Lika Minamoto

Switch (2011)

In Montreal, the unemployed fashion designer Sophie Malaterre is shown a website, switch.com, where it is possible to switch houses with a stranger for vacation. Sophie seeks an apartment in Paris nearby the Eiffel Tower that belongs to Bénédicte Serteaux and they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frédéric Schoendoerffer
CAST:  Éric Cantona  •  Karine Vanasse  •  Mehdi Nebbou  •  Aurélien Recoing

In Montreal, the unemployed fashion designer Sophie Malaterre is shown a website, switch.com, where it is possible to switch houses with a stranger for vacation. Sophie seeks an apartment in Paris nearby the Eiffel Tower that belongs to Bénédicte Serteaux and they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frédéric Schoendoerffer
CAST:  Éric Cantona  •  Karine Vanasse  •  Mehdi Nebbou  •  Aurélien Recoing

Love and Bruises (2011)

Hua, a young woman from Beijing, is a recent arrival in Paris. Exiled in an unknown city, she wanders between her tiny apartment and the university, drifting between former lovers and recent French acquaintances. She meets Matthieu, a young worker who falls madly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lou Ye
CAST:  Tahar Rahim  •  Corinne Yam  •  Jalil Lespert  •  Vincent Rottiers

Hua, a young woman from Beijing, is a recent arrival in Paris. Exiled in an unknown city, she wanders between her tiny apartment and the university, drifting between former lovers and recent French acquaintances. She meets Matthieu, a young worker who falls madly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lou Ye
CAST:  Tahar Rahim  •  Corinne Yam  •  Jalil Lespert  •  Vincent Rottiers

Final Recipe (2013)

Hao's Singaporean restaurant is in danger of going out of business. Hao's grandson, Mark, secretly travels to Shanghai to attend a cooking competition despite his grandfather's wishes for him to become an engineer. Mark takes the place of a contestant who did not ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gina Kim
CAST:  Henry Lau  •  Michelle Yeoh  •  Chin Han  •  Marcus Waldow

Hao's Singaporean restaurant is in danger of going out of business. Hao's grandson, Mark, secretly travels to Shanghai to attend a cooking competition despite his grandfather's wishes for him to become an engineer. Mark takes the place of a contestant who did not ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gina Kim
CAST:  Henry Lau  •  Michelle Yeoh  •  Chin Han  •  Marcus Waldow

Inju: The Beast in the Shadow (2008)

The writer and college professor, Alexandre Fayard, researches and gives lectures about the gruesome literary work of the mysterious Japanese writer Shundei Oe, considered by him to be the master of manipulation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barbet Schroeder
CAST:  Benoît Magimel  •  Lika Minamoto  •  Shun Sugata  •  Maurice Bénichou

The writer and college professor, Alexandre Fayard, researches and gives lectures about the gruesome literary work of the mysterious Japanese writer Shundei Oe, considered by him to be the master of manipulation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barbet Schroeder
CAST:  Benoît Magimel  •  Lika Minamoto  •  Shun Sugata  •  Maurice Bénichou

Ablations (2014)

Business trips are trapped by multiple temptations, such as a well stocked hotel bar. But this time salesman Pastor might have overdone it a bit. He wakes up in the middle of a field without any memory at all of how he got there. Even stranger is the ugly scar on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arnold de Parscau
CAST:  Denis Ménochet  •  Virginie Ledoyen  •  Florence Thomassin  •  Philippe Nahon

Business trips are trapped by multiple temptations, such as a well stocked hotel bar. But this time salesman Pastor might have overdone it a bit. He wakes up in the middle of a field without any memory at all of how he got there. Even stranger is the ugly scar on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arnold de Parscau
CAST:  Denis Ménochet  •  Virginie Ledoyen  •  Florence Thomassin  •  Philippe Nahon

Just Like Home (2011)

A French family plans to swap homes with a Turkish family for the holidays - but things do not go as planned.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lorenzo Gabriele
CAST:  Sabeline Amaury  •  Shemss Audat  •  Maxime Coggio  •  Hanna Cohen

A French family plans to swap homes with a Turkish family for the holidays - but things do not go as planned.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lorenzo Gabriele
CAST:  Sabeline Amaury  •  Shemss Audat  •  Maxime Coggio  •  Hanna Cohen

Rolling to You (2018)

Jocelyn is a selfish and misogynist businessman. He tries to seduce a young pretty woman by pretending to be handicapped, till the day he meets her sister, who is also in a wheelchair.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franck Dubosc
CAST:  Franck Dubosc  •  Alexandra Lamy  •  Elsa Zylberstein  •  Gérard Darmon

Jocelyn is a selfish and misogynist businessman. He tries to seduce a young pretty woman by pretending to be handicapped, till the day he meets her sister, who is also in a wheelchair.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franck Dubosc
CAST:  Franck Dubosc  •  Alexandra Lamy  •  Elsa Zylberstein  •  Gérard Darmon

Kiko's Saints (2019)

Kiko, a Japanese illustrator on assignment in France, gets suddenly overwhelmed by a strange new inspiration, while she realizes she's been spying on a gay couple on the beach next to the chapel where she's working. Obsessed by such a vision, she will continue ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Manuel Marmier
CAST:  Lika Minamoto  •  Kengo Saïto  •  Arthur Gillet  •  François Burgun

Kiko, a Japanese illustrator on assignment in France, gets suddenly overwhelmed by a strange new inspiration, while she realizes she's been spying on a gay couple on the beach next to the chapel where she's working. Obsessed by such a vision, she will continue ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Manuel Marmier
CAST:  Lika Minamoto  •  Kengo Saïto  •  Arthur Gillet  •  François Burgun

Lili David (2012)

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DIRECTION:  Christophe Barraud
CAST:  Julie-Anne Roth  •  Chantal Ladesou  •  Mathieu Delarive  •  Nancy Tate

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DIRECTION:  Christophe Barraud
CAST:  Julie-Anne Roth  •  Chantal Ladesou  •  Mathieu Delarive  •  Nancy Tate

The Male Gaze: Three's Company (2021)

Two's company, three's allowed? From family disputes and unexpected babysitting duties to uncomfortable high school memories, manga drawing and friendships pushed to the next level - the Male Gaze series lifts the lid on six very different gay relationships and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ann Sirot  •  Raphaël Balboni  •  Guillaume Mainguet  •  Jordi Wijnalda  •  Jill Riley  •  Richard Kranzin  •  Manuel Marmier
CAST:  Robbie Graham-Kuntz  •  Kristopher Turner  •  Alex Harrouch  •  Antoine Gouy

Two's company, three's allowed? From family disputes and unexpected babysitting duties to uncomfortable high school memories, manga drawing and friendships pushed to the next level - the Male Gaze series lifts the lid on six very different gay relationships and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ann Sirot  •  Raphaël Balboni  •  Guillaume Mainguet  •  Jordi Wijnalda  •  Jill Riley  •  Richard Kranzin  •  Manuel Marmier
CAST:  Robbie Graham-Kuntz  •  Kristopher Turner  •  Alex Harrouch  •  Antoine Gouy

Under the stars (2023)

Since he was a kid, Yazid has one big passion, pastry making. Raised between foster homes and group homes, the young man will try to make his dream come true: to work with the greatest pastry chefs and become the best.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sébastien Tulard
CAST:  Riadh Belaïche  •  Loubna Abidar  •  Patrick d'Assumçao  •  Christine Citti

Since he was a kid, Yazid has one big passion, pastry making. Raised between foster homes and group homes, the young man will try to make his dream come true: to work with the greatest pastry chefs and become the best.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sébastien Tulard
CAST:  Riadh Belaïche  •  Loubna Abidar  •  Patrick d'Assumçao  •  Christine Citti

Purplemind (2021)

Sally aka Purplemind, a telepath who once founded a superhero collective, now lives in a retirement home. Interviewed by a journalist who wants to write her biography, Purplemind looks back on her past. The traumatic discovery of her powers in the 90s, the creation ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emy LTR
CAST:  Emy LTR  •  Kev Adams  •  Lika Minamoto  •  Gad Elmaleh

Sally aka Purplemind, a telepath who once founded a superhero collective, now lives in a retirement home. Interviewed by a journalist who wants to write her biography, Purplemind looks back on her past. The traumatic discovery of her powers in the 90s, the creation ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emy LTR
CAST:  Emy LTR  •  Kev Adams  •  Lika Minamoto  •  Gad Elmaleh