Olivier Gourmet

Cape Farewell (2026)

Fresh out of prison, Toni struggles to reconnect with her daughter Anna, who was raised by her grandmother Betty, while resisting the pull of her ex-lover Max's criminal world. Working at her uncle Frank's restaurant, she discovers his smuggling ties and ...

Squealers (2025)

A group of young activists breaks into a slaughterhouse, aiming to expose the owners for processing meat unfit for consumption. Armed with cameras, they capture damning evidence until they're caught by the owner and his security team. What starts as a desp ...

Colours of Time (2025)

United by the unexpected inheritance of a house in Normandy, four estranged cousins discover their family history by retracing their ancestor's steps. ...

Fanon (2025)

Frantz Fanon, a French psychiatrist from Martinique, has just been appointed head of department at the psychiatric hospital in Blida, Algeria. His methods contrast with those of the other doctors in a context of colonization. A biopic in the heart of the A ...

Turtles (2024)

Henri and Thom live together in Brussels and have been in perfect love for 35 years, or so it seems. Since Henri retired as a policeman, nothing has gone right. His days are dull and endless, his feelings are fading and their home has become a battlefield. ...

Retrotherapy (2024)

Yvonne loses her mind and confuses her teenage granddaughter, Manon, with her deceased daughter. Manon plays the role of the mother she never knew, reviving her grandmother's years of feminist activism. In this troubled game, Manon will learn to become a w ...

Mayhem! (2023)

Sam is a professional boxer about to get released from prison. While on parole, his past catches up with him and he has no choice but to flee. Five years later, he has rebuilt a simple life on an exotic island in Thailand with his wife and her daughter, bu ...

The Assembly Line (2023)

A few months after May '68, Robert, a graduate of the Ecole Normale Supérieure and a far-left activist, decides to get a job at Citroën as a line worker. Like other comrades, he wants to infiltrate the factory to rekindle the revolutionary fire, but the ...

The Colors of Fire (2022)

February 1927. The funeral of Marcel Péricourt, the most powerful banker in Paris. His daughter Madeleine must take the helm of the financial empire of which she is the heiress. But she has a son, Paul, who with an unexpected and tragic gesture will place ...

Simone: Woman of the Century (2022)

Simone Veil's life story through the pivotal events of Twentieth Century. Her childhood, her political battles, her tragedies. An intimate and epic portrait of an extraordinary woman who eminently challenged and transformed her era defending a humanist mes ...

On the Edge (2022)

One night, Leo, a Spaniard working in Brussels as a subway driver, sees a young man on the edge of the platform, just before he falls onto the tracks. ...

Eugénie Grandet (2021)

Felix Grandet reigns supreme in his modest house in Saumur where his wife and daughter Eugenie lead a distraction-free existence. Extremely avaricious, he does not take a favorable view of the beautiful parties who rush to ask for his daughter's hand. Noth ...

Beasts (2021)

Constance and her fiancé hope to one day take over, modernize and expand her father's farm, on the verge of bankruptcy, to the large-scale farms that share the land and power. She gains the support of the influential and charismatic Sylvain, their fate qu ...

Red Soil (2021)

Freshly hired as a labor nurse in a chemical factory, Nour discovers that small arrangements exist between management and her father, Slimane, the staff representative, and the company's pivot. Lies about polluting discharges, hidden illnesses of employees ...

The Voyages of Matisse, Chasing Light (2020)

On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Matisse's birth and of the exhibition at the Center Pompidou which will be dedicated to him in 2020, this art documentary brings us back to life of the journeys made by Matisse that influenced his art. And partic ...

De Gaulle (2020)

Paris, June 1940. The de Gaulle couple is confronted with the military and political collapse of France. Charles de Gaulle joins London while Yvonne, his wife, finds herself with her three children on the road of the exodus. ...

The Breitner Commando (2019)

1959, France. Colonel Breitner is given a secret mission : find the body of his former aide, Colonel Delignières, who is reported missing in French Algeria, before the French army burns the whole place to the ground. Breitner puts together a team of five ...

Conviction (2019)

Ever since she served on the jury during his trial, Nora has been convinced that Jacques Viguier is innocent, despite him being accused of murdering his wife. Following an appeal by the public prosecutor's office, and fearing a miscarriage of justice, she ...

Cyrano, My Love (2018)

Paris, France, December 1897. The young playwright Edmond Rostand feels like a failure. Inspiration has abandoned him. Married and father of two children, desperate and penniless, he persuades the great actor Constant Coquelin to perform the main role in h ...

Those Who Work (2018)

Frank, a man of action who worked his way up all by himself, dedicates his life to work. No matter the place or the circumstances, be it day or night, he's on the phone, handling the cargo ships he charters for major companies. But when he has to deal with ...

One Nation, One King (2018)

„Un peuple et son roi" crosses the destinies of the men and women of the population, and those of historical figures. Their meeting place is the newly founded National Assembly. At the heart of the story lie the fate of the king and the birth of the Fren ...

The Royal Exchange (2017)

After many years of confrontation, the treasures of Spain and France are empty. ...

Above the Law (2017)

Frank Valken, high-flying robber, has just made a final masterful break. At least that's what he believes… Ideal suspects, Valken and his gang find themselves involved in a criminal case of thirty years. It seems that the crazy killers are back. ...

Grand Froid (2017)

In a small town lost in the middle of nowhere, Edmond Zweck's funeral business is on the wing. The company now has only two employees: Georges, Zweck's right-hand man, and Eddy, a young man still a novice in the trade. One fine morning, however, a dead man ...

Upstream (2017)

Homer and Joé trace the rivers of Croatia aboard a small boat. In spite of being fifty years old each one, none of them knew of the existence of the other until the recent death of the father of both. Now, however, they are half brothers. During the voyag ...

The Midwife (2017)

Claire is a midwife and has devoted her life to others. At a moment when she is preoccupied by the imminent closure of the maternity clinic where she works, her life is further turned upside down when Béatrice, her father's former mistress, turns up on th ...

The Young Karl Marx (2017)

26 year-old Karl Marx embarks with his wife, Jenny, on the road to exile. In 1844 in Paris, he meets Friedrich Engels, an industrialist's son, who has been investigating the sordid birth of the British working class. Engels, the dandy, provides the last pi ...

A Wedding (2017)

Zahira, 18, is close to her family until her parents ask her to follow Pakistani tradition to choose a husband. Torn between family customs and her western lifestyle, the young woman turns for help to her brother and confidant Amir. ...

Daguerrotype (2016)

An aging photographer's obsession with an early form of photography draws his assistant and daughter into a work of mystery. ...

The Unknown Girl (2016)

Jenny, a young doctor who feels guilty after a young woman she refused to see winds up dead a few days later, decides to find out who the girl was, after the police can't identify the young woman. ...

L'ami (2016)

The movie follows Elia da Cortona, one of the most faithful followers of St. Francis, from 1209 to 1226. ...

Chocolat (2016)

Chocolat the clown, the first black stage performer in France, goes from anonymity to fame after forming an unprecedented duo with fellow performer Footit in the very popular in Belle Epoque Paris. But easy money, gambling, and discrimination take their to ...

April and the Extraordinary World (2015)

It's 1941, but France is trapped in the 19th Century, governed by steam and Napoleon V. Avril, a teenage girl, goes in search of her missing scientist parents. ...

Come What May (2015)

In may 1940, the German troops enter France. Frightened by the progress of the enemy, the people of a small village of Pas-de-Calais decide on the recommendations of the prefecture, to give up everything to go on the road, fleeing to the coast. ...

The Scent of Mandarin (2015)

During World War I, a home care nurse treats a man who lost one leg on the front lines. A strong bond arises between them and evolves into a passionate love affair. ...

Madame Bovary (2015)

In 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragic consequences. ...

Il était une fois... « Rosetta » (2015)

Thirty-eighth documentary in the "Un film et son époque" series. It retraces the genesis, shooting and unexpected success of "Rosetta", a film by Belgian filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. Palme d'Or winner in 1999, "Rosetta" recounts the daily stru ...

The Night Watchmen (2015)

Times have changed a lot for Franck who is a night watchman. About a decade ago he was a specialized worker. Today he feels bored but would jump at any chance to prove his bravery and courage. ...

SK1 (2015)

The hunt, capture and trial of Guy Georges, one of France's most notorious serial killers. ...

The Gate (2014)

Two decades after forging an unlikely alliance in Pol Pot's Cambodia, a French ethnologist and a former Khmer Rouge official meet again after the latter is arrested for crimes against humanity. ...

40-Love (2014)

Jérôme, a senior executive, has just left his company. Determined to never work for nobody else ever again, he attempts to set up his own company, come what may, even ignoring the reluctance of his wife Laura. Ugo, their 11-year-old son, is a tennis play ...

Two Days, One Night (2014)

Sandra is a young woman who has only one weekend to convince her colleagues they must give up their bonuses in order for her to keep her job — not an easy task in this economy. ...

The Marchers (2013)

In 1983, in France experiencing intolerance and racial violence , three young teens and the priest Minguettes launching a largely peaceful march for equality and against racism, over 1,000 km between Marseille and Paris . Despite the difficulties and resis ...

Violette (2013)

Born out of wedlock early in the last century, Violette Leduc meets Simone de Beauvoir in postwar Saint-Germain-des-Près. An intense lifelong relationship develops between the two women authors, based on Violette's quest for freedom through writing and on ...

Grand Central (2013)

A young unemployed man finds work at a nuclear power plant and begins an illicit affair with the fiancée of one of his senior workmates. ...

The Anonymous (2013)

A counterterrorism task force investigates the 1998 Ajaccio assassination of Claude Érignac, the prefect of Corsica. Based on true events. ...

La tendresse (2013)

This is the first film by Hänsel based entirely on her own script and gives a wise and loving significance to the concept of personal and anecdotal. With beautiful leading roles by Canto as mother and Gourmet as her ex. Together, they drive to a ski resor ...

The World Belongs to Us (2012)

On a bridge, one night, a stabbing. There is Pouga. And there is Julien. The film shows the parallel destiny of these two young men who look alike without knowing each other. ...

The Lookout (2012)

When police is about to apprehend a famous gang of bank robbers, an elite sniper opens fire from a roof, thus facilitating the flee of his accomplices. However, one of them is seriously injured, which compromises the plans of the thieves. ...

Hénaut Président (2012)

A communications agency, determined to use politics as a springboard to its fame, sets its sights on Pierre Hénaut, an honest and dedicated provincial elected official and an unlikely presidential candidate. Shaping the candidate's image is the job of Thi ...

The Minister (2011)

Transport Minister Bertrand Saint-Jean is awoken in the middle of the night by his head of staff. A bus has gone off the road into a gully. He has no choice but to go to the scene of the accident. Thus begins the odyssey of a politician in a world that is ...

The Kid with a Bike (2011)

Abandoned by his father, a young boy is left in the hands of an unqualified childcare provider. ...

Robert Mitchum Is Dead (2011)

Washed-up actor Franky Pastor and his kleptomaniac, ex-rocker manager Arsene steal a car and embark on a "last-chance" road trip to the Polaris Film Festival at the North Pole. There Arsene insists they'll meet a famous director who can revive Franky's car ...

Final Balance (2011)

Benoît, leads a happy and uneventful life. One day, his private detective father mysteriously disappears. Benoît is going to discover he has the shadow of a father he thought he knew. ...

My Wife's Romance (2011)

When Paul dies, he leaves his wife Eve with a mountain of debt. As the police begin their investigation into Paul's death, Eve is supported by a lawyer named Chollet, a friend of her husband who generously helps her to clear the debts she has inherited. ...

Nothing to Declare (2010)

During the elimination of the Belgian/French border in the 90s, a Belgian customs officer is forced to team up with one of his French counterparts. ...

Black Venus (2010)

The true story of Saartje Baartman, a black South African worker who moves to London with her master in the early 19th century. Although she dreams of being an artist, once in Europe she is exploited as a sideshow attraction due to her large buttocks and g ...

White Snow (2010)

Director Christophe Blanc delivers a fast-past thriller set to a background of Finland's stunning landscape. High-end car dealership owner Maxime is pursued by Finnish gangsters over unsatisfactory cars his dead partner sold them. ...

Altiplano (2009)

In the Andes, a Belgian doctor and his photojournalist wife become ensnared in a native tribe's struggle with a mining company. ...

Park Benches (2009)

As she does every morning, Lucie takes advantage of her journey to work to lose herself for a while in the pages of a good book. And as she does every morning, she joins her colleagues at the office with a smile. It's a working day just like any other. The ...

Pour un fils (2009)

Angel at Sea (2009)

Louis is a twelve year old boy who lives with his parents and older brother in southern Morocco. Louis is very happy until the day his father shares a secret with him. ...

Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (2008)

After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats, making him France's most notorious criminal while simultaneously feeding his desire for media attention and public adoration, Mesrine becomes increasingly paranoid and isolated, leading to a dramatic co ...

Home (2008)

Along with her husband and three children, Marthe lives in an eden of her own creation, nearly isolated from the rest of the world. The arrival of a construction vehicle, however, pierces their tranquil, hermetic existence—before long a disused highway ...

Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)

Jacques Mesrine, a loyal son and dedicated soldier, is back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Soon he is seduced by the neon glamour of sixties Paris and the easy money it presents. Mentored by Guido, Mesrine turns his bac ...

Coluche (2008)

French comedian Michel Colucci, better known as Coluche, announces - for laughs - his candidacy for the 1981 French presidential elections. ...

Go Fast (2008)

Marek, a crime squad officer, sets out to avenge the death of his partner and best friend, who was killed by drug traffickers. He asks for a posting to a new undercover unit created to infiltrate a drug gang that imports hashish from Morocco using the "Go ...

Lorna's Silence (2008)

Lorna is a young Albanian woman in a marriage of convenience with Claudy, a heroin addict. Just as Lorna is about to be granted Belgian citizenship, Claudy finds the strength to detox; this presents a problem not only for Lorna, but for the criminal who br ...

L'Affaire Ben Barka (2008)

Hidden Love (2007)

A psychiatrist tries to help a suicidal woman who despises her grown daughter. ...

Cowboy (2007)

Daniel Piron has the blues. His relationship is monotonous, his ideals have vanished, and even his job as a journalist is a joke. The only idea that still inspires him is to find and film Tony Sacchi, the revolutionary hero of his youth. Through this adven ...

Madonnas (2007)

A portrait of Rita, who claims that her mother was never a mother for her. Rita gives birth to her own five children and forces her mother to take the role of a mother. ...

Have Mercy on Us All (2007)

In Paris, many citizens go to the precinct after the doors of their apartments have been sprayed with a 4 and the letters "clt". When a dweller is found mysteriously dead in his apartment, Detective Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg and his partner Danglard investig ...

Jacquou the Rebel (2007)

In 1815, young Jacquou lives an idyllic peasant life with his parents in the Périgord region of France. But one day, his childhood happiness is cruelly ended when his father is arrested, after a dispute with the arrogant Count de Nansac. With both his p ...

Poison d'avril (2007)

March 2002, during an election campaign, Simon Barrachet, offensive journalist, took over the newspaper and a television station seeks to impose its vision of information. His team is going through a period of profound change, while the themes of the 2002 ...

The Colonel (2006)

'Reformed Colonel' Raoul Duplan is found dead in Paris, a couple of decades after Algeria's struggle for independence was won from France. Assigned to investigate, Lieutenant Galois receives the diary of Lieutenent Guy Rossi, who served under Duplan in Alg ...

Congorama (2006)

Michel is a Belgian inventor. He cares for his father, a paralysed writer, is married to a Congolese woman and is the father of an interracial child whom he reassures as to his parentage. He discovers at the age of 41 that he was adopted, actually having b ...

The Tiger Brigades (2006)

The film, set in 1912, is about the exploits of France's first motorized police brigade. ...

My Son (2006)

Julien and his mum care for each other very much. But Julien has committed a deadly sin: he is growing into a teenager! Worse, he has found himself a girlfriend of his age. "Mummy" is not going to tolerate such an ignominy. Julien is HER baby and will rema ...

Burnt Out (2006)

François Durrieux, a man in his forties, married to Clémence and father of Benjamin, has been employed for years by the firm DSBO. In order not to lose his job, he always submits to his boss's demands whether it means working after office hours, cancelin ...

Ordinary Man (2005)

George is a furniture seller. He's a reliable husband and a good father, a loyal friend and a fine handyman. One day on the motorway, he cracks up and kills a man in an outburst of rage. He feels responsible for the man's wife, but terrified by his own vio ...

The Child (2005)

A poor young Belgian mother wants her petty thief of a boyfriend to be gainfully employed to raise their newborn child, but he has other ideas. ...

The Perfume of the Lady in Black (2005)

Newly married, Mathilde and Robert are honeymooning at a resort owned by their friends Edith and Arthur, the Chateau d'Hercule. But an unpleasant shock is in store for them. ...

Trouble (2005)

The photographer and family man Matyas is married and has a happy life with his beloved wife Claire, who is pregnant and near the delivery, and his young son Pierre. Matyas was raised in an orphanage, and he believes his mother died when he was six. Howeve ...

The Ax (2005)

Bruno loved his job as a middle manager at a paper company, but optimistically views being laid off as an opportunity. After two years of searching for a comparable position, optimism turns to desperation. His wife works two jobs, and their marriage slowly ...

The Girl from the Chartreuse (2005)

Eight-year-old Eva and her mother have a very positive CHILD-TO-CHILD-RELATION. The mother is incapable of mature behaviour when problems arise. When the mother forgets to fetch Eva at school in her car, Eva does not know the way home. Panicking and crying ...

The Bridge of Arts (2004)

The film is a love story which tells the impossible tale of two youths who have never before met. The action unrolls in Paris between 1979 and 1980. ...

Bad Spelling (2004)

At a French boarding school for troubled youth in the early 1970's, the Headmaster and his wife decide that their son Daniel, who is fifteen years old but looks younger, should finally go live in the dorm with all the other students, as they do not want it ...

When the Sea Rises (2004)

An actress, who goes all over rural France with her monologe "Sex and Crime", meets and falls in love with a man, since that moment starts helping him in his plays. ...

Adieu (2004)

Under threat in Algeria, Ismahel emigrates to France where he wants to live and work, with the hope that the people he's fleeing from will forget him the time he is away. In the letters that he writes to the daughter that he left behind in his homeland, he ...

Everybody Is a Killer (2004)

A psychoanalyst gives a strange advice to a mechanic whose marriage is falling apart: to take the blame for a murder, any murder, to impress his beautiful and indifferent wife, and his patient does just that. ...

A Wonderful Spell (2004)

Set in the summer of 1942 during WWII, the film traces the trajectory of simple people thrown into extraordinary lives, revealing the heart-warming flame of hope and humanity that endures, even in times of war and dispair. As young Julien, his family and a ...

Time of the Wolf (2003)

A middle-class family flees an unspecified disaster that has struck the city and takes refuge in their country home. They think this will allow them to escape the chaos, but they soon realize that getting away won't be so easy. ...

Where Is Madame Catherine? (2003)

The life in a Catalan (Southern France) village near the border may be quite boring. A young man who is escaping from his homeland is seeking for something and may find it in this weird place. You see the relationship between the people in the village, the ...

The Mystery of the Yellow Room (2003)

Joseph Rouletabille, a reporter for a local newspaper, investigates the attempted killing of Mathilde Stangerson, who uses the yellow room of the title as her bedroom. At the time of the revolver shots her room was locked and the windows were barred, but w ...

Once Upon an Angel (2002)

A grief-stricken man who just lost his mother has a one night stand with a maid. What he doesn't know is that she's a virgin. He returns to his sad world of perfume business while she, unable to forget her first lover, follows him. ...

The Son (2002)

A joinery instructor at a rehab center refuses to take a new teen as his apprentice, but then begins to follow the boy through the hallways and streets. ...

A Piece of Sky (2002)

A woman struggles to acclimate to prison life while her friend organises a labour strike on the outside. ...

A Moment of Happiness (2002)

Philippe, 25, arrives one morning in Arcachon, where his sister lives. He is a young man with no ties, someone people easily confide in. He works seasonal jobs in the restaurant industry. Betty, 20, is a young mother full of life and tenderness for her 5-y ...

Safe Conduct (2002)

During the Nazi occupation of France, two filmmakers try to build a career without compromising their ideals. ...

Read My Lips (2001)

She is almost deaf and she lip-reads. He is an ex-convict. She wants to help him. He thinks no one can help except himself. ...

The Milk of Human Kindness (2001)

A woman, scared by motherhood and her new born baby, runs away from her home and family to find a shelter at her upstairs neighbour's place. ...

Day Off (2001)

Wednesday is the day when children are not in school and stay at home. It is also the day when the parents are not there. In Nantes, in the spring, twenty or so carefree and boisterous kids between the ages of three and eleven take advantage of this day to ...

De l'histoire ancienne (2001)

Guy's father was a hero during the French Resistance era but he never talks about it, or so little. When he dies,Guy, his brother and his sister have him incinerated, following a wish their dad had expressed when he was still alive. But Guy soon starts fee ...

Petite soeur (2001)

Juliette is fourteen years old, she adores her father. He prefers Anna, his eldest daughter, whom he feels may be slipping away from him. Out of love, out of jealousy, Juliette agrees to play detective. ...

Nationale 7 (2000)

In a nursing home for disabled near Toulon, René is unanimously hated by all. With fifty years and suffering from myopathy, has an irascible, rebellious character. But not resist provocations candor and uprightness of Julie, a special educator rookie. He ...

Princesses (2000)

Sophie hasn't seen her father for at least ten years. She's gotten used to it and has built a life of her own. One morning, she learns that he is wanted for murder and that she has a half-sister. Her name is Virginie, and her motto is: "I don't give a damn ...

Save Me (2000)

Agatha is a beautiful young woman from Romania who had a brief but passionate love affair with a French surgeon when he visited her country as part of a charitable medical team. Agatha has decided to come to France to rekindle their romance, but when she a ...

Toreros (2000)

After having been in jail, Manuel becomes a bullfighter following dangerously his father's steps. ...

Peut-être (1999)

Arthur is invited to a New Year's Eve party to celebrate the year 2000. His girlfriend Lucie would like a baby from him but he refuses. Through the ceiling of the toilets, he discovers a passage leading to this futurist Paris. There, he meets an old man Ak ...

Rosetta (1999)

Young, impulsive Rosetta lives a hard and stressful life as she struggles to support herself and her alcoholic mother. Refusing all charity, she is desperate to maintain a dignified job. ...

The Journey to Paris (1999)

Shy and still living with his mother, a highway cashier one day decides to finally live his craziest dream: to visit Paris. ...

L'héritier (1999)

A man, a woman, a child. It could have been different story. But there was civil war, scores to settle and fear. Choices had to be made. This is the story of the reunion of a man and his wife, the last chance for them to speak their mind, face the conseque ...

Je suis vivante et je vous aime (1998)

During World War II, a woman aboard a railroad car full of deportees slips French railway worker Julien a note with an address and a simple message: "I am alive, and I love you," and he decides to track down the intended recipients. When he finds the woman ...

Melody for a Hustler (1998)

French novelist Vincent Ravalec made his directorial debut with this French drama about small-time crook Gaston (Yvan Attal) who poses as a millionaire after he picks up hitchhiking 16-year-old Marie-Pierre (Virginie Lanoue). Actually living in a seedy apa ...

Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (1998)

A group of mourners travels by train to bury a recently deceased artist in Limoges. As they journey, secrets and desires unfold, with relationships shifting, past loves resurfacing, and personal connections revealed. At the funeral and afterward, tensions ...

Le Signaleur (1997)

Two boys arrive at the hospice in a small village looking for someone who could act as a signalman for the bike race that will pass through the village the next day. ...

La Promesse (1996)

Igor, aged 15, and his father Roger deal in housing and peddling illicit labor in the outlying districts of Liege, Belgium. Scams, lies and swindling rule their lives. When one of his father's illegal workers gets injured on the job and asks Igor to promis ...

The Eighth Day (1996)

Georges has Down syndrome, living at a mental-institution, Harry is a busy businessman, giving lectures for young aspiring salesmen. He is successful in his business life, but his social life is a disaster since his wife left him and took their two childre ...

Hostel Party (1990)

How to take revenge on the person who murdered you... ...