Patrice Tépasso

The Bonfire of Destiny

Projectionniste Michel

After a devastating fire in 1897 Paris, three women find their lives upended by betrayals, deceptions and romantic turmoil. Inspired by real events.

La Vénus électrique

Jeune homme amoureux

Artist Antoine has lost all inspiration and slipped into alcoholism since the death of his wife Irène, a loss he blames himself for. Suzanne is a penniless sideshow performer pretending to be a clairvoyant, whom Antoine consults in a bid to connect with Irène. Antoine’s dealer Armand, desperate to keep Antoine from falling apart, urges Suzanne to keep the ruse alive. She stages a series of improvised hypnosis sessions, claiming she can channel Irène in exchange for having her debts paid by Armand.

Vultures

Homme de ménage rédaction

Samuel, a journalist, and Ava, his intern and daughter, cover the murder of a young girl for their magazine. Through their investigation, they discover disturbing similarities with the murder of another woman.

Summertime

In 1971, a young woman moves from the French countryside to Paris and begins a passionate love affair with a feminist leader.

Being Maria

Vittorio Storaro

A young, struggling actress lands her dream role in a film by an emerging Italian director, starring alongside an American superstar. What begins as her big breakthrough quickly turns into a living hell.

SOL

Le réceptionniste

Sol, a famous Argentine Tango performer, has lived in Buenos Aires for many years. Behind her excessive temper and her glowing smile, the Diva hides an injury from which she never really recovered: the loss of her only son, Raphaël.

No One Will Know

Ranieri de Calzabigi

All begins in a rundown bar outside of Paris where a regular man realizes he has a winning lottery ticket only to be shot in a crime that needs to be quickly covered up.

Crime dans le Larzac

Antoine Pantalache

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Our Father, the Devil

Quentin

An African refugee's quiet existence in a sleepy mountain town in the south of France is upended by the arrival of a charismatic Catholic priest, whom she recognizes as the warlord who slaughtered her family.

Waterfountain

L'agent d'entretien

On this particular day, Armand Münster, the boss of a caddy factory on the edge of bankruptcy, is drowning in a sea of problems.

Par soucis pédagogique

Beatrice, in her fifties, is a physical education teacher at a high school. Disappointed by the lack of boys in the dance class she teaches, she tries to convince one of her students, Krimo, whom she has recognized as having potential, to join. But Krimo is not easily persuaded, and when Béatrice, tired of hearing his constant "go f*ck your mother" comments, suggests in the middle of class that he go "f*ck his father" for a change, things escalate...

Adieu la chair!

Supporter énervé

A rugby stadium in southwestern France. Each and every Sunday, bodies collide. Along the sidelines, Louis and his juniors comrades are fascinated by the feats of the senior team.