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COMING TO NETFLIX IN 2026

CALL MY AGENT! THE MOVIE

| 2026 – 90′ –  Comedy, Films About Cinema, Women Directors, Paris
Written by: Fanny Herrero, Lison Daniel.
Directed by: Émilie Noblet.
Starring: Camille Cottin, Laure Calamy, Thibault de Montalembert, Grégory Montel, Nicolas Maury, Stéfi Celma, Fanny Sidney, Liliane Rovère, Ophélia Kolb, Anne Marivin, George Clooney, Monica Bellucci, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Béatrice Dalle, Jean Reno, Laetitia Casta, Vincent Macaigne.
In English, in French with English subtitles.
A Netflix release. |

Call My Agent! The Movie brings the beloved French hit to the big screen for a final reunion event. Set five years after the series finale, the film follows Andréa Martel (Camille Cottin), who has left the ruthless world of talent agencies behind to pursue her long-held dream of becoming a film director. Just days before shooting begins on her directorial debut, disaster strikes when her lead actor abruptly drops out. With her film on the brink of collapse, Andréa has no choice but to return to her past and reunite the former team of the ASK talent agency. What follows is a chaotic and heartfelt reunion filled with old rivalries, rekindled friendships, and the professional crises that once defined them. Staying true to the spirit of the series, the film also features major international celebrities playing exaggerated versions of themselves, in the tradition of Call My Agent! Call My Agent! The Movie is envisioned as a feature-length farewell.

 

 

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BELPHÉGOR

| 2025 – 4 x 52′ –  Series – Thriller, Crime, Drama, Paris.
Created by: Nils-Antoine Sambuc, Thomas Mansuy.
Written by: Nils-Antoine Sambuc, Thomas Mansuy, Mathieu Leblanc.
Based on the Book by: Arthur Bernède.
Directed by: Jérémy Mainguy.
Starring: Shirine Boutella, Vincent Elbaz, Aure Atika, Tiphaine Daviot, Nicolas Briançon, Kad Merad, Bellamine Abdelmalek, Kevin Garnichat, Laurent Bateau.
In English and French with English subtitles.
A HBO Max release. |

Hafsa, a new art restorer at the Louvre, becomes entangled with a powerful, ancient spirit of the storm god Belphegor after encountering a Mesopotamian mask, leading to inexplicable disappearances and a fight against both pursuers and her own inner demons within the museum. It’s a supernatural mystery reimagining the classic tale created by Arthur Bernède, blending modern thriller elements with the iconic ghost story.

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MARION

| 2025 – 6 x 45′-  Series – Thriller, Crime, Drama, Paris.
Created by: Laetitia Kugler, Jacques Kluger.
Based on the Books by: Danielle Thiery.
Written by: Laetitia Kugler, Jacques Kluger, Danielle Thiery, Caroline Ophélie, David Bourgie.
Directed by: Jacques Kluger.
Starring: Louise Monot, Gwendolyn Gourvenec, Bertrand Nadler, Jina Djemba, Sarah Pachoud, Alba Gutiérrez, Jérémy Malaveau, Christophe Favre.
In French with English subtitles.
A Mhz Choice release. |

Edwige Marionis the Chief Superintendent of the Parisian Railway Police, based in Gare du Nord. She’s responsible for a large network fighting crime, while trying to find love, and raise Nina, her adopted teenage daughter. She is a woman, a mother, a cop, a complicated character evolving in a dark and violent environment.

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COMING SOON TO THEATERS BEFORE A DIGITAL RELEASE.

COLORS OF TIME

| 2026 – 126′ –  Drama, Romance, Paris, Films & Arts, Period & History, TAFFF Awards Winners.
Written by: Cédric Klapisch, Santiago Amigorena.
Directed by: Cédric Klapisch.
Starring: Suzanne Lindon, Abraham Wapler, Vincent Macaigne, Julia Piaton, Zinedine Soualem, Paul Kircher, Vassili Schneider, Sara Giraudeau, Cécile de France, François Berléand, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Olivier Gourmet, Raïka Hazanavicius.
Official Selection Cannes International Film Festival 2025. 3 nominations César Awards 2026.
Official Competition TAFFF 2025 (US Premiere, Winner Audience Award 2025)
In French with English subtitles.
A Distrib Films US release. |

A group of strangers, all descendants of a woman named Adèle Meunier, are gathered in Normandy. The town would like to purchase her long-abandoned property, and four “cousins” are tasked with overseeing the transaction. Thus begins a genealogical journey into the past, taking us to 1895 Paris, with the City of Light on the brink of an industrial and cultural revolution. Aptly entitled “The Coming of the Future” in French, Colors of Time literally plunges us into a moment in time when Parisian creativity is at its apex… when not only electricity and technology, but photography and Impressionism in painting and music are creating a spark that’s about to erupt into a movement far beyond anyone’s expectations. Cédric Klapisch‘s endearing new comedy is nothing less than a soul-stirring, time-traveling – at times, hallucinogenic – trip for lovers of the arts everywhere.

 

 

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BONFIRE OF DESTINY

| 2019 – 8×52′ –  Series – Thriller, Crime, Drama, Period & History, Paris.
Written by: Catherine Ramberg, Karine Spreuzkouski.
Directed by: Alexandre Laurent.
Starring: Audrey Fleurot, Julie de Bona, Camille Lou, Gilbert Melki, Josiane Balasko, Antoine Duléry, Florence Pernel, Théo Fernandez, Gilles Cohen.
A Walter Presents / PBS release. |

In 1897 Paris, a blaze at the Bazar de la Charite kills over 100 and shatters lives. From the ashes, three women rise: an aristocrat escaping a cruel marriage, a young heiress trapped by family duty, and her maid seeking freedom. All three fight to rewrite their destinies in a society built to silence them. From Walter Presents, in French with English subtitles.

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NEW ON DIGITAL

GANGS OF PARIS

| 2025 – 94′ –  Drama, Period & History, Action, Crime, Paris.
Written by: Romain Quirot, Antoine Jaunin, Fannie Pailloux.
Directed by: Romain Quirot.
Starring: Alice Isaaz, Niels Schneider, Rod Paradot, Emilie Gavois-Kahn, Artus, Bruno Lochet, Rossy de Palma, Dominique Pinon, Hugo Becker.
In French with English subtitles.
A Uncork’d Entertainment release. |

At the beginning of the 20th century, a violent gang known as The Apaches is terrorizing the City f Light. Determined to avenge the murder of her brother, a young woman named Billie infiltrates the criminal clan who killed him. Her plan: to murder each one of them one by one until she gets too close to their fascinating leader.

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MONSIEUR IBRAHIM

| 2004  – 95′ – Comedy, Drama, Films & Literature, Family 12+.
Written by: François Dupeyron, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt.
Based on the Book by: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt.
Directed by: François Dupeyron.
Starring: Omar Sharif, Pierre Boulanger, Gilbert Melki, Isabelle Renauld, Lola Naymark, Anne Suarez, Mata Gabin, Céline Samie, Isabelle Adjani, Guillaume Gallienne.
Official Selections Venice International Film Festival 2003, Toronto International Film Festival 2003. Golden Globe Nomination for Best Foreign Film 2004. Winner César Award 2004 Best Actor (Omar Sharif).
In French with English subtitles.
A ARP release. |

For Momo (Pierre Boulanger), a young Jewish kid growing up in Paris in the early 1960s, life is pretty exciting. He’s friends with many of the local prostitutes and loses his virginity to one of them, Sylvie (Anne Suarez). He also catches glimpses of a famous movie star (Isabelle Adjani) filming in his neighborhood. But it’s his friendship with a Muslim shopkeeper, Ibrahim (Omar Sharif), that’s the most rewarding part of his life. Gradually, the older man becomes a surrogate father to Momo.

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PARIS BY NIGHT

 

| 2012 – 100′ – Drama, Thriller, Crime, Film Noir, Paris.
Written by: Simon Michaël, Philippe Isard.
Directed by: Philippe Levebvre.
Starring: Roschdy Zem, Sara Forestier, Samuel Le Bihan, Grégory Fitoussi, Jean-Pierre Martins, Jean-Paul Muel, Sophie Broustal, Gérald Laroche.
Official Selection Rendez-Vous With French Cinema in New York 2012.
Official Competition COLCOA 2012.
In French with English subtitles.
A Under The Milky Way release. |

 

Police commander Simon Weiss, head of the division that supervises Paris’s demi-monde, starts out on his nightly tour of bars, discos and strip clubs, making sure once again that the owners don’t bend the rules too far.

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AMANDA

| 2019 – 107′ – Drama, Paris.
Written by: Mikhaël Hers, Maud Ameline.
Directed by: Mikhaël Hers.
Starring: Vincent Lacoste, Isaure Multrier, Stacy Martin, Ophelia Kolb, Marianne Basler, Jonathan Cohen, Greata Scacchi, Nabiha Akkari, Raphaël Thiéry.
Official Selection Venice International Film Festival 2018. 2 César Awards nominations (Best Actor and Best Score).
Official Competition COLCOA 2019.
In French with English subtitles.
A France Channel release. |

Vincent Lacoste was nominated for a César Award for Best Actor for his breathtaking, astonishingly quiet and introspective performance as David, a sweet, carefree young man who suddenly has the responsibilities of adulthood thrust upon him. Making her screen debut, Isaure Multrier, is nothing short of remarkable as his 7-year-old niece. The film’s writer-director, Mikhaël Hers, displays extraordinary grace and precision in bringing this fragile-yet-extremely-timely tale to the screen. Amanda is a contemplative exploration of shattering loss, coping mechanisms and the transcendent resilience of shell-shocked survivors in the wake of a terrorist attack in Paris… where life goes on, but nothing will ever be the same.

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CHATEAU

| 2018 – 82′ – Drama, Paris, Comedy.
Written by: Modi Barry, Cédric Ido.
Directed by: Modi Barry, Cédric Ido.
Starring: Jacky Ido, Tatiana Rojo, Jean-Baptiste Anoumon, Gilles Cohen, Felicite Wouassi.
Official Competition COLCOA 2018.
In French with English subtitles.
A France Channel release. |

My name’s Charles, like the Prince!” That’s his motto. Dapper, charming Charles runs a crew of hustlers who hang out around the Château d’Eau metro station in Paris’ ethnic 10th arrondissement, rustling up business for the countless Afro beauty shops in the ‘hood. Good-hearted Charles, however, has much bigger dreams — like getting out of the micro-mafia, buying his Kurdish friend’s failing barber shop and upholding the noble, manly tradition of a shave and a haircut. But doing a favor for a jealous rival sends our hero down a slippery slope, endangering both his reputation and his slick wardrobe. Jacky Ido (co-director Cédric Ido’s brother, from the ABC series The Catch), as the charismatic “Prince” Charles, leads a largely unknown ensemble cast in this small gem of a film, which offers up engaging characters, a humanizing peek into the onerous immigrant experience, and a snappy slice of life in one of Paris’ more colorful and rarely depicted neighborhoods — le Château.

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