Alex Descas Movies

  • 1993
    The Absence

    The Absence

    The Absence

    5.31993HD

    Four nameless people -- the old man, the woman, the soldier, and the gambler -- journey to a desolate wasteland beyond the limits of an unnamed city.

    The Absence
  • 1991
    Against Oblivion

    Against Oblivion

    Against Oblivion

    6.51991HD

    Contre l'Oubli (Against Oblivion) is a compilation of 30 French filmmakers, Alain Resnais and Jean Luc Godard among them, who use film to make a plea...

    Against Oblivion
  • 2013
    Un enfant en danger

    Un enfant en danger

    Un enfant en danger

    72013HD

    Rebecca is a cop in the Juvenile Division. One day, Mathieu Francoeur comes to the station, saying his son, Joachim, has been kidnapped by his mother...

    Un enfant en danger
  • 2024
    Which Way Africa?

    Which Way Africa?

    Which Way Africa?

    02024HD

    Forest dwellers pound drums upholding rituals while urbanites cry "Progress!" More plunder the land's riches but newly defiant ones shout back.

    Which Way Africa?
  • 2021
    Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté

    Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté

    Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté

    102021HD

    Frantz Fanon alone embodies all the issues of French colonial history. Martinican resistance fighter, he enlisted, like millions of colonial...

    Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
  • 2017
    Gone

    Gone

    Gone

    52017HD

    Thomas, an architect, discovers that he made a serious mistake on a building site. As he attempts to destroy compromising documents, it is the world...

    Gone
  • 2004
    The Man Who Came From Elsewhere

    The Man Who Came From Elsewhere

    The Man Who Came From Elsewhere

    62004HD

    At the end of 19th century, Doctor Pierre Adélaïde, born in Martinique, gets to a small village in Charente to take over from a...

    The Man Who Came From Elsewhere
  • 2002
    Vers Nancy

    Vers Nancy

    Vers Nancy

    82002HD

    A train conversation between an immigrant French woman and novelist Jean-Luc Nancy centering on the idea of intrusion within every foreigner (a more...

    Vers Nancy
  • 1995
    The Masturbators

    The Masturbators

    The Masturbators

    11995HD

    Images of the Port Dauphine subway terminus are accompanied by a text read aloud about masturbation (branler is slang for jacking off) in this short...

    The Masturbators
  • 1986
    Taxi Boy

    Taxi Boy

    Taxi Boy

    31986HD

    The meeting of Manuel, a lady's dancer, Petrus, an unfortunate gambler, and Corinne, a fast-food waitress. The drifting of three drop-outs, three...

    Taxi Boy
  • 2022
    Brûlé neige

    Brûlé neige

    Brûlé neige

    02022HD

    Brûlé neige
  • 1970
    In Adam’s Interest

    In Adam’s Interest

    In Adam’s Interest

    01970HD

    4-year-old malnourished Adam is admitted to hospital off the back of a court ruling. Head paediatric nurse Lucy allows Adam’s mum Rebecca to...

    In Adam’s Interest
  • 2017
    Metropole

    Metropole

    Metropole

    02017HD

    Having arrived in Paris in 1985, Hector did everything to be like “them”. In a notebook he finds in his flat, he crosses out a list of...

    Metropole
  • 2013
    Césaire, le prix de la liberté

    Césaire, le prix de la liberté

    Césaire, le prix de la liberté

    02013HD

    Césaire, le prix de la liberté
  • 1998
    Le serpent a mangé la grenouille

    Le serpent a mangé la grenouille

    Le serpent a mangé la grenouille

    01998HD

    Yves Le Guen, a black man with a degree in economics, is hired as a handyman on the property of Mr. Moreau, a rich public works contractor. His...

    Le serpent a mangé la grenouille
  • 2002
    La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan

    La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan

    La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan

    02002HD

    This program of short films by Vincent Ravalec (Never twice, Le Masseur and Les Mots de l'amour) deals with themes such as desire and death through...

    La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
  • 2007
    Elf, Kings of Oil

    Elf, Kings of Oil

    Elf, Kings of Oil

    02007HD

    In 1988, supported by François Mitterrand, Loïk Le Floch-Prigent ran for the presidency of Elf. Alfred Sirven, through Christine...

    Elf, Kings of Oil
  • 2007
    Déjà vu

    Déjà vu

    Déjà vu

    02007HD

    Déjà vu
  • 1995
    Un si joli bouquet

    Un si joli bouquet

    Un si joli bouquet

    01995HD

    A young investigative journalist is about to publish a book with revelations about power and corruption. Three days before her television appearance,...

    Un si joli bouquet
  • 1998
    In a Memory of a Film Gone By

    In a Memory of a Film Gone By

    In a Memory of a Film Gone By

    01998HD

    A film about the creation of director Šarūnas Bartas's feature film and the mysterious atmosphere of the filming location.

    In a Memory of a Film Gone By