Results for “Dune”

The Love of a Woman

Marie, a young doctor, settles down on the Ouessant Island. She will be able to win the diffidence of the local population but she will have to fight for her independence after falling in love with an Italian engineer.

Reflection of a Soul

A poetic short film that personifies fire through a woman, expressing the duality between good and evil. She dances with grace but also unveils the devastating consequences of her poorly controlled power on Earth. But is it her fault?

The Sounds of Dune: Behind the Scenes with Denis Villeneuve

Visionary director Denis Villeneuve discusses the creative benefits of early collaboration with his sound team, the process of crafting Dune's unique soundscapes including: Arrakis desert, sandworm, ornithopter, spice (melange) and the voice of the Bene Gesserit.

Le choix d'une mère

A woman encounters problems with a child she has taken in after devoting her entire life to humanitarian missions.

Le voyage d'une vie

After a year of traveling around the world the Beaudry family returns to Montreal. Shortly after husband Samuel commits suicide. Wife Maryse and their three children remains and try to understand what happened and go on with their life.

Images of a Dictatorship

This vivid portrayal of Chile from the 1973 military coup shows terror, demonstrations, repression by the military and police, marches, a state of siege, and peaceful reactions. The film juxtaposes rarely seen scenes of the ceremony, pomp and parades of General Augusto Pinochet and his cohorts against the at-first ineffectual and ultimately successful opposition in the streets. It is a powerful and eloquent reminder of the evils of autocratic rule that resonate in today’s debate about Pinochet’s fate.

Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète

Delphine Seyrig, an extraordinary woman and actress, died on October 15, 1990. From "Last Year at Marienbad" by Alain Resnais to "India Song" by Marguerite Duras, she played in 34 films for cinema, 13 films for television and 33 plays. Jacqueline Veuve, filmmaker and friend of Delphine Seyrig, wanted to break the silence that has fallen on her memory by making a documentary that traces with emotion and subjectivity the life of the mythical actress, the fierce feminist but also the simple friend.

Screening Interview: Dune with Hans Zimmer and Denis Villeneuve

Composer Hans Zimmer and director Denis Villeneuve speak with Tim Greiving about the music of Dune. Presented by the SCL.

The Diary of a Chambermaid

A young Romanian woman who has come to work for a French family takes part in an amateur theater troupe preparing an adaptation of Octave Mirbeau's Journal d'une femme de chambre (published in 1900).

Océan, naissance d'une Nation

La Joconde, histoire d'une obsession

This is the story of an obsession. Mona Lisa keeps smiling quizzically while our poor hero is pursued by her representation in all its forms, in all places. She smiles at him in a museum, at a bookseller along the banks of the Seine, in the streets, at a café. Enough to drive him up the wall!

Photographie d'une étoile

A photographer welcomes a theather actress into his studio for a glamor shoot.

Le crime d'une sainte

Five Days in a Life

"Cinq jours d’une vie" is about a young man, N'Tji, orphaned at an early age, who lives under the supervision of his uncle. He is sent to Koranic school, where he is forced to memorize and recite verses of the Koran; soon, N’Tji escapes and begins to craft his own destiny. Unfortunately, he is found and thrown in prison, and must live with the implications upon release. In this film, Cissé explores the institution of the Koranic school and its detrimental effects on young people’s autonomy and ability to explore their futures.

Naître d'une autre

24 Hours in the Life of a Woman

Set in 1913, 1936 and 2001. When he returns to the casino and seaside resort of his early teens, Louis, a 78 year old man encounters Olivia, a 19 year old young woman madly in love with a violent cad. Louis tells the story of his own mother having a passionate, driven fling with his Italian tennis instructor in 1936, and of Marie Collins Brown, the slightly older widowed woman who helped him through his confusion and pain by recounting the story of her passionate 24 hour fling with a hopeless young Polish gambler in 1913.

Le Temps d'une Tartine

Martin, a teenager with a keen passion for outlandish culinary experiments, along with his friend Charlène, a historian by blood, find themselves transported back the Middle Ages after messing with an old toaster. Mistaken for wizards by the people of the time, the two friends must figure out what's going on while confronting familiar faces...

Intérieur d'une vacherie

A man flirts with a milk maid.

Echo d'une vie perdue

Cleaning Lady's Dreams

All day, Gül vacuums, scrapes and cleans. Always at the service of others, her life drifts by without joy. By accident, Gül catches a glimpse of the solitude of her own soul, as well as her dismay.