from a...

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  • 2014
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    Madeleine d’entre les Morts

    Madeleine d’entre les Morts

    1 2014 HD

    In Madeleine Among the Dead, Bonello wanted to tell Hitchcock’s Vertigo from the perspective of Madeleine (played by Kim Novak), not Scottie...

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  • 1970
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    L'Intérêt d'Adam

    L'Intérêt d'Adam

    1 1970 HD

    4-year-old malnourished Adam is admitted to hospital off the back of a court ruling. Head paediatric nurse Lucy allows Adam’s mum Rebecca to...

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  • 2017
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    Metropole

    Metropole

    1 2017 HD

    Having arrived in Paris in 1985, Hector did everything to be like “them”. In a notebook he finds in his flat, he crosses out a list of...

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  • 2013
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    Un enfant en danger

    Un enfant en danger

    7 2013 HD

    Rebecca is a cop in the Juvenile Division. One day, Mathieu Francoeur comes to the station, saying his son, Joachim, has been kidnapped by his mother...

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  • 2016
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    Chocolat

    Chocolat

    6.9 2016 HD

    Chocolat the clown, the first black stage performer in France, goes from anonymity to fame after forming an unprecedented duo with fellow performer...

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  • 2017
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    Let the Sunshine In

    Let the Sunshine In

    5.2 2017 HD

    Isabelle, Parisian artist, divorced mother, is looking for love, true love, at last.

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  • 2018
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    Volontaire

    Volontaire

    5.8 2018 HD

    The story revolves around 22-year-old Laure, who is trying to find her feet. After performing brilliantly in her literature studies, she enrols as a...

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  • 2005
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    In Your Dreams

    In Your Dreams

    5.5 2005 HD

    Ninth is a promising young rapper whose reputation does not exceed even the few streets of his neighborhood. With his band and supported by Keuj,...

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  • 2004
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    Nord-plage

    Nord-plage

    1 2004 HD

    Portrait of Nord-Plage, a small neighborhood in the north of Martinique, which is slowly dying, and its last inhabitants, who have put aside their...

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  • 2018
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    Maya

    Maya

    5.4 2018 HD

    The film follows a 30-year-old man named Gabriel, a French war reporter who was taken to hostage in Syria and then heads to India after months in...

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  • 1996
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    Clubbed to Death

    Clubbed to Death

    6.154 1996 HD

    A young woman visiting Paris, misses the last bus home, finds herself stranded on the outskirts of Paris. Entering a local club, she meets a troubled...

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  • 2007
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    Tag!

    Tag!

    1 2007 HD

    "Tag!" - About the American malaria researcher Nkruma who arrives with a family to Gothenburg for a lecture at Sahlgrenska Hospital. Nkruma ends up...

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  • 2014
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    Voilà l'enchaînement

    Voilà l'enchaînement

    5.8 2014 HD

    With two actors and no sets, master filmmaker Claire Denis traces the arc of a strained relationship, with a focus on race and language. In this...

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  • 1997
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    Nenette and Boni

    Nenette and Boni

    6.5 1997 HD

    Teenage siblings Nenette and Boni were raised apart as a result of their parents' divorce. Their mother, who doted on her son Boni, has died. He...

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  • 2005
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    The Intruder

    The Intruder

    6.7 2005 HD

    An emotionally cold man leaves the safety of his Alpine home to seek a heart transplant and an estranged son.

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  • 1993
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    The Absence

    The Absence

    5.3 1993 HD

    Four nameless people -- the old man, the woman, the soldier, and the gambler -- journey to a desolate wasteland beyond the limits of an unnamed city.

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  • 2007
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    Boarding Gate

    Boarding Gate

    4.9 2007 HD

    A beautiful woman, Sandra, seduces a wealthy businessman, Miles Rennburg. Little does he realise that she has been sent to kill him at the behest of...

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  • 1995
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    Un si joli bouquet

    Un si joli bouquet

    1 1995 HD

    A young investigative journalist is about to publish a book with revelations about power and corruption. Three days before her television appearance,...

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  • 1995
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    Duo

    Duo

    1 1995 HD

    One of a series of short films inspired by paintings. In this video, Jacques de Loustal's Le Contemplatif or "Duo".

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  • 2015
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    Portrait of the Artist

    Portrait of the Artist

    6.1 2015 HD

    A famous filmmaker works on his next film, which will focus on monstrosity. He is obsessed by the idea of finding a painting that will be central to...

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  • 2017
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    Gone

    Gone

    5 2017 HD

    Thomas, an architect, discovers that he made a serious mistake on a building site. As he attempts to destroy compromising documents, it is the world...

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  • 2008
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    Négropolitain

    Négropolitain

    1 2008 HD

    Carl is about to spend his first day with the police. To facilitate his entry into the trade, the divisional commissioner assigned him with Alain, a...

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  • 1995
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    The Heart's Cry

    The Heart's Cry

    5 1995 HD

    This drama focuses upon the psychological adjustment problems of a young boy whose family moves him from Africa to Paris, France. Moctar, a boy whose...

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  • 2015
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    Rouge

    Rouge

    7 2015 HD

    A companion to the director's Le Dos Rouge/Portrait of the Artist. A famous filmmaker works on his next film, which will focus on monstrosity. He is...

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  • 2003
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    Tiresia

    Tiresia

    5.9 2003 HD

    Based on the legend of Tiresias, it tells of a transsexual who is kidnapped by a man and left to die in the woods. She is then saved by a family and...

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  • 1997
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    So Be It

    So Be It

    1 1997 HD

    Based on a play by Wole Soyinka, The Strong Breed, SO BE IT offers an emotionally searing allegory of present-day Africa's bloody internecine...

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  • 2013
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    Césaire, le prix de la liberté

    Césaire, le prix de la liberté

    1 2013 HD

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  • 1995
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    The Masturbators

    The Masturbators

    1 1995 HD

    Images of the Port Dauphine subway terminus are accompanied by a text read aloud about masturbation (branler is slang for jacking off) in this short...

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  • 2007
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    Elf, Kings of Oil

    Elf, Kings of Oil

    1 2007 HD

    In 1988, supported by François Mitterrand, Loïk Le Floch-Prigent ran for the presidency of Elf. Alfred Sirven, through Christine...

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  • 2007
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    The Elf Case

    The Elf Case

    5 2007 HD

    In 1988, after much cunning political maneuvering, Loïk Le Floch-Prigent and Alfred Sirven become the chief executives at Elf. They discover a...

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  • 2021
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    Exterminate All the Brutes

    Exterminate All the Brutes

    7.3 2021 HD

    Hybrid docuseries offering an expansive exploration of the exploitative and genocidal aspects of European colonialism, from America to Africa, and...

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  • 2015
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    Nina

    Nina

    5.8 2015 HD

    At the age of 39, Nina finds herself a trainee nurse under the orders of Léo, a 15-year-younger "girl" with a difficult temperament, and Dr....

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  • 2022
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    Irma Vep

    Irma Vep

    6.708 2022 HD

    Mira is an American movie star disillusioned by her career and a recent breakup, who comes to France to star as “Irma Vep” in a remake of...

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  • 2018
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    Iskander

    Iskander

    5.15 2018 HD

    Rookie cop Chloé, a new arrival to French Guiana, investigates the ritualistic double murder of a French couple and their missing son.

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  • 2007
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    Un flic

    Un flic

    7.2 2007 HD

    This series features the investigations of Schneider, a tormented police officer of unwavering integrity.

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  • 1994
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    Les Cordier, juge et flic

    Les Cordier, juge et flic

    5.4 1994 HD

    The Cordier fight in family against the crime: the father is police captain, the son, investigating judge and the girl, a journalist.

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