Esteban Carvajal-Alegria

Lights Out (2010)

March 1992, in a small town in the suburbs of Paris. During an alcohol fueled party, teenagers discover a body hidden in the bushes of a forest. A body that seems lifeless. Two weeks earlier. Simon, a 16 year-old teenager, has not shown up for class. Blood stains ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fabrice Gobert
CAST:  Ana Girardot  •  Jules Pelissier  •  Laurent Delbecque  •  Audrey Bastien

March 1992, in a small town in the suburbs of Paris. During an alcohol fueled party, teenagers discover a body hidden in the bushes of a forest. A body that seems lifeless. Two weeks earlier. Simon, a 16 year-old teenager, has not shown up for class. Blood stains ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fabrice Gobert
CAST:  Ana Girardot  •  Jules Pelissier  •  Laurent Delbecque  •  Audrey Bastien

American Translation (2011)

From the moment they meet, brooding Chris and the beautiful Aurore fall instantly and passionately in love but it's not long before their intense connection is consumed by Chris's dark obsession with gay men. Before long, the pair embarks on a violent and sexual ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Marc Barr  •  Pascal Arnold
CAST:  Pierre Perrier  •  Lizzie Brocheré  •  Jean-Marc Barr  •  Karl E. Landler

From the moment they meet, brooding Chris and the beautiful Aurore fall instantly and passionately in love but it's not long before their intense connection is consumed by Chris's dark obsession with gay men. Before long, the pair embarks on a violent and sexual ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Marc Barr  •  Pascal Arnold
CAST:  Pierre Perrier  •  Lizzie Brocheré  •  Jean-Marc Barr  •  Karl E. Landler

The Big Picture (2010)

Paul Exben is a success story – partner in one of Paris's most exclusive law firms, big salary, big house, glamorous wife and two sons straight out of a Gap catalog. But when he finds out that Sarah, his wife, is cheating on him with Greg Kremer, a local ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Lartigau
CAST:  Romain Duris  •  Marina Foïs  •  Catherine Deneuve  •  Niels Arestrup

Paul Exben is a success story – partner in one of Paris's most exclusive law firms, big salary, big house, glamorous wife and two sons straight out of a Gap catalog. But when he finds out that Sarah, his wife, is cheating on him with Greg Kremer, a local ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Lartigau
CAST:  Romain Duris  •  Marina Foïs  •  Catherine Deneuve  •  Niels Arestrup

Army of Crime (2009)

This gripping historical drama recounts the story of Armenian-born Missak Manouchian, a woodworker and political activist who led an immigrant laborer division of the Parisian Resistance on 30 operations against the Nazis in 1943. The Nazis branded the group an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Guédiguian
CAST:  Simon Abkarian  •  Virginie Ledoyen  •  Robinson Stévenin  •  Lola Naymark

This gripping historical drama recounts the story of Armenian-born Missak Manouchian, a woodworker and political activist who led an immigrant laborer division of the Parisian Resistance on 30 operations against the Nazis in 1943. The Nazis branded the group an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Guédiguian
CAST:  Simon Abkarian  •  Virginie Ledoyen  •  Robinson Stévenin  •  Lola Naymark

The Beautiful Person (2008)

In the wake of her mother's tragic death, French teenager Junie transfers to a different high school. Though Junie lives mostly inside her own head, her beauty and stoicism win her the attention of the entire male student population. Junie begins dating the gentle ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christophe Honoré
CAST:  Louis Garrel  •  Léa Seydoux  •  Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet  •  Simon Truxillo

In the wake of her mother's tragic death, French teenager Junie transfers to a different high school. Though Junie lives mostly inside her own head, her beauty and stoicism win her the attention of the entire male student population. Junie begins dating the gentle ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christophe Honoré
CAST:  Louis Garrel  •  Léa Seydoux  •  Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet  •  Simon Truxillo

Next Year (2014)

Clotilde and Aude are 18. They have always been best friends, growing up together in the same small village in the South of France. Despite their differences, they have a strong and exclusive friendship. With their contrasts they attract each other, and they seem ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vania Leturcq
CAST:  Constance Rousseau  •  Jenna Thiam  •  Julien Boisselier  •  Kévin Azaïs

Clotilde and Aude are 18. They have always been best friends, growing up together in the same small village in the South of France. Despite their differences, they have a strong and exclusive friendship. With their contrasts they attract each other, and they seem ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vania Leturcq
CAST:  Constance Rousseau  •  Jenna Thiam  •  Julien Boisselier  •  Kévin Azaïs

My Brother Simple (2011)

Simple is 26 but he has the intellectual abilities of a three year old. Simple is handicapped. Since the death of his father, he lives with his mother and his younger brother Kléber. But when their mother dies in a car accident, the brothers are left to their own ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Calbérac
CAST:  Bastien Bouillon  •  Julien Drion  •  Michel Aumont  •  Valentine Catzéflis

Simple is 26 but he has the intellectual abilities of a three year old. Simple is handicapped. Since the death of his father, he lives with his mother and his younger brother Kléber. But when their mother dies in a car accident, the brothers are left to their own ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Calbérac
CAST:  Bastien Bouillon  •  Julien Drion  •  Michel Aumont  •  Valentine Catzéflis

Love Songs (2007)

Ismael and Julie, who in the hope of sparking their stalled relationship, enter a playful yet emotionally laced threesome with Alice. When tragedy strikes, these young Parisians are forced to deal with the fragility of life and love. For Ismael, this means ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christophe Honoré
CAST:  Louis Garrel  •  Ludivine Sagnier  •  Chiara Mastroianni  •  Clotilde Hesme

Ismael and Julie, who in the hope of sparking their stalled relationship, enter a playful yet emotionally laced threesome with Alice. When tragedy strikes, these young Parisians are forced to deal with the fragility of life and love. For Ismael, this means ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christophe Honoré
CAST:  Louis Garrel  •  Ludivine Sagnier  •  Chiara Mastroianni  •  Clotilde Hesme

Life Will Be Beautiful (2007)

Five young men from well-off families, whom fate never intended to be partisans in an occupied Paris, so different from one other and yet so close, reject the French defeat and resulting German occupation and decide to take on Nazi Germany.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin Baily
CAST:  Esteban Carvajal-Alegria  •  Milan Mauger  •  Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet  •  Renaud Cestre

Five young men from well-off families, whom fate never intended to be partisans in an occupied Paris, so different from one other and yet so close, reject the French defeat and resulting German occupation and decide to take on Nazi Germany.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin Baily
CAST:  Esteban Carvajal-Alegria  •  Milan Mauger  •  Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet  •  Renaud Cestre

Mes amours décomposé(s) (2012)

A young woman instantly falls in love with her new upstairs neighbor who has a nasty habit of moving bodies in bags in the middle of the night down the stairwell. From time to time, he asks his neighbor for a hand. Or a knife. Or to keep the body for a few days. So ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sacha Barbin
CAST:  Oriane Delacroix  •  Gaspard Ulliel  •  Esteban Carvajal-Alegria

A young woman instantly falls in love with her new upstairs neighbor who has a nasty habit of moving bodies in bags in the middle of the night down the stairwell. From time to time, he asks his neighbor for a hand. Or a knife. Or to keep the body for a few days. So ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sacha Barbin
CAST:  Oriane Delacroix  •  Gaspard Ulliel  •  Esteban Carvajal-Alegria

A Souvenir (2009)

At a turning point in his life, Thomas Lebey, a famous writer, decides to return to the location of his first love. That was in 1960 in a small coastal resort town in the south of England. Sheila was 17 and he was not yet 20.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Renard
CAST:  Daniel Prévost  •  Esteban Carvajal-Alegria  •  Capucine Delaby  •  Marianne Basler

At a turning point in his life, Thomas Lebey, a famous writer, decides to return to the location of his first love. That was in 1960 in a small coastal resort town in the south of England. Sheila was 17 and he was not yet 20.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Renard
CAST:  Daniel Prévost  •  Esteban Carvajal-Alegria  •  Capucine Delaby  •  Marianne Basler