Alain Aithnard

Eden Is West (2009)

Desperate to break free from the poverty of his homeland, Elias boards a ramshackle people-smuggling trawler to France. But when the boat is raided by police, Elias leaps into the ocean, eventually finding himself washed up on a Mediterranean beach resort ...

Au bord du monde - Fernando Pessoa (1992)

The Elephant Graveyard (1991)

A man's car somehow becomes completely autonomous and takes the powerless driver, to a scrap yard, or a 'cemetery for cars', where several more vehicles are waiting to be crushed by powerful reducing machines, their passengers still inside. ...

La Fille du magicien (1990)

Lili is twenty years old, has an English mother, a magician father, a voice from elsewhere and a gift that only children know: the power of her own desire. It all starts with a summer night: that summer, Lili and Bruno will find love. ...

Adrenaline (1990)

"Adrénaline" proposes a string of short surrealist films presenting at various levels an interesting mix of mild gore, cynical humor and absurd surrealism. ...

Once Around the Park (1989)

Al and Elsa have been a couple for some time, but the chances that their relationship will be long-lived are few. For one thing, Al is appallingly dependent on Elsa for his every emotional need. For another, Elsa is an incredibly elusive person, extremely ...

After Maria (1987)

Maria, a Portuguese concierge, lives in a lodge with her daughter Nidia. While cleaning the stairs, she observes the building's residents and discreetly takes notes. One day, one of them notices her. ...