Movies: Simon Abkarian

  • 2005
    Yes

    Yes (2005)

    Yes

    5.82005HD

    She is a scientist. He is a Lebanese doctor. They meet at a banquet and fall into a carefree, passionate relationship. But difficulties abound because of his heritage and her loveless marriage. She flies to Havana to sort things out on the beach and ...

    Yes
  • 2015
    1915

    1915 (2015)

    1915

    3.52015HD

    Exactly 100 years after the Armenian Genocide, a theatre director stages a play to bring the ghosts of the past back to life....

    1915
  • 1969
    De Gaulle – Partie 1 : La France Libre

    De Gaulle – Partie 1 : La France Libre (1969)

    De Gaulle – Partie 1 : La France Libre

    01969HD

    Part one of a two-part biopic following French army officer Charles De Gaulle's life and political commitment between 1940 and 1945, and trace his development towards a political career....

    De Gaulle – Partie 1 : La France Libre
  • 2019
    The Audition

    The Audition (2019)

    The Audition

    6.12019HD

    Anna teaches violin at a music school, her husband is an instrument-maker. They have a 10-year-old son, Jonas. At school, Anna champions young Alexander, in whom she alone sees great talent. She devotes much energy and attention preparing him for the...

    The Audition
  • 2021
    Off-Season

    Off-Season (2021)

    Off-Season

    5.12021HD

    A seaside resort in the middle of winter, with its abandoned beach bars and rain-battered alleys, can easily flank the drone. Refugees on the top floor of a building in La Grande Motte, Carole and Richard Lazure have zero morale: swindled by their ta...

    Off-Season
  • 2021
    The Damned of the Paris Commune

    The Damned of the Paris Commune (2021)

    The Damned of the Paris Commune

    72021HD

    Exclusively created with period engravings, this animated feature explores the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and the ensuing Paris Commune revolution in 1871....

    The Damned of the Paris Commune
  • 2019
    Rebels

    Rebels (2019)

    Rebels

    6.12019HD

    Sandra, a young woman forced to leave the south of France to flee a violent husband. Without attachment, she returned to Boulogne-sur-Mer, the city of her childhood which she left almost 15 years ago. She finds her mother there and a world she left b...

    Rebels
  • 2006
    The Snake

    The Snake (2006)

    The Snake

    6.12006HD

    A ruthless gang led by private detective Joseph Plender is extorting rich people and famous fashion photographer Vincent Mandel seems the next victim. He is married to Hélène, daughter of one of the richest people in Europe, but not quite happily. In...

    The Snake
  • 2003
    Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary)

    Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary) (2003)

    Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary)

    5.92003HD

    "Ni Pour, Ni Contre" tracks the fall of a young TV camerawoman, Caty, after she becomes involved with a group of petty criminals and their enigmatic leader, Jean. The gang lives hand-to-mouth until the day Jean plans a daring bank robbery. Although o...

    Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary)
  • 2025
    The 4th Wall

    The 4th Wall (2025)

    The 4th Wall

    7.42025HD

    Lebanon, 1982. To keep a promise made to an old friend, Georges, an idealistic theater director, travels to Beirut for a project as utopian as it is risky: to stage the play Antigone on the front line, in order to steal a moment of peace from the rag...

    The 4th Wall
  • 2013
    The Marchers

    The Marchers (2013)

    The Marchers

    6.42013HD

    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...

    The Marchers
  • 1997
    The Silence of Rak

    The Silence of Rak (1997)

    The Silence of Rak

    61997HD

    The adventures of Rak, who after his dismissal begins to reflect on the meaning of the word work and on the act of working....

    The Silence of Rak
  • 2008
    A Day at the Museum

    A Day at the Museum (2008)

    A Day at the Museum

    4.52008HD

    Un conservateur terrorisé par les plantes vertes, une mère plastifiée pour être exposée, un ballet de Saintes Vierges, des gardiens épuisés par Rodin, un ministre perdu dans une exposition de sexes, une voiture disparue au parking Rembrandt, des prov...

    A Day at the Museum
  • 2015
    Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad

    Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad (2015)

    Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad

    6.52015HD

    Aram, a young man from Marseille of Armenian origin, blows up the Turkish ambassador's car in Paris. Gilles, a young cyclist who was passing at that precise moment, is seriously injured. Aram's mother feels guilty and feels the need to visit Gilles a...

    Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad
  • 2010
    Turk's Head

    Turk's Head (2010)

    Turk's Head

    5.72010HD

    A 14 year old boy, an ER doctor, a cop looking for revenge, a mother fighting for her children and a man distraught by the death of his wife see their destinies come together. As the doctor spends several days in a coma, events keep on happening and ...

    Turk's Head
  • 1994
    Le Poisson rouge

    Le Poisson rouge (1994)

    Le Poisson rouge

    21994HD

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    Le Poisson rouge
  • 1996
    When the Cat's Away

    When the Cat's Away (1996)

    When the Cat's Away

    6.21996HD

    When Chloe, a young Parisian, decides to take a long-overdue vacation, she has to find someone to look after Gris-Gris, her beloved cat. Everyone, including her gay male roommate, refuses to help her, but she finally makes an arrangement with the eld...

    When the Cat's Away
  • 2006
    Armenia

    Armenia (2006)

    Armenia

    5.62006HD

    This is a story about returning to ones ancestral homeland. Anna is a cardiologist who discovers her father has fled to his native Armenia after being diagnosed with a heart problem. Despite their contentious relationship, she sets out to bring her f...

    Armenia
  • 2019
    The Swallows of Kabul

    The Swallows of Kabul (2019)

    The Swallows of Kabul

    7.72019HD

    Summer 1998—Kabul under Taliban rule. Zunaira and Mohsen are young and in love. Despite the daily violence and misery, they hope for a better future. One day, a foolish gesture causes life to take an irrevocable turn....

    The Swallows of Kabul
  • 1997
    J'irai au paradis car l'enfer est ici

    J'irai au paradis car l'enfer est ici (1997)

    J'irai au paradis car l'enfer est ici

    6.21997HD

    In this French gangster drama, a young hoodlum, new to his famed father's dubious profession, successfully completes his first hit but then finds himself trapped in between a brutal vendetta between rival gangs. To save himself, Francois joins forces...

    J'irai au paradis car l'enfer est ici