Simon Abkarian

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To Take A Wife
7.1
2004

To Take A Wife

The story takes place in Haifa, Israel, in 1979, during three days before the Shabbat. A young woman trying to raise three children, work from ...
Scribe
6.2
2016

Scribe

Two years after a burn-out, Duval is still unemployed. Contacted by an enigmatic businessman, he is offered a simple and well-paid job: ...
Overdose
5.8
2022

Overdose

Captain Sara Bellaiche, from Toulouse Judiciary Police branch, is investigating a go-fast linked to the murder of two teenagers, an investigation ...
Restless
5.8
2022

Restless

After going to extremes to cover up an accident, a corrupt cop’s life spirals out of control when he starts receiving threats from a ...
Permis de construire
5.4
2021

Permis de construire

When his father passes away, a dentist in Paris inherits a plot and the will to build a house on it. The situation becomes tricky when he learns ...
Cop Goes Missing
5.3
2022

Cop Goes Missing

One morning, a worn-out field cop, nicknamed Ping-Pong by everyone, burns his police ID and disappears. During one night and one day, his ...
The Audition
6.4
2019

The Audition

Anna teaches violin at a music school, her husband is an instrument-maker. They have a 10-year-old son, Jonas. At school, Anna champions young ...
The Swallows of Kabul
7.5
2019

The Swallows of Kabul

Summer 1998—Kabul under Taliban rule. Zunaira and Mohsen are young and in love. Despite the daily violence and misery, they hope for a better ...
Cyrano, My Love
7.3
2018

Cyrano, My Love

Paris, France, December 1897. The young playwright Edmond Rostand feels like a failure. Inspiration has abandoned him. Married and father of two ...
Journey from Greece
7
2017

Journey from Greece

Djam, a young Greek woman, is sent to Istanbul by her uncle Kakourgos, a former sailor with a passion for Rebetiko, to find a rare part that will ...
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
7.7
2014

Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem

The trial story of Viviane Amsalem’s five year fight to obtain her divorce in front of the only legal authority competent for divorce cases ...
Angelique
6.1
2013

Angelique

The incredible destiny of Angélique: a beautiful girl who found in her love for Joffrey Peyrac the strength to fight injustice and submission in ...
The Cut
6.2
2014

The Cut

In 1915 a man survives the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night he learns that his twin ...
Zarafa
6.9
2012

Zarafa

Inspired by the true story of the first giraffe to visit France, Zarafa is a sumptuously animated and stirring adventure, and a throwback to a ...
Force
4.3
2011

Force

Following a series of unsolved robberies, the authorities decide to give carte blanche to commander Clara Damico to neutralize a particularly ...
The Wedding Song
6.6
2008

The Wedding Song

The Nazi occupation of Tunisia strains the bonds of friendship between a Muslim woman and a Sephardic Jewess who are both preparing for their ...
Army of Crime
6.7
2009

Army of Crime

This gripping historical drama recounts the story of Armenian-born Missak Manouchian, a woodworker and political activist who led an immigrant ...
Rage
4.7
2009

Rage

A schoolboy uses his cellphone camera to shoot intimate interviews with people working at a New York fashion house and secretly posts them on the ...
Secrets of State
6.3
2008

Secrets of State

In France, terrorist groups and intelligence agencies battle in a merciless war everyday, in the name of radically opposed ideologies. Yet, ...
Persepolis
8
2007

Persepolis

In 1970s Iran, Marjane ‘Marji’ Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being ...
Rendition
6.8
2007

Rendition

When an Egyptian terrorism suspect “disappears” on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find ...
Ararat
6.3
2002

Ararat

Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.
The Truth About Charlie
4.7
2002

The Truth About Charlie

Regina meets charming Joshua while vacationing in Martinique, as she contemplates ending her whirlwind marriage to enigmatic Charlie. Upon her ...
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