THE PLAYMAKERS

Directed byFabien ONTONIENTE

With:Didier Bourdon,Gerard Lanvin,Isabelle Nanty

Synopsis:

Manu, in his thirties, dreams of making it big in football by becoming a player agent. He hangs around the soccer fields between two shifts at his father’s restaurant, scouting for the next Mbappé. One day, he notices Kidane, a young refugee who sets the neighborhood football ground on fire with his performances. This is Manu’s chance to enter the business ! With the help of his uncle, an old timer and retired agent, he’s going to fight to place his player in his dream club: the PSG. But Kidane also attracts the attention of D.Z., the most influential agent in the business, with a long reach and a very bad reputation…

French pre-production

First Growth

Directed byJérôme LE MAIRE

With:Alice Taglioni,Gerard Lanvin,Jalil Lespert

Produced by: Alter Films

Synopsis:

Years ago, Charlie Marechal refused to follow his father’s footsteps and left the family vineyard. A vineyard in Burgundy owned by the Marechals for the past two centuries. He is now a famous wine critic with an international audience. Willing to take a break from an exhausting life, he decides to go back home. There, he reconnects with his family and former flame, Blanche but learns his father is to lose the vineyard. He’s been unable to produce great wines in years. Charlie has no choice but to step in and produce the best wine to save his family legacy.

97min French

Get Well Soon

Directed byJean BECKER

With:Gerard Lanvin,Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Produced by: Ice 3

Synopsis:

After a car accident, Pierre must spend four weeks in forced convalescence in the hospital. With friends and family coming over to see him, other patients from the hospital paying him unsolicited visits and staff dropping in in his room at any hour, Pierre gets more attention than he would ask for. Stuck in his bed with time to think over his mistakes he realizes that his convalescence might be offering him a second chance.

85min French

True Friends

Directed byStephan ARCHINARD & François PRÉVÔT-LEYGONIE

With:Ana Girardot,Gerard Lanvin,Jean-Hugues Anglade,Wladimir Yordanoff,Zabou Breitman

Produced by: WY Productions, Cinémage, SND - Groupe M6

Synopsis:

Traumatised because his father did not tell him the truth about the death of his mother when he was young, 50-something Walter will not tolerate the slightest lie. He never lies. And he expects his two best friends, Jacques and Paul, and his 20-year-old daughter, Clémence, to be completely truthful as well. Walter takes this attitude an extreme, even leaving his wife because she lied to him once. But Walter’s high standards are about to be severely tested when his friends prefer to hide essential facts of their personal lives from him: Jacques’ homosexuality and Paul’s love affair with… Clémence.

104min French