“One of contemporary French cinema’s most intriguing auteurs.” – Criterion
“Ropert’s artistic command is omnipresent and deeply intimate.” – Variety
Petite Solange (2021) dir. Axelle Ropert
86 minutes | In French with English subtitles | DCP
Solange is a typical 13 year old, curious and full of life. When her parents begin to argue, fight and slowly drift apart, Solange’s world begins to splinter. To keep her family together, she will worry, act out, suffer. It’s the story of a young and overly tender teen who wants the impossible: for love to never end.
The Apple of My Eye (2016) dir. Axelle Ropert
84 minutes | In French with English subtitles | DCP
Demand is low for Rebetiko (Greek folk music) in Paris, but that doesn’t stop the Papagika brothers. Elise, who lives in their building, shares Théo Papagika’s passion for music, but when they first meet in the elevator, Théo doesn’t notice Elice is blind. It’s hate at first sight. Will this early misunderstanding bring them together or drive them apart?
Miss and the Doctors (2013) dir. Axelle Ropert
102 minutes | In French with English subtitles | DCP
Boris and Dimitri are brothers and doctors with a family practice in Paris’s Chinatown. When they take on a young diabetic patient and both fall for the girl’s lovely mother, Judith, their fraternal bonds and professional relationship are tested. “A modest, deeply charming grown-up romance.” – Variety.
The Wolberg Family (2009) dir. Axelle Ropert
95 minutes | In French with English subtitles | DCP
Simon Wolberg, mayor of a small provincial town, knows more about American soul music than what is happening in his family. His wife is becoming distant, his daughter is soon to leave the nest, his son is angry, and his brother-in-law is drifting through life. Private worlds collide.