Nathalie Richard

On the set of a turbulent shoot of a Medea adaptation in Senegal, Maja seeks solace in a love affair with her co-star Nourou. Months later, they meet again at the film’s premiere in Berlin. Old feelings resurface, but a racist incident unsettles their reunion. Tensions rise as everyone tries to do the right thing. While the ancient tragedy plays out on screen, a contemporary drama unfolds.

Follows the struggles of Marion in her attempt to reconnect with her family and piece together her fragmented identity after fleeing a troubled childhood.

At the height of summer, 18-year-old Cécile is relaxing by the French seaside with her father and falling in love with her new boyfriend. The arrival of her late mother's enigmatic friend turns her world upside down.

The week after the French elections, the President must appoint his prime minister. In exchange for a higher position, ambitious young parliamentary attaché Nino is charged with persuading his longestranged father, a reclusive senator, to accept the post. But Lionel Perrin isn’t the only candidate for the coveted position, and in the race for power absolutely nothing is off-limits… Nino embarks on a high stakes adventure risking everything, his love life and political ambitions alike.

Ada, a 14-year-old girl, helplessly watches her father’s slow agony as he battles a serious illness. She is sent to Saint-Michel-Chef-Chef, a seaside resort in western France. On the beach, while stung by a wasp, Ada feels her body change and her desire awaken.

In the winter on the French Riviera, a teenage girl goes missing on her birthday. Géraldine, an employee in the mayor's office, takes on the role of detective. Versions of the truth rapidly multiply as she struggles not to be overwhelmed by all the gossip and theories.

Alexia, 25, arrives as a trainee nurse in the closed ward of a psychiatric hospital, and meets Joëlle, the head nurse, who teaches her the job. Alexia is touched by the anger of Mila, a 20-year-old patient, who thinks she has no business being there. Despite Joëlle’s warnings about keeping her distance from patients, Alexia gets close to Mila and puts all her energy into trying to get her out.

While creating SHE IS CONANN, Bertrand Mandico also filmed two short films simultaneously to create an entire "Barbarian Cycle" that brings you deeper into the world that Mandico has created. Presented in this program are: Rainer, A Vicious Dog in a Skull Valley (26min); Apocalypse After (35min); and We Barbarians (27min).

Dragon Dilatation is the union of two filmic essays, Petrouchka and La Déviante Comédie. The first part is a rereading of Stravinsky’s ballet, while the second segment is made up of traces of an unpublished performance rehearsed at the Théâtre des Amandiers.

When Blanche meets Grégoire, she thinks she has found the one. The ties that bind them grow quickly, and a passionate affair ensues. Together, they relocate. For Blanche, far from her family, from her twin sister, Rose, a new life begins. But little by little, she finds herself caught in the grip of a deeply possessive and dangerous man.