Parodic news programme focusing on the fictional country Groland (full name: Presipality of Groland), airing on French television channel Canal+.
After being fired, a retiree embarks on a motorcycle journey to collect his pension. Along the way, he encounters strange characters and reminisces about his past traumatic experiences.
The owner of a failing circus has to cope with the return of her son after he is released from the psychiatric hospital with complete loss of memory.
Delete History is a comedy-drama movie that explores the repercussions of digital footprints in the modern world. It follows the lives of various characters whose personal information and embarrassing moments are exposed online. The film reflects on the societal issues of consumerism, online harassment, and social decay, while highlighting the increasing power of technology and artificial intelligence in our lives.
Saint Amour is a comedy-drama film that follows a father and son who embark on a wine-tasting road trip across France. Along the way, they encounter various comedic and dramatic situations, including encounters with twin sisters, a female-female kiss, and a drunken taxi driver. As they visit different vineyards and attend an agricultural show, their relationship is tested and they learn more about themselves and each other.
After their factory is shut down, a group of factory workers in Picardy, France, hires a contract killer to seek revenge on their former boss. The story takes unexpected turns with elements of surrealism and dark humor. The characters navigate themes of terminal cancer, forced relocation, and the aftermath of September 11th.
In 'En même temps', two mayors of small French towns with opposing political views find themselves physically stuck together after a feminist activist glues them. As they try to untangle the mess, they are forced to confront their differences and work towards a common goal of economic development and ecological sustainability.
After an accident, two neighbors become paraplegic and develop a love-hate relationship. They build motorized wheelchairs and set off on a road trip to confront the manufacturer responsible for their injuries. Along the way, they encounter various obstacles and comedic situations.
30 years ago, Jules-Edouard Moustic and his team imagined Groland, a fictional country, the scene of a series of humorous programs aimed at parodying national and international news.
The Big Night is a comedy about a salesman who experiences a wild night of chaos and absurdity. It follows his misadventures as he navigates through situations involving tattoos, nicknames, beer, France, and a complicated father-son relationship. Along the way, he encounters punks, anti-social behavior, anarchy, suicide attempts, and freedom. The movie explores themes of abnormal behavior, employment, and career burnout. The salesman's journey takes him to various places, including a drive-in restaurant, a supermarket, and a mattress store. The story culminates in a memorable scene involving a birthday candle and a lost job advertisement.
The life and adventures of random people in a shit hole of Groland.
A middle-aged man, suffering from mythomania and unemployment, attempts to overcome his midlife crisis and poverty in post-industrial France.
A lousy thief steals a car being washed in a gas station. Unfortunately for him, the owner of the vehicle has unsuspected physical resources.
A naive French reporter is sent to an African town to cover a sensational news story, unaware that it has been faked by an international news giant in the hopes of getting the US president re-elected for a third term.
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 his back. But what really drives him out of his mind is that the stitches from the operation are still fresh. Has he become the victim of on organ theft? Is he missing a kidney? Pastor starts to put everything in Question; being a father, a husband, a salesman... The only thing he wants is to find out what has happened to him and nothing and nobody will stop him.
We’re in the inner-suburbs of Angoulême. All the houses look the same. A young couple in love, two hipsters, moves in with their significant others. She’s got a dog that he finds stupid and he’s got an enormous cat that she finds shifty and spineless. Intrigued by the mystery of why this fat cat is always disappearing, Dagobert, the dog, decides to investigate to find out what shady business he’s up to, what secrets he’s hiding. All of this takes place in a city covered with wall murals and besieged by repeated sabotage carried out by really bizarre “terrorists”... and so Detective Kibbles is born. He’s got his work cut out for him, all this and way more as gaffes and slapstic whacky situation.
Avida (2006) tells the story of an overweight woman who finds herself caught up in surreal and absurd situations. From taxidermy to kidnapping to a billionaire's strange painting, she navigates through a world filled with bizarre characters and events. This dark comedy explores themes of surrealism, experimental film, and the absurdity of life.
Noël and Guy, two young Frincheux girls, tired of their condition of eternal unemployed interim, decided to become the Steve Jobs and Larry Page of the Presidency Grown.