Christophe Honoré

Le ciel de Nantes (2024)

Marcello Mio (2024)

Pressured from all sides by the figure of her father, Chiara Mastroianni decides to bring him back to life through her own self. She goes by the name of Marcello, dresses like him and asks to now be considered an actor, not an actress. ...

Winter Boy (2022)

Lucas is a 17-year-old gay teenager coping with the sudden and unexpected death of his father in an accident that may or may not have been suicide. He views his life as a wild animal in need of taming. Between a brother settled in Paris and a mother with w ...

The World of Yesterday (2022)

A moral tale and a political thriller: a few days before the term of her mandate, the President must make a major decision concerning the destiny of France. ...

Guermantes (2021)

Paris, sum­mer 2020. Actors from "la Comédie-Française", France's most pres­ti­gious the­ater, rehearse Christophe Hon­oré's new play, an adap­ta­tion of Mar­cel Proust's "The Guer­mantes Way". When the show is sud­den­ly can­celed, the dra ...

Ballade de Melody Nelson (2021)

From My Home to Yours (2020)

On a Magical Night director Christophe Honoré shares a short film while quarantined in Paris. ...

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing (2019)

Over 30 filmmakers and friends of Strand Releasing have come together to honor the company's indelible contribution to independent cinema over the past thirty years. The participating filmmakers have each created a short film for the project, all shot on i ...

On a Magical Night (2019)

After 20 years of marriage, Maria decides to leave her husband. She moves into room 212 at the hotel across the street, with a bird's-eye view of her apartment, her husband and the life she shared with him. While she wonders if she made the right decision, ...

Sorry Angel (2018)

At once an intimate chronicle of a romance and a sprawling portrait of life in early 1990s France following the intertwining journeys of Jacques, a worldly Parisian writer, and Arthur, a curious, carefree and much-younger university student who is just beg ...

Sophie's Misfortunes (2016)

Sophie is far from being the model little girl one would like her to be, unlike her friends Camille and Madeleine. She always insists on having her own way, often getting into trouble, to the despair of one and all. But her mother is unbending and otherwis ...

Two Friends (2015)

Mona, a prisoner on work release, meets Clément, a shy actor. Desperate to impress Mona, Clément recruits his extroverted friend, Abel, to help. When Mona becomes more interested in Abel, it sets off a conflict between the two friends. Meanwhile, Mona at ...

Like Cattle Towards Glow (2015)

Several short films about troubled gay youngsters who attempt to resolve their psychological issues through bizarre fetish play or sinister self expression. ...

Metamorphoses (2014)

A girl is approached by a strange boy outside her high school. He asks her to follow him to hear stories where gods fall in love with human beings. ...

Let My People Go ! (2011)

Everyone knows that Ruben is Jewish, gay, half-French, half-Finnish, an ungrateful son and disappointing lover, a thief who can't help himself, and possibly a murderer to boot. The only person who doesn't know who Ruben is is Ruben himself. When he comes t ...

Beloved (2011)

From Paris in the 1960s to London in the first decade of the third millennium, Madeleine and her daughter Véra flit from one amorous adventure to the next, living for the moment and taking all the opportunities that life offers. But not every love affair ...

Man at Bath (2010)

Between Gennevilliers and New York, Omar and Emmanuel go to great lengths to prove to each other they're no longer in love. ...

Making Plans for Lena (2009)

Ever since she broke up with Nigel, Lena soldiers on through life as best she can with her two kids. She valiantly overcomes the obstacles put in her way. But she has yet to confront the worst of them: Her unstoppable family has decided, by any means neces ...

Angelo, tyran de Padoue (2009)

By choosing Victor Hugo for his first major theater production, Christophe Honoré surprises and intrigues. Angelo, tyrant of Padua surprises even more: little staged, this piece is almost incongruous. ...

The Beautiful Person (2008)

In the wake of her mother's tragic death, French teenager Junie transfers to a different high school. Though Junie lives mostly inside her own head, her beauty and stoicism win her the attention of the entire male student population. Junie begins dating th ...

Sunny Spells (2008)

This is not a chorus film. Well maybe just a little… Avignon Festival - Summer. First, there's Maud and Alex, who have just broken up but need to pretend to be two love birds on stage. Then there's the playwright of their play, Richard, who could start ...

Hotel Kuntz (2008)

A man hangs around an outside a tennis court. On the hard-packed surface, four teenagers play together, then they begin playing with the man a cruel game, from desire and frustration. In the streets by the train station, the man follows at a distance one o ...

Love Songs (2007)

Ismael and Julie, in the hope of sparking their stalled relationship, enter a playful yet emotionally laced threesome with Alice. When tragedy strikes, these young Parisians are forced to deal with the fragility of life and love. For Ismael, this means neg ...

After Him (2007)

When Camille's son was killed in a car accident, the devastating loss proved too much for emotionally fragile mother to bear. Now desperately clinging to any reminder of the son she held so close to her heart, Camille becomes increasingly fixated on Frank ...

In Paris (2006)

After a love affair ends badly, a young Parisian named Paul sinks into the same kind of deep depression that led his sister to kill herself. He moves back home with his father and aimless brother Jonathan but refuses to get out of bed. ...

Three Dancing Slaves (2004)

Annecy is no tourist destination for three working-class Algerian brothers and their father, in the months after their mother has died. Marc is deeply troubled: he tries to stiff drug dealers and then plots revenge. Christophe is released from jail, lands ...

Ma mère (2004)

After his father's death, a young man is introduced to a world of hedonism and depravity by his amoral mother. ...

Novo (2002)

After an injury, Graham suffers from short-term memory loss, which causes him to fall back into the abyss of amnesia every 10 minutes. Those around him both profit and suffer from his condition -- his sex-crazed boss, Sabine, tricks him into regular trysts ...

17 fois Cécile Cassard (2002)

A portrait of a woman, composed of 17 moments from her life. ...

Close to Leo (2002)

When 21 year-old Leo, the oldest of four brothers, announces to his rural French family that he's HIV positive, his family quickly rallies around him. Leo travels to Paris with his youngst brother Marcel for treatment. When Leo tries to push his brother aw ...

Girls Can't Swim (2000)

Gwen is a teenager living in a small coastal town. Lise is her best friend, a city girl who comes every year with her family to spend the summer. This year things are different though; at first Lise might not come at all, and when she does it is obvious th ...

Nous deux (2000)

Winter Boy (2022)

Lucas is a 17-year-old gay teenager coping with the sudden and unexpected death of his father in an accident that may or may not have been suicide. He views his life as a wild animal in need of taming. Between a brother settled in Paris and a mother with w ...

Guermantes (2021)

Paris, sum­mer 2020. Actors from "la Comédie-Française", France's most pres­ti­gious the­ater, rehearse Christophe Hon­oré's new play, an adap­ta­tion of Mar­cel Proust's "The Guer­mantes Way". When the show is sud­den­ly can­celed, the dra ...

Like Cattle Towards Glow (2015)

Several short films about troubled gay youngsters who attempt to resolve their psychological issues through bizarre fetish play or sinister self expression. ...

Sagat (2011)

Go deep inside one of the most recognizable gay porn stars of all time. This exciting doc takes you behind-the-scenes to get a glimpse at the real life of François Sagat. ...

Sunny Spells (2008)

This is not a chorus film. Well maybe just a little… Avignon Festival - Summer. First, there's Maud and Alex, who have just broken up but need to pretend to be two love birds on stage. Then there's the playwright of their play, Richard, who could start ...

Once Upon a Time... The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (2008)

Television documentary about the making of Jacques Demy's 1964 film "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg". ...

A Day in the Life of French Cinema (2002)

Documentary showing one day of work of over 90 actors and filmmakers from French cinema on the same day. On 27 March 2002, 27 teams filmed actors, directors, producers and technicians at work, from Hawaii to Paris and from New York to Lisbon. ...