Epithète Films

Micmacs a Tire-Larigot by Jean-Pierre Jeunet( visu )
5 editions published between 2009 and 2010 in French and held by 617 libraries worldwide
First it was a mine that exploded in the Moroccan desert. Years later, it was a stray bullet that lodged in his brain. Bazil doesn't have much luck with weapons. Released from the hospital after his accident, Bazil is homeless. Luckily, he is taken in by a motley crew of junkyard dealers living in a veritable Ali Baba's cave. One day, while out walking, Bazil recognizes the logos of the weapons manufacturers that caused his misfortune, and sets out with his wacky friends to take revenge

Ridicule by Patrice Leconte( visu )
4 editions published between 1996 and 2011 in French and held by 584 libraries worldwide
Depicts life at the court of Louis XVI, circa 1780. The ever-fluid pecking order is determined by the quality and rapidity of one's rejoinders, and a man can be driven to suicide by the one thing that must be avoided at all costs - being the object of ridicule. Compassionate, upright engineer, Gregoire Ponceludon de Malavoy, is baron of an estate where peasants are dropping like flies, felled by diseases that breed in the fetid waters where they fish. Broke, but determined to drain the murderous swamps, Gregoire sets out from the provinces to plead his case at Versailles. But his mission is complicated when he finds himself locked in a dangerous triangle with two very seductive ladies - a sophisticated older woman who can help him and an innocent young beauty with nothing to offer but her love

The widow of Saint-Pierre by Patrice Leconte( visu )
10 editions published between 1997 and 2011 in French and English and held by 546 libraries worldwide
Based on a true story about revenge, fear and redemption. In 19th century St. Pierre, a convict sentenced to death strives to better himself in the eyes of the police chief's beautiful wife and that of the town that she has him working in. Since there is no guillotine or executioner, one of each has to be sent for from France

Belle et Sébastien by Nicolas Vanier( visu )
2 editions published in 2015 in French and English and held by 432 libraries worldwide
It all happened way up in the Alps, where the snow is pristine, where chamois and marmots frolic, where soaring peaks scrape the clouds. A solitary little boy meets a stray mountain dog, and so begins a story of enduring friendship. The timeless tale tells the story of how Sebastian tamed Belle; the extraordinary adventures of a resourceful, adorable boy during the Second World War

Tu seras mon fils = You will be my son by Gilles Legrand( visu )
2 editions published between 2012 and 2014 in French and held by 288 libraries worldwide
Niels Arestrup stars as Paul de Marseul, a prestigious wine-maker and owner of a renowned chateau and vineyard in Saint-Emilion, who is disheartened by the notion of his son Martin taking over the family business. Martin does not seem to have inherited the qualities that Paul esteems in a wine-maker; persistence, creative insight and technical prowess matched with passion for the job and the product, and Paul frequently reminds him of his inadequacy. When another young man, Philippe, appears at the vineyard, Paul leaps at the chance to name him a successor, a decision which brings catastrophic familial tensions

Dogora by Patrice Leconte( visu )
2 editions published in 2010 in French and English and held by 65 libraries worldwide
Patrice Leconte travels to Cambodia to create a sound and image symphony of a land and its people. From the city streets to rural villages, from factories to farmlands and beyond, discover the men, women, and children of this ever-surprising Southeast Asian nation at work, play, and peace, all moving at the speed of life. It's an extraordinary sensory journey

No et moi by Zabou( visu )
2 editions published between 2011 and 2012 in French and held by 13 libraries worldwide
On dit de Lou qu'elle est une enfant précoce. Elle a treize ans, deux classes d'avance et un petit corps qui prend son temps. Elle a une mère emmurée dans les tranquillisants, peu d'amis, et le ressenti aigu d'un monde qui va de travers. Lou doit faire un exposé sur une jeune femme sans abri. Elle en a vu une à la Gare d'Austerlitz. Une qui fait la manche, demande des clopes, s'endort sur la table du café lorsque Lou lui offre à boire pour l'interviewer. Elle a 18 ans, s'appelle No, Nora en fait mais tout le monde dit No, et bientôt Lou ne pourra plus se passer d'elle. Mais No est imprévisible, elle a grandi dans les foyers et elle ne ressemble à personne. Un jour, elle disparaît. Lou la recherche, sûre de ce besoin qu'elles ont l'une de l'autre. Lorsque No réapparaît à bout de forces, Lou sait ce qu'elle doit faire: No viendra vivre chez elle.(Verlagstext)

The young & prodigious T.S. Spivet by Jean-Pierre Jeunet( visu )
2 editions published between 2013 and 2015 in English and held by 11 libraries worldwide
From the imagination of acclaimed AMELIE director Jean-Pierre Jeunet comes the mischievous and brilliant T.S Spivet...Enter the curious world of T.S Spivet and his lovingly mismatched family. His twin brother runs amuck, his sister dreams of stardom and his parents are an odd pair with equally eccentric tendencies Remarkably bright T.S has an insatiable passion for inventing which leads to a surprise telephone call from the Smithsonian Institute, inviting him to accept the prestigious Baird award for his invention. Without leaving more than a note of explanation, T.S packs his suitcase and embarks on a perilous adventure across America to claim his prize in this glisteningly magical tale of fantasy and intrigue

Grijze zielen = Les âmes grises by Yves Angelo( visu )
1 edition published in 2006 in French and held by 8 libraries worldwide
East of France, December 1917. In a village situated close to the front but protected from it by a hillside, the body of Belle de Jour, a little girl, is found by the canal. Judge Mierck, assisted by an Colonel Matzev representing the Armed Forces, investigates the case in his own way. The fact that the young victim's corpse lies a few yards from the manor of Destinat, the withdrawn, haughty-looking district attorney, who has always despised and humiliated him, doesn't escape him. To make matters worse, a witness has seen the magistrate not only talking with Belle but patting her cheek as well minutes before the little girl was strangled

Je regle mon pas sur le pas de mon pere by Rémi Waterhouse( visu )
3 editions published between 1999 and 2001 in French and held by 3 libraries worldwide
After the death of his mother, Sauveur finally finds out the identity of his father. But the first contact by telephone with his progenitor is difficult: he is rebuffed by a jeering Bertrand who denies paternity. Sauveur decides to approach incognito and slips with him in the role of associate to a scam without scale. And he discovers the man behind. Then begins the learning of disillusionment. --