David Birkin

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Ourhouse
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Ourhouse

Jan 01, 1970
The five-part film’s narrative presents a wealthy European family who are unexpectedly confronted by a mysterious manifestation, ‘The Object’, which suddenly appears in the living room of their country home. This imposing figure seems to have a profound effect on the conduct of each individual family member. At night ‘The Object’ eats pages from ideological texts, which it subsequently spits out again. Owing to this, the father figure, ‘Daddy’, changes radically from an elitist with liberal economic convictions, to someone who goes in search of collectivist ideals. The Ourhouse series commenced production in 2010, with the latest episode completing production in 2016.
Drama
Impromptu
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Impromptu

Apr 12, 1991
Les amours dans la France de 1830 du compositeur Frédéric Chopin et de la romancière George Sand.
Drama
Ex Memoria
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Ex Memoria

Aug 26, 2006
A film about memory, loss and survival; Eva Lipszyc is a survivor, but she is now locked away in the twilight world of Alzheimer's disease. We see the world from her point of view, at her eye level, and we see how a chance encounter with a caring young nurse breaks through the barrier
Drama
Animal
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Animal

Jan 11, 2005
Un département de biologie moléculaire, sur un campus. Quelque part en Europe, dans un futur proche. Un jeune généticien idéaliste, Thomas Nielsen, rencontre un monstre emprisonné, un tueur de femmes, Vincent Iparrak. Il prétend étudier son ADN, mais il a un tout autre agenda en tête. Le chercheur parvient à convaincre le tueur de se faire cobaye. Si le généticien prouve que le tueur était violent de naissance, il lui évitera la peine de mort ; en échange, le tueur s'engage à laisser le chercheur modifier son ADN, afin d'éradiquer "l'animal" en lui. Par une succession de hasards, ces deux hommes que tout oppose vont faire le chemin inverse de l'Autre. Le tueur vers la compassion, le généticien vers l'agressivité...
Thriller
Hornblower
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Hornblower

Jan 06, 2003
Set during the 18th century Napoleonic Wars, Horatio Hornblower, a young and shy midshipman, rises through the ranks to become an admiral.
Drama