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- DirectorBibo BergeronStarsMatthieu ChedidVanessa ParadisGad ElmalehA 3D-animated movie set in Paris in the year 1910 and centered on a monster who lives in a garden and his love for a beautiful, young singer.
- DirectorPatrice LeconteStarsBernard AlaneIsabelle SpadeKacey Mottet KleinA family-run shop that sells everything you need to take your own life finds it hard to focus on business after a new baby -- one who makes everyone around him happy -- is born into the family.
- DirectorStéphane BerlaMathias MalzieuStarsMathias MalzieuOlivia RuizGrand Corps MaladeA 19th-century drama about a man whose heart was replaced with a clock when he was born. The situation dictates that he should avoid feeling strong emotions -- love, most of all -- but he just can't keep his feelings under wraps.
- DirectorSylvain ChometStarsMichèle CaucheteuxJean-Claude DondaMichel RobinWhen her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters--an aged song-and-dance team from the days of Fred Astaire--to rescue him.
- DirectorMichel OcelotRaymond BurletStarsDoudou Gueye ThiawMaimouna N'DiayeAwa Sene SarrKirikou, an unusual little boy, must search the wisdom of the forbidden mountain in order to save his village from a spell cast by the evil sorceress Karaba
- DirectorBénédicte GalupMichel OcelotStarsPierre-Ndoffé SarrAwa Sene SarrRobert LiensolKirikou's Grandfather says that the story of Kirikou and The Witch was too short, so he proceeds to explain more about Kirikou's accomplishments. We find out how little boy became a gardener, a detective, a maker of pottery, a merchant, a traveler and a doctor.
- DirectorMichel OcelotStarsArlette MirapeuPhilippe CheytionYves BarsacqSix old-style funny silhouetted fairy tales for not so-old-style people.
- DirectorMichel OcelotIan McIntyreStarsCyril MouraliKarim M'RibaHiam AbbassRaised by the same woman, the dark-complexioned, Asmar, and the flaxen-haired, Azur, set out on a quest to a strange and magical land to liberate the enchanting Djinn-fairy; but, only one can save her. Will the brothers be triumphant?
- DirectorMichel OcelotStarsJulien BéramisMarine GrisetMichel EliasTales of the Night weaves together six exotic fables each unfolding in a unique locale, from Tibet, to medieval Europe, to the Land of the Dead. From the imagination of internationally renowned animator Michel Ocelot.
- DirectorAntoine DelesvauxJoann SfarStarsFrançois MorelHafsia HerziMaurice BénichouSet in Algeria in the 1920s, a rabbi's cat who learns how to speak after swallowing the family parrot expresses his desire to convert to Judaism.
- DirectorFrédéric GuillaumeSamuel GuillaumeStarsLorànt DeutschSanseverinoVirginie Efira15-year-old Max is in search of his father, the famous troubadour Johnny Bigoude, who disappeared shortly after Max's birth. He reaches Saint-Hilare where Madam Doudou, the old teacher, takes care of him and finds him a job as elevator musician in the fly swatter factory Bzzz & Co. But the factory doesn't run well and half of the village gets fired. To boost the swatter sales, a dangerous scientist creates a mass production of flies. Soon, a thick cloud of insects attacks the village... With courage and determination, Max and his new friend Félicie will do their best to neutralize the insane projects of Bzzz&Co. Will they manage to convince the villagers to help them in this adventure? All together will they stop the scientist's crazy handlings? And will Max find his father?
- DirectorPascal MorelliStarsRichard BerryPatrick BouchiteyBarbara SchulzIn 1918, civil wars are tearing Russia and China apart. Laconic adventurer Corto Maltese is hired by a Chinese secret society to capture a train that's taking Tzar's gold abroad. His friend Rasputin joins him, but only hell awaits them.
- 2003–20041h 20m7.3 (167)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard DantoLiam SauryStarsRichard BerryPatrick BouchiteyCatherine JacobIn 1916, laconic adventurer Corto Maltese is in Paramaribo, Surinam visiting his mystic female friend Java. He helps a young heir haunted by voodoo spirits, delivers some weapons to rebels in Brazil and hunts for treasure with Rasputin.
- 2003–20041h 27m7.2 (317)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard DantoLiam SauryStarsRichard BerryPatrick BouchiteyBarbara SchulzIn 1913, laconic sea captain Corto Maltese, adrift in the Pacific, gets rescued by his bandit friend Rasputin who's taking two rich shipwrecked teens to an island where his boss the Monk will hold them for ransom. WWI complicates things.
- DirectorRichard DantoLiam SauryStarsRichard BerryPatrick BouchiteyCatherine JacobIn 1921, laconic adventurer Corto Maltese is in Turkey where several armed factions fight for control. He finds a map to a lost Persian treasure there. He'll need his friend Rasputin who's in Samarkand prison run by Corto's double.
- DirectorPichaStarsLuis RegoGeorges AminelPerrette PradierSex farce about Fred, an inept post WWIII superhero garbageman, who must prevent WW4 by disarming the continents of Virginia, where mutated feminists live, and USSSR, where mutated buttless men live. Beautiful Liberty is his only ally.
- DirectorPichaStarsCécile de FranceJean-Paul RouveMarie VincentFollows what happens to Snow White and Prince Charming after their marriage, including the Prince's sexual trysts with Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella.
- DirectorRay GoossensStarsRoger CarelJacques MorelPierre TornadeAsterix, the most cunning warrior of a Gaulish village resisting Roman occupation, must save their magic potion-brewing druid when he is kidnapped by an ambitious Centurion.
- DirectorRené GoscinnyAlbert UderzoStarsRoger CarelJacques MorelMicheline DaxOrdered by Cleopatra to build a palace in Alexandria within three months as part of a bet with Julius Caesar, architect Edifis enlists the help of Asterix, Obelix and Getafix.
- DirectorRené GoscinnyHenri GruelAlbert UderzoStarsRoger CarelJacques MorelPierre TornadeAsterix and Obelix are tasked by Julius Caesar with accomplishing twelve impossible labors to determine the fate of their indomitable Gaulish village.
- DirectorGaëtan BrizziPaul BrizziStarsRoger CarelPierre TornadePierre MondyAsterix and Obelix join the Roman Legions to rescue Obelix's crush Panacea and her fiancé Tragicomix, who have been kidnapped to appease Julius Caesar.
- DirectorGerhard HahnStarsRoger CarelPierre TornadeHenri LabussièreSent out to prevent Getafix from being thrown off the edge of the Earth by the Romans, Asterix and Obelix find themselves in America, encountering a Native tribe and a greedy medicine man.
- DirectorStefan FjeldmarkJesper MøllerJoanna WizmurStarsRoger CarelLorànt DeutschSara ForestierWhile tutoring Vitalstatistix's rebellious nephew Justforkix, Asterix and Obelix must rescue him from Vikings who wish to learn the meaning of fear to become invincible.
- DirectorVincent ParonnaudMarjane SatrapiStarsChiara MastroianniCatherine DeneuveGena RowlandsA precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.
- DirectorAri FolmanStarsAri FolmanRon Ben-YishaiRonny DayagAn Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.
- DirectorSylvain ChometStarsJean-Claude DondaEilidh RankinDuncan MacNeilA French illusionist finds himself out of work and travels to Scotland, where he meets a young woman. Their ensuing adventure changes both their lives forever.
- DirectorJean-Loup FelicioliAlain GagnolStarsDominique BlancBernadette LafontBruno SalomoneIn Paris, a cat who lives a secret life as a cat burglar's aide must come to the rescue of Zoe, the little girl he lives with, after she falls into a gangster's clutches.
- DirectorEmmanuel KlotzAlbert Pereira-LazaroStarsVincent CasselDiane KrugerIzmTony and Jose are best friends and petty crooks, but tension strikes the duo when Jose falls for the rich Clemence and wants to go straight.
- DirectorBlutchCharles BurnsMarie CaillouStarsAure AtikaGuillaume DepardieuNicole GarciaSeveral scary black-and-white animated segments in different styles appeal to our fear(s) of the dark.
- DirectorGuillaume IvernelArthur QwakStarsVincent LindonPatrick TimsitPhilippe NahonA fantastic tale telling the adventures of two dragon hunters!
- DirectorJean-Christophe RogerStarsEric MétayerElie SemounFred TestotTwo children, Pierre and Jeanne, register their father into a televised contest of papas storytellers. Terrified, Laurent, the father, will have to redouble his imagination to look good next to his ruthless competitors.
- DirectorJérôme DeschampsPascal HéroldMacha MakeïeffStarsJérôme DeschampsYolande MoreauArthur DeschampsAn adaptation of Charles Perrault's famous Puss'n Boots, "The True Story of Puss'n Boots" is a story for young and old for the first time on cinema screens.
- DirectorAdrià GarcíaVíctor MaldonadoStarsImanol AriasHervé CaradecRoger CarelAn orphan boy named Tim is afraid of the dark. However, when the stars start going out in the sky, he finds himself exploring the world of the night, alongside his new friend, the Cat Shepherd.
- DirectorIrene StarewiczWladyslaw StarewiczStarsClaude DauphinRomain BouquetSylvain ItkineWhen Renard the Fox's mischievous pranks go too far, King Lion is forced to attempt to bring the trickster to justice.
- DirectorJean ImageCharles FrankStarsPaul CollineSuzy DornacFred PasqualiJohnny sets out to rid the land of an evil giant but the giant uses a machine to reduce Johnny to the size of a bee. He is welcomed into Bee-Land, and herocially defends the Queen Bee. Johnny then leads the bees and their friends in an attack against the giant, uses the machine to reduce the giant to a miniature and restores himself to human size.
- DirectorJean ImageStarsGaston GuezHenri VirlojeuxClaire GuibertThe magician travels to Aladdin's village, identified as being near the border with China, where he enlists Aladdin's help by pretending to be his long-lost uncle and offering to leave his wealth to Aladdin. At one point, the Magician character tells the story of his travels to China, India and Persia and we see a montage of these adventures and it's kind of interesting because of the way it invokes other cultures of the era. There is some unnecessary padding throughout as characters break into songs that do nothing but tell parts of Once upon a time, somewhere in Africa, a local magician dreamed of owning the Magic Lamp. Thanks to a Magic Ball he learned that the Lamp could be found in an Asian village and that only the innocent hand of a young person could snatch it. He traveled to the place, a village called "Three Hill City", close to the Chinese border. There lived Aladin, a boy who could help him to grab the Lamp. Which he did. But what was not planned is that Aladin kept the Lamp for himself. Thanks to it, the wily fox acquired all the riches possible and decided to propose to Badroulboudour, the Sultan's daughter he had been secretly in love with. But the Magician, furious with Aladin, vowed to take revenge.
- DirectorRené LalouxStarsBarry BostwickJennifer DrakeEric BauginOn a faraway planet where blue giants rule, oppressed humanoids rebel against their machine-like leaders.
- DirectorPichaBoris SzulzingerStarsBernard DhéranClaude BertrandRoger CarelShame, the ape man of the jungle, sets off to rescue his woman, June, when a gang of giant penises kidnaps her.
- DirectorJean ImageStarsAnne OstyChristian ParisyMaurice VambyZillionair playboy Terry has built a spaceship so that he can see the galaxy together with his girlfriend Ferma. Along comes a spaced-out alien who needs to find back to his planet. The trio brings along Little Orbit the Astrodog to assist in the search. On their fantastical journey they battle a phantom space-bird, asparagus monsters (with Bronx accents) that want them for lunch, and a race of space-robots on a machine planet.
- DirectorPaul GrimaultStarsJean MartinPascal MazzottiRaymond BussièresA chimney sweep and a shepherdess seek to escape from the clutches of a tyrannical king.
- DirectorPhilippe LeclercStarsFrédéric CerdalPascale CheminMélody DubosThe Pyross and the Hydross are have been at war for as long as they can remember. The Pyross, who worship the sun, water brings only death and desolation, whereas the Hydross must always stay protected from heat, which petrifies them.
- DirectorRené LalouxStarsGlenn CloseChristopher PlummerPierre-Marie EscourrouAn evil force begins to destroy the idyllic paradise of Gandahar, where the citizens are in perfect harmony with nature.
- DirectorJean-François LaguionieStarsMatt HillSally Ann MarshJohn HurtA rebellious teenage monkey refuses to believe what he has been told and sets out to find the truth.
- DirectorChris DelaportePascal PinonStarsKirsten DunstAnjelica HustonRichard HarrisOn the distant planet Axis, rebellious, high-spirited teenage girl Kaena defies the High Priest and her people's ancestral beliefs to take a perilous journey and discover what dark secrets lie beyond the clouds.
- DirectorJacques-Rémy GirerdStarsMichel PiccoliAnouk GrinbergAnnie GirardotIt's a catastrophe! A flood has hit our planet and an unusual group of people are all that remains. Led by Ferdinand, a modern day Noah, this little group have managed to defy the furiously raging elements. People and animals alike are dragged through this incredible whirlpool of an adventure.
- DirectorFrancis NielsenStarsMichel EliasTonino GuerraFrançois JerosmeA long time ago, a young Russian general chose to sacrifice hundreds of birds to burn Moscow and save his motherland from the troops of Napoleon. For this feat, he was hailed as a hero by the people of Russia but regarded an executioner by the winged creatures. Now fifty years older the aging general leads a drab life. To make matters worse, the descendants of the sacrificed birds keep attacking him. One day however a meets an engaging little dog who soon becomes his faithful companion. Both friends decide to break the curse plaguing the general's life : they start militating for all the caged birds of Russia to be set free.
- DirectorJean CubaudStarsAndré DussollierIsabelle CarréLudivine SagnierParva was born the very moment a meteorite, a block of sapphire of exceptional purity, hit the earth. The meteorite bore into the heart of a volcano in the Himalayas. Touched by this cosmic blessing, the child already radiates magic at an early age. Her mother died when Parva was only 10 years old. Today, a fine arts student, she lives a quiet life in the company of her friend Lula. One evening, when she enters her house, she finds a small dog. she immediately falls in love with the murmur and embraces him. But she doesn't know it's no ordinary dog. In fact, he is so unusual that he drags her into a series of adventures that lead her to an island in the Gulf of Bengal. Fortunately, her mother's shadow is always watching over her. In the most difficult situations, she is there. Like a guardian angel, she encourages her and shows her the right way. The way to the heart, which will help Parva avoid the traps on the way to the subterranean maze where the prince is locked in a glass cage. Of course she will free the prince, her prince, victim of a battle between the gods, and she will marry him
- DirectorAntonio NavarroStarsJose CoronadoJuan EchanoveImanol AriasThe story of Jesus' birth and the journey of the 3 wise men who brought him gifts.
- DirectorJean-François LaguionieStarsMehani TaricGuy AbgrallKeylian BlancKid, a 15-year-old hard laborer, steals a map that promises to reveal the location of the notorious pirate Black Mor's treasure. Together with his crew -- MacGregor, Beanpole, Taka and Jim the monkey -- Kid procures a vessel and sets out to sea.
- DirectorAlexandre HuchezBruno-René HuchezStarsAnthony DelonClaire KeimMike MarshallIn Russia, the Tartars invade Siberia, devastating villages and sowing terror among the populations. The Tsar sent Michael Strogoff 5,000 kilometers from Moscow to warn the Grand Duke of the imminent danger in Irkutsk.
- DirectorChristian VolckmanStarsDaniel CraigCatherine McCormackJonathan PryceA young gene researcher, Ilona, is kidnapped in a future Paris. Police Captain Karas and his team are in charge of finding her.
- DirectorSerge ElissaldeStarsBernard AlaneJean-Claude Bolle-ReddatMaud ForgetMona lives in a ruined castle by the sea. She is a princess but lives a life of misery, mistreated by an odious pair of rats. But one day an adorable little unicorn appears and declares that she is there to assure her happiness.
- DirectorPhilippe LeclercStarsCoralie VanderlindenDavid ScarpuzzaArnaud LéonardAkhesa, lovely Princess 14, is far from imagining that one day reign over Egypt ... When this adventure begins, the impetuous young girl rebels against her father, Pharaoh Akhenaton. She refuses to live confined within the precincts of the royal palace and wants to discover why her mother, Queen Nefertiti, has been exiled to the island of Elephantine. Akhesa fled with the help of Prince Tut, hoping to find her mother. Regardless of danger, the two teenagers travel the banks of the Nile to the burning desert dunes, and bravely confront the mercenary Zannanza and priests who conspire to overthrow the pharaoh. With innocence their only weapon, and Akhesa Thout overcome many hardships and encounter an extraordinary destiny ...
- DirectorPhilippe ChatelFrancis NielsenStarsFrançois-Xavier DemaisonElie SemounCamille TimmermanIt's the night before the new school year and little Emilie Jolie is worried about how things will go at the new school. Her mother gives her a book to help her forget about her worries, a book she used to read as a child. Emilie, alone in her room, opens the book and dives into the pages to enter a magical world of blue rabbits. There, Gilbert the rabbit is being held by the evil witch and only Emilie can save him.