TREASURE HUNTERS on the tracks of Khufu

Directed byBarbara Schulz

With:Fabrice Luchini,Julia Piaton

Synopsis:

What if the treasure of Khufu was discovered during Napoleon’s wars in Egypt and hidden secretly somewhere in Paris ? To solve the mystery Christian Robinson, an archeologist with unorthodox methods, embark on a great quest from Cairo to the iconic places of Paris. While he reconnects with his daugther and his grandson he neglected for too long, they will embark in a crazy race against a group of ruthless art smugglers…

French pre-production

The Baby

Directed byGuillaume NICLOUX

With:Fabrice Luchini,Mara Taquin,Maud Wyler

Produced by: Les Films du Kiosque

Synopsis:

Joseph is devastated when his son Emmanuel and his fiance Joachim die in an airplane crash. The couple was expecting a child from a surrogate mother. Worried about the baby’s future Joseph decides to look for the mother. Hoping to pay one last tribute to his son’s memory the solitary sixty-year-old man will embark on a journey in Belgium to meet the young woman who refuses any contact…

92min French

In the House

Directed byFrançois OZON

With:Emmanuelle Seigner,Ernest Umhaeur,Fabrice Luchini,Kristin Scott Thomas

Produced by: Mandarin Cinéma

Synopsis:

A 16-year-old teenager sneaks into the house of one of the pupils in his class and writes about in one of the pieces of writing he gives to his French teacher. Confronted by this talented and different student, the teacher finds renewed joy in teaching. However, the teenager’s home invasion will set off a series of uncontrollable events.

105min French

Service entrance

Directed byPHILIPPE LE GUAY

With:Carmen Maura,Fabrice Luchini,Lola Duenas,Sandrine Kimberlain

Synopsis:

Paris, 1960. Jean-Louis Joubert lives a peaceful yet boring bourgeois existence with his wife, a perfect socialite, his children in a boarding school and his finance office. The family has their world turned upside down when exuberant Spanish maids moved in their building’s sixth floor, the servant’s quarters. Teresa, Carmen, Dolorès, Concepcion and their niece Maria who just arrived from Burgos. Jean-Louis will unexpectedly tie bonds with them, especially with Maria. She is young, pretty, happy and full of joy. In a word, Jean-Louis’s life is about to change… a lot.

105min French

Potiche

Directed byFrançois OZON

With:Catherine DENEUVE,Fabrice Luchini,Gerard Depardieu,Judith Godrèche

Produced by: Mandarin Cinéma

Synopsis:

North of France, Sainte-Gudule, 1977. Suzanne is the submissive, housebound wife of wealthy industrialist Robert Pujol, who oversees his umbrella factory with an iron fist and is equally tyrannical with his children and ‘trophy housewife’.When the workers go on strike and take Robert hostage, Suzanne steps in to manage the factory. To everyone’s surprise, she proves herself a competent and assertive woman of action.But when Robert returns from a restful cruise in top form, things get complicated.

103min