French Drama Archives - Page 4 of 8

La Belle et la Bête

Beauty and the Beast is the adaptation of a story by Madame de Villeneuve. Published anonymously in 1740 as La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins, it paints a portrait of Belle, a joyful and touching young girl who falls in love with the Beast, a cursed creature in search of love and redemption. In 1760, a condensed children’s version was published. It was from this version that Jean Cocteau and then Walt Disney drew their famous adaptations. Overshadowed, the original version by Madame de Villeneuve has never been adapted for the screen… until now!

La Belle Vie

Yves is living in hiding with his sons, Sylvain and Pierre. Two years before, he had abducted them from their mother after a judge ruled against him. But the boys are growing up now, and constantly being on the run deprives them of their adolescent dreams. Hidden on an island in the Loire, Sylvain, the younger, meets Gilda: love at first sight… and they are on their way to the good life?

La Femme Nikita

A beautiful felon, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a policeman, is given a second chance – as a secret political assassin controlled by the government.

La Garçonne

Paris, June 1919. Louise Kerlac witnesses the murder of a family friend by state agents who frame her. She becomes a police detective using her brother’s identity, convinced it will be the best place to hide and to prove her innocence.

La Mante – Season 1

A serial killer, nicknamed ‘La Mante’ decides to collaborate with the police when a string of murders that copycat her style suddenly appear.

Lady Chatterley

In the Chatterley’s country estate, monotonous days follow one after the other for Constance, trapped by her marriage and her sense of duty. During spring, deep in the heart of Wragby forest, she encounters Parkin, the estate’s gamekeeper. A tale of an encounter, a difficult apprenticeship, a slow awakening to sensuality for her, a long return to life for him. Or how love is but one with experience and transformation.

Laetitia

Eighteen-year-old Laetitia has disappeared. Police quickly arrest Tony Meilhon but investigators still can’t find the body. This story follows the repercussions for Laetitia’s family and twin sister Jessica; the police force inner workings and social services; the judicial system and government itself.

Le Bureau des légendes – Season 4

In the fourth season, chased by the D.G.S.E. and the C.I.A. all the way to Moscow, intelligence officer Malotru tries to negotiate his return to France. The D.G.S.E.’s new head of Internal Security, JJA, initiates a full-spectrum audit of The Bureau and its new chief Marie-Jeanne, with the clear-cut intention of severing a few heads in the process.

Let Her Kill You

Anna, hoping to escape from the disturbing past and find peace, escapes to a secluded mountain chalet. But the old life catches up with her even here. The house is bugged, which means Anna will have to return to her former life as an intelligence agent.

Mafiosa – Season 1

After her uncle is murdered, Sandra Paoli, a brilliant young Corsican lawyer, reveals her dark side when she is appointed as the head of the notorious Paoli clan.

Mafiosa – Season 2

By the will of her dead uncle who was murdered Sandra Paoli is propelled to the head of a powerful mafia clan. She becomes a respected, but also hated, woman in a world of men, murder and criminality.

Mafiosa – Season 3

Mafiosa – Season 4

Mafiosa – Season 5

Sandra’s reclaimed her throne in Bastia but fights dissention over the Paoli clan’s ferry business as the fifth series of the gritty, Corsica-set crime drama begins.

Manon Five Years On

A few years after leaving reform school, Manon aged 20 has acquired her diploma as a mechanic. The person we came to know as a teenager must now face up to the working world. Manon’s violent tendencies come to the surface again as she encounters disappointment and conflict when trying to juggle her work, love life and complex relationship with her mother.

Meander

After getting a car ride from an unknown man, Lisa wakes up in a tube. On her arm is strapped a bracelet with a countdown. She quickly understands that every 10 minutes, fire burns an occupied section. She has no choice but to crawl into safe sections to survive. To know why she’s there and how to get out, Lisa will have to face the memories of her dead daughter.

Midnight Sun – Season 1

Kahina Zadi, 32, a French police officer travels to Kiruna in Sweden to investigate the bestial murder of a French citizen. Together with Anders, a Swedish prosecutor of Sami origin, she begins an investigation. Soon new killings start to happen and the first victim turns out to be the tip of a very dark iceberg.

Mother Is Wrong – Season 1

When a three-and-a-half-year-old boy tells a school psychologist that his mother is not his real mommy, he seeks the help of a police captain who’s reluctant to take on the case as she’s already occupied by a major robbery investigation.

My Sole Desire

When aimless Manon begins work at À mon seul désir, a strip club that offers high concept performances, she instantly bonds with her fellow strippers, particularly Mia, an aspiring actress with a boyfriend and child. Manon learns that it is “not easy money, but fast money” and when she finds herself falling for Mia, she is forced to question her priorities as she explores her newfound erotic life.

No Second Chance

How far will you go to save your child? Alice has no choice. She will go as far as it takes. But as she descends into her own private hell, dark secrets about the past begin to surface.