Beaux Parents

Life is difficult in a small town in British Columbia, Canada in the wake of a terrible school bus accident in which numerous local children are killed. Hardly able to cope with the loss, their grieving parents are approached by a lawyer (Ian Holm) who wants them to sue for damages, and who also is haunted by his dysfunctional relationship with his adult daughter…

For several years, Emily has been in a relationship with Lee Hauser, a forty-something rock singer who finds it increasingly difficult to get contracts for his work. During a disastrous promotional tour in Canada, Lee and Emily fall out and Lee ends up killing himself through a heroin overdose. Having served a prison sentence for illegal possession of drugs, Emily returns to Paris and sets about rebuilding her life. Her dearest wish is to be reunited with her young son, Jay, who has been placed in the custody of Lee’s elderly parents. Making a fresh start proves to be a lot harder than Emily realised. She has no money, no job, and everyone blames her for Lee’s death. But she is determined to see it through…

Pierre est marié avec Florence. Tout va bien dans son couple et son travail. Directeur dans l'usine de son beau-père il passe ses journées à signer des chèques et ses soirées à regarder la télé ou chez ses beaux-parents. Les …

An eccentric New Yorker abandons his upper class life to lead a more bohemian existence. He meets a young girl from the south and her family and no two people seem to get along in the entanglements that follow.

SDF, Roland trouve par le plus grand des hasards un uniforme de policier. Affamé, il l'enfile pour aller manger à la cantine d'un commissariat de police, où il croise une jeune femme sublime et désespérée dont la belle-famille refuse de lui rendre son enfant sous prétexte de son passé. Ce cas social devient la raison d'exister de notre héros qui décide de faire justice lui-même, endossant son nouvel uniforme. Mais sa maladresse naturelle et sa détermination l'entraînent dans un terrible quiproquo lorsqu'il confond le nom des beaux-parents et celui d'un médiatique homme d'affaire…

The drama is study of a rural Italian family led north to Milan by the matriarch (Katina Paxinou). Presented in five distinct sections, the film weaves the story of Vincenzo, Simone, Rocco, Ciro and Luca as they struggle to adapt to life in a large, impersonal city.

Dans cette école qui a l'architecture même pour objet, Alvaro Siza parvient à créer une œuvre qui tourne le dos à tous les poncifs de la modernité. Il en résulte un bâtiment qui ne ressemble à rien de connu et qui pourtant sait tout le temps rester simple, lumineux, et chaleureux – à l'image de l'homme qui l'a conçu.