Michel Fau

The Great Arch (2025)

France, 1983. The biggest architectural competition in history is launched by the new socialist president, François Mitterrand. Coveted by all the biggest international architectural firms, the open-call competition is surprisingly won by an unknown: Joha ...

Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema (2024)

A portrait of the legendary actor Jean-Pierre Léaud, icon of the French New Wave and closely linked to the work of François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Goddard. ...

Bernard Duvert, l'Esprit souffle où il veut (2024)

Borgo (2024)

Melissa is an experienced, exemplary prison guard. But a dangerous spiral is set into motion when she transfers to a Corsican jail, where she accepts help and protection from inmate Saveriu to get her bearings. Upon his release, he contacts Melissa expecti ...

Le Vison voyageur (2023)

Les secrets de la princesse de Cadignan (2023)

"Don Juan woman", according to the expression of Balzac. A princess, a great seductress. Of a diabolical intelligence. This woman, who has had many lovers— almost all the male characters of the "Comédie Humaine"— will finally find love. The real one. ...

Merci Zaza - La Folle Histoire de la Cage aux Folles (2023)

A look back at "La Cage aux Folles", which ran non-stop for five years, from February 1973, on the stage of the Théâtre du Palais Royal in Paris. At a time when homosexuality was considered a crime by the law, Poiret and Serrault achieved great success i ...

The Crime Is Mine (2023)

In 1930s Paris, Madeleine, a pretty, young, penniless, and talentless actress, is accused of murdering a famous producer. Helped by her best friend, Pauline, a young, unemployed lawyer, she is acquitted on the grounds of self-defense. A new life of fame an ...

Habib (2023)

The story of a young Belgian actor of Moroccan origin who agrees to play the role of Saint-François-d'Assise to put an end to the roles of nice Arabs that are stuck on his forehead in often mediocre films. Getting into the historical figure will represent ...

Les Heureux (2021)

In a summer Paris, during an epidemic, a ghostly character from another time discovers our contemporary urban life. His contemplative wandering, from afternoon to dawn, gives him ideas of alexandrines; those of Melancholia, written by Victor Hugo in 1856.. ...

I Love You Coiffure (2020)

Liliane and Maud are twin sisters. The first is a modest provincial hairdresser while the second leads the great life in Paris. They both fight over their mother's custody. ...

La fuite (2020)

In a sad imaginary suburb, Jean-Jacques is oppressed by his work, belittled by his girlfriend, pursued by a bailiff. Jean-Jacques is afraid of sinking into madness, until he meets Jeanne and her brother Gilles, with whom he will share a dream, that of seei ...

Le Postillon de Lonjumeau (2020)

Adolphe Adam's Le Postillon de Lonjumeau was a great success at its premiere in 1836, and, along with the ballet Giselle, has remained one of the composer's most popular works. Following the great French tradition, this opéra-comique has it all: 18th-cent ...

La Belle Hélène (2019)

La belle Hélène is the work that confirmed Offenbach's international reputation. The libretto caricatures the conventions of Greek mythology to poke fun at contemporary society, and the melodies, once heard, never leave you. The erotic and political scan ...

Jacques Offenbach - Die schöne Helena (2019)

Amor maman (2019)

Roland is forty years old. Solitary and a bit lunar, he thinks he will discover one morning that he is the hidden son of Arielle Dombasle. He decides to go to meet his mother who will reject him, run away from him, then little by little get attached to him ...

Muriel Robin, oser être soi... (2018)

Alien Crystal Palace (2018)

A scientist finds the secret that predispose to the formation of the ideal couple. With this new alchemy, he achieves a pioneering experience: the creation of a perfect androgynous. ...

Paris Pigalle (2018)

Paris, 1982. Franck and Serge are police investigators in charge of making a good catch in the Parisian porn industry. In order to infiltrate the mafia, they take over a peep show in Pigalle riddled with debts. In attempt to jump start the business, they b ...

The Most Assassinated Woman in the World (2018)

Set against the backdrop of the infamous Theatre Grand Guignol the story revolves around iconic actress Paula Maxa - the most famous of the Grand Guignol's leading ladies and the titular Most Assassinated Woman, who was graphically slain on stage multiple ...

Ordeal (2017)

Around teatime, Mr. Kaplan's doorbell rings. This is Jean who appears behind the door, a visit he had stopped waiting for long ago... ...

Golden Years (2017)

The true story of a French WW1 deserter who, with the support of his wife, spends a decade in disguise as a woman. ...

Fleur de cactus (2017)

Open at Night (2017)

One night to change everything. One night to save a theater, one night to change one's perspective about life. Luigi will push and pull Faeza with him everywhere around Paris an entire night to save his theater. ...

On refait le boulevard (2016)

Marguerite (2015)

Paris in the 1920s. Marguerite Dumont is a wealthy woman with a passion for music and the opera. For years, she has performed regularly for a circle of guests. But Marguerite sings tragically out of tune and no one has ever told her. Her husband and her cl ...

Un amour qui ne finit pas (2015)

L'échappée, à la poursuite d'Annie Le Brun (2015)

Arletty: A Guilty Passion (2015)

Covers the love affair between French actress Arletty and a high-ranking German officer during WWII in occupied France. ...

Brèves de comptoir (2014)

A small, old-fashioned cafe in a suburban square, opposite the cemetery, the Hirondelle. Every day at half past six, the customers dance with their stories and tirades, totally amazing. ...

Ciboulette (2013)

9 Month Stretch (2013)

Ariane Felder is pregnant! This is surprising with her being a young hardened judge with strict morals. But what is more surprising is that, according to paternity testing, the child's father is none other than Bob, a criminal from the prosecution charged ...

Requiem for a Killer (2011)

Lucretia is a killer for hire. Specialised in poisoning and passionate about opera, she'll have to fulfill a difficult contract in the heart of the Swiss alps. Posing as a singer, Lucretia will have to appear on the scene of the higly exclusive Festival d' ...

L'Orestie (2010)

A French adaptation of Aeschylus' three-part play "Oresteia", staged by Olivier Py. ...

Les Enfants de Saturne (2010)

A staging of Olivier Py's play "Les Enfants de Saturne" by himself. ...

Le Soulier de satin (2009)

A staging of Paul Claudel's play "The Satin Slipper" by Olivier Py. ...

Illusions comiques (2007)

A staging of Olivier Py's play "Illusions comiques" by himself. ...

Gaspard le bandit (2006)

Gaspard de Besse and his gang of highwaymen escaped the law for years in old monsieur de Morières's jurisdiction in rural, Ancient Régime France. When Gaspard is badly injured trough treason, he escapes after being seen in St.Anne's convent, where he hid ...

Foon (2005)

A quasi-musical-comedy which descends into horror, set in the early sixties in a college on the outskirts of West Philadelphia. For 15 years, the graduation ball has been the preserve of the Foons - those teenagers who are immersed in weird notions of fun ...

Swimming Pool (2003)

A British crime novelist travels to her publisher's upmarket summer house in Southern France to seek solitude in order to work on her next book. However, the unexpected arrival of the publisher's daughter induces complications and a subsequent crime. ...

Le petit vélo dans la tête (2002)

Closed Eyes (2000)

Vincent and Olivier have an intense, rocky relationship: Vincent evades tenderness, just as he does desire, forcing the couple to hunt for a third partner to participate in their sexual games. Olivier has a background in the theater. He believes in, but is ...

With a Friend Like Harry... (2000)

While fixing up their summer cottage, Michel and his family run into a man who claims to have gone to high school with Michel. ...

Le Créateur (1999)

A playwright of note, Darius developed a drinking problem after his first major hit, and has taken time out from writing his follow-up to go to a clinic and dry out. After his release, Darius finds his producer has hired a leading lady for his next show, b ...

Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)

Embarrassed by his large nose, a romantic poet/soldier romances his cousin by proxy. ...

Le Postillon de Lonjumeau (2020)

Adolphe Adam's Le Postillon de Lonjumeau was a great success at its premiere in 1836, and, along with the ballet Giselle, has remained one of the composer's most popular works. Following the great French tradition, this opéra-comique has it all: 18th-cent ...

La Belle Hélène (2019)

La belle Hélène is the work that confirmed Offenbach's international reputation. The libretto caricatures the conventions of Greek mythology to poke fun at contemporary society, and the melodies, once heard, never leave you. The erotic and political scan ...

Jacques Offenbach - Die schöne Helena (2019)

Fleur de cactus (2017)

Ciboulette (2013)