WOKE ( Les Engagés )

20×10’ | HD – Drama | 2017 | with Mehdi MESKAR, Eric PUCHEU
Season 1 and 3 are available on a non-exclusive basis for the US/CANADA

The series describes the abundant, colourful world and the everyday life of several engaging and passionate activists who run a Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans Center

Hicham runs away from his home and comes to Lyon, looking for Thibaut, a young man who tried to kiss him a few years before. Thibaut is an activist at the local LGBT Center. Hicham discovers his world, apprehensive but enthusiast. However, as Hicham begins a journey to find his own identity, he comes to understand that Thibaut himself isn’t exactly who he appears…

OCÉAN

10×10’ or 110’ | HD – Documentary | 2019 

Océane Rose Marie is a popular figure in the LGBT community, an actress and director renowned for her

cynical humour. Up to 30,000 people in France saw her one-woman show over a 4-year period. Now she has

decided to become Océan, a man.  Over 10 episodes she will document her transgender transition, exploring

new forms of sexual identity little known to the general public.

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I LOVE YOU 2  

3×52’ |HD – Comedy | 2017 | with François VINCENTELLI, Olivier BARTHÉLÉMY Arte

At the age of 35, Hector happens to meet his childhood love Louise, and falls in love with her all over again.

But there’s a big problem. He’s gay and has been in a loving relationship with a man for several years. His

life is turned upside down. He soon realises that he doesn’t want to have to choose between his two loves,

Louise and Jérémie. How long can he keep the secret of his double life, the cause of both suffering and joy?

MANON (Manon 20 ans)
6×52’ | 2017 | HD – Drama | with Alba Gaïa BELLUGI, Deborah FRANÇOIS Arte
Holdback US VOD VIDEO until July 2020, NO US AVOD/SVOD until July 2021 on GSM Network Intl.

712 000 viewers – 3,3% market share

Manon is 20 and a qualified mechanic. Despite a willingness to get her hands dirty, she’s assigned to the

front desk of the garage. She throws herself into both work and love with a passion, making headway,

coming unstuck, but always fighting back with the same life force and a violent streak that threatens to

resurface whenever life is unfair.

 

HIDDEN KISSES (Baisers cachés)

1×90’ • HD – Family Drama • 2015 • with Patrick TIMSIT, Benoît PUTZULU France 2
Sold to US, Amazon, Netflix, DVD  

3,6 million viewers – 15,1% market share

16-year-old Nathan lives alone with his father Stéphane. As a new kid in high school, he’s invited to a

party, where he falls for classmate Louis. They find themselves together and share a kiss. But someone

takes a photo, which soon ends up on Facebook. When Stéphane finds out Nathan is gay, he turns away

from him. Nathan is bullied at school and even gets beaten up by some boys. This causes Stéphane to

think again and he starts to help his son.

THE TEST OF LOVE  (L’Épreuve d’amour)

1×90’ • HD – Family Drama • 2017 • with Marie-Josée CROZE, Fred TESTOT France 2

2,6 million viewers – 11,1% market share

Marielle’s whole world collapses when she finds her husband Paul wearing one of her dresses.

They’ve been married for 20 years, yet she has never suspected his unease. He is ashamed and wants to

believe that he can go on living in the skin of this man that disgusts him. Convinced that their love will

allow them to reinvent their life together, she braves the reaction of others and tries to explain the

situation to their children with a message of tolerance and hope.

WITHOUT A TRACE (Vivre Sans Eux)

 1×90’ • HD – Crime/Thriller • 2018 • with Bernard LECOQ, Esther GARREL France 2

Based on a true story. Martin is 60. Adèle is 25. He is unhealthy, grumpy and shy. She is cheeky, brazen

and provocative. He is looking for his son, she is looking for her father. The two missing persons were

living together as a couple, and when Martin and Adèle call at their old address, the new occupant tells

them they have moved abroad. The pair investigate this troubling disappearance, which has been ignored

by the police, and find out, at the risk of their own lives, that their relatives were in fact murdered.

 

MURDER ON OMAHA BEACH (Le Mort De La Plage)

 1×90’ • HD – Crime/Thriller • 2018 • with Claire BOROTRA, Michel JONASZ France 3
Rights: US SVOD Holdback (on MHZ)

4,9 million viewers – 23,9% market share

Captain Eloïse Gentil, of Caen police, hasn’t been on speaking terms with her father Robert, an expert on

WWII, for twenty years. But the two are brought together to investigate the death of James Crawley, a 91

year-old former GI, found tied to a pole and in his uniform, apparently executed “as an example”.

THE NEW WORLD  (Le Nouveau Monde)

1×90’ • HD – Comedy • 2007 • with Natalia DONTCHEVA, Gregory FITOUSSI France 2

3,5 million viewers – 14,5% market share

Lucie is 36, and after 5 years with the love of her life, she wants a child. Nothing unusual about that, except

that “the love of her life” is named Marion… So, how to find that “little seed” when you’re a female couple

and you don’t want an anonymous donor? How will the family react? How will you deal with what people

think? How will you find harmony in this “New World” with the child?

A tender, honest, touching comedy, and a reflection on love, friendship, and family.

 

BELINDA AND ME (Belinda e Moi)

1×90’ • HD – Comedy • 2013 • with Line RENAUD, Alexandre STYKER France 3

2,6 million viewers – 11,1% market share

Jacqueline ran a tea room for many years with her dear friend Marie-Louise.

But now, following the latter’s death, Jacqueline is delighted to hear that she will finally get to meet Jean,

Marie-Louise’s nephew. Going to meet him at the station, however, she is faced with a beautiful young

woman. Jean to the Public Records Office, Belinda to everyone else…

 

COUNTERFEITERS (Les Faux-monnayeurs)

 1×120’ • HD – Literary Adaptation • 2010 • with Melvil POUPAUD, Patrick MILLE France 2
US Holdback Pay TV ( non exclusive) TVOD ( Amazon, Eurochannel)

2 million viewers – 7,7% market share 

High-school student Bernard discovers that he’s the fruit of a one-night stand by his mother. He despises

the man who raised him, who is not his birth father, and runs away from home, taking refuge with a friend,

Olivier. Olivier is a shy boy, lacking affection, which he tries to find with his Uncle Edouard. The attraction

between the two is mutual, although neither manages to express his feelings. Through a combination of

circumstances, Bernard is hired by Edouard as his secretary, and they both leave for a stay in the

mountains.

SUITE NOIRE COLLECTION: QUEEN BITCH

 1×60’ | HD – Crime/Thriller | 2009 | with Clément HERVIEU-LEGER, Yves VERHOEVEN France 2
Exclusive on MHZ SVOD until  October 2021, and US+ Canada ( Eng speaking) exclusive cable rights until October 2023

The first time Emmanuel(le) wanted to jump from a window, he was seven years old. The second time was

only a few seconds ago. Not a suicide attempt this time, just another screw-up, the disastrous

consequence of yet another stroke of bad luck, the same bad luck that’s been dogging him all his life. And

all because he wanted a sex change! Maybe as a girl, his luck might finally change, and the opportunity

seemed like a good one, a “doddle”. No more need to go begging to his stuck-up bourgeois parents.

Thanks to his lover and a few other friends, he was going to double his capital and pay for a flight to

Bangkok, where he could pay for a penectomy and still have enough left over for a buttock lift!

 

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RECIPE FOR A KILLING (Tirez sur le Caviste)

 1×60’ • HD – Crime/Thriller • 2009 • with Niels ARESTRUP, Julie-Marie PARMENTIER France 2

An unlikely encounter between a gourmet wine producer and a rebellious young girl living on the fringe,

whom he takes on as a cook. Monsters both, neither one knows what secrets the other is hiding… While

she and her girlfriend are pulling off hold-ups to raise cash for opening their own bar, he kills his wife for

serving him a bad celeriac remoulade sauce. Through the Monbazillac vines, a game of cat and mouse ensues, while

the simpleton farmhand looks on. Scenes of gastronomy alternate with scenes of murder… and the

outcome is always uncertain.