Alex Descas Movies

  • 2005
    The Intruder

    The Intruder

    The Intruder

    6.62005HD

    An emotionally cold man leaves the safety of his Alpine home to seek a heart transplant and an estranged son.

    The Intruder
  • 2009
    35 Shots of Rum

    35 Shots of Rum

    35 Shots of Rum

    6.82009HD

    A widower and her daughter witness the retirement of a colleague of his and the closing of her department at her university.

    35 Shots of Rum
  • 1998
    Le serpent a mangé la grenouille

    Le serpent a mangé la grenouille

    Le serpent a mangé la grenouille

    01998HD

    Yves Le Guen, a black man with a degree in economics, is hired as a handyman on the property of Mr. Moreau, a rich public works contractor. His...

    Le serpent a mangé la grenouille
  • 2018
    Maya

    Maya

    Maya

    5.42018HD

    The film follows a 30-year-old man named Gabriel, a French war reporter who was taken to hostage in Syria and then heads to India after months in...

    Maya
  • 1986
    Taxi Boy

    Taxi Boy

    Taxi Boy

    31986HD

    The meeting of Manuel, a lady's dancer, Petrus, an unfortunate gambler, and Corinne, a fast-food waitress. The drifting of three drop-outs, three...

    Taxi Boy
  • 1997
    Nenette and Boni

    Nenette and Boni

    Nenette and Boni

    6.51997HD

    Teenage siblings Nenette and Boni were raised apart as a result of their parents' divorce. Their mother, who doted on her son Boni, has died. He...

    Nenette and Boni
  • 1997
    The House

    The House

    The House

    7.21997HD

    A moving world of spirits and ghosts, condemned to brush against one another without really meeting since they have all emerged from a single...

    The House
  • 2003
    The Dope

    The Dope

    The Dope

    4.62003HD

    Alphonse Brown, who firmly believes he is the bastard son of James Brown, meets up with his best friend Scotch after Brown gets out of jail. On their...

    The Dope
  • 2015
    Rouge

    Rouge

    Rouge

    6.52015HD

    A companion to the director's Le Dos Rouge/Portrait of the Artist. A famous filmmaker works on his next film, which will focus on monstrosity. He is...

    Rouge
  • 1994
    I Can't Sleep

    I Can't Sleep

    I Can't Sleep

    6.41994HD

    Ninon is a spirited hotel-manager who teaches self-defense classes to her terrified eldery neighbors. Daiga, an aspiring Lithuanian actress newly...

    I Can't Sleep
  • 2017
    Metropole

    Metropole

    Metropole

    02017HD

    Having arrived in Paris in 1985, Hector did everything to be like “them”. In a notebook he finds in his flat, he crosses out a list of...

    Metropole
  • 2002
    La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan

    La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan

    La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan

    02002HD

    This program of short films by Vincent Ravalec (Never twice, Le Masseur and Les Mots de l'amour) deals with themes such as desire and death through...

    La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
  • 1996
    Clubbed to Death

    Clubbed to Death

    Clubbed to Death

    6.21996HD

    A young woman visiting Paris, misses the last bus home, finds herself stranded on the outskirts of Paris. Entering a local club, she meets a troubled...

    Clubbed to Death
  • 1993
    The Absence

    The Absence

    The Absence

    5.31993HD

    Four nameless people -- the old man, the woman, the soldier, and the gambler -- journey to a desolate wasteland beyond the limits of an unnamed city.

    The Absence
  • 1988
    How Good the Whites Are

    How Good the Whites Are

    How Good the Whites Are

    61988HD

    The humanitarian aid expedition "Angeles Azules" (Blue Angels), comprising twelve Europeans and six trucks loaded with provisions to alleviate hunger...

    How Good the Whites Are
  • 2005
    A Perfect Couple

    A Perfect Couple

    A Perfect Couple

    5.22005HD

    A French couple has been living in Lisbon for years, and they return to Paris for a friend's wedding. They announce to another friend they are having...

    A Perfect Couple
  • 2024
    Which Way Africa?

    Which Way Africa?

    Which Way Africa?

    02024HD

    Forest dwellers pound drums upholding rituals while urbanites cry "Progress!" More plunder the land's riches but newly defiant ones shout back.

    Which Way Africa?
  • 2007
    The Elf Case

    The Elf Case

    The Elf Case

    52007HD

    In 1988, after much cunning political maneuvering, Loïk Le Floch-Prigent and Alfred Sirven become the chief executives at Elf. They discover a...

    The Elf Case
  • 2015
    Portrait of the Artist

    Portrait of the Artist

    Portrait of the Artist

    5.72015HD

    A famous filmmaker works on his next film, which will focus on monstrosity. He is obsessed by the idea of finding a painting that will be central to...

    Portrait of the Artist
  • 1970
    In Adam’s Interest

    In Adam’s Interest

    In Adam’s Interest

    01970HD

    4-year-old malnourished Adam is admitted to hospital off the back of a court ruling. Head paediatric nurse Lucy allows Adam’s mum Rebecca to...

    In Adam’s Interest