Axelle Ropert

“Ropert isn’t particularly known outside of France, but she should be.” – The New York Times

“One of contemporary French cinema’s most intriguing auteurs.” – Criterion

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Petite Solange (2021)

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.

with Jade Springer, Léa Drucker, Philippe Katerine, Grégoire Montana-Haroche

The Apple of My Eye (2016)

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?

with Antonin Fresson, Chloé Astor, Swann Arlaud, Laurent Mothe, Thierry Gibault, Camille Cayol, Serge Bozon, Jean-Charles Clichet, Grégoire Montana

Miss and the Doctors (2013)

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.

with Louise Bourgoin, Cédric Kahn, Laurent Stocker, Paula Denis, Serge Bozon, Camille Cayol, Jean-Pierre Petit, Alexandre Wu, Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus.

The Wolberg Family (2009)

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.

with François Damiens, Valérie Benguigui, Léopoldine Serre, Valentin Vigourt