Alex Descas Movies

  • 1995
    The Great White of Lambarene

    The Great White of Lambarene

    The Great White of Lambarene

    51995HD

    Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965), the mission doctor, theologian and philosopher who founded a hospital in the rainforests of Gabon, achieved sainthood...

    The Great White of Lambarene
  • 2002
    Vers Nancy

    Vers Nancy

    Vers Nancy

    82002HD

    A train conversation between an immigrant French woman and novelist Jean-Luc Nancy centering on the idea of intrusion within every foreigner (a more...

    Vers Nancy
  • 2021
    Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté

    Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté

    Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté

    102021HD

    Frantz Fanon alone embodies all the issues of French colonial history. Martinican resistance fighter, he enlisted, like millions of colonial...

    Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
  • 1995
    The Heart's Cry

    The Heart's Cry

    The Heart's Cry

    51995HD

    This drama focuses upon the psychological adjustment problems of a young boy whose family moves him from Africa to Paris, France. Moctar, a boy whose...

    The Heart's Cry
  • 2014
    Voilà l'enchaînement

    Voilà l'enchaînement

    Voilà l'enchaînement

    5.82014HD

    With two actors and no sets, master filmmaker Claire Denis traces the arc of a strained relationship, with a focus on race and language. In this...

    Voilà l'enchaînement
  • 2024
    Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants

    Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants

    Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants

    72024HD

    In the Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya drought is a menace to both humans and animals. This documentary follows two Elephant Guardians in...

    Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants
  • 2007
    Elf, Kings of Oil

    Elf, Kings of Oil

    Elf, Kings of Oil

    02007HD

    In 1988, supported by François Mitterrand, Loïk Le Floch-Prigent ran for the presidency of Elf. Alfred Sirven, through Christine...

    Elf, Kings of Oil
  • 1996
    Clubbed to Death

    Clubbed to Death

    Clubbed to Death

    6.1541996HD

    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
  • 2004
    The Man Who Came From Elsewhere

    The Man Who Came From Elsewhere

    The Man Who Came From Elsewhere

    62004HD

    At the end of 19th century, Doctor Pierre Adélaïde, born in Martinique, gets to a small village in Charente to take over from a...

    The Man Who Came From Elsewhere
  • 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
  • 2004
    Nord-plage

    Nord-plage

    Nord-plage

    02004HD

    Portrait of Nord-Plage, a small neighborhood in the north of Martinique, which is slowly dying, and its last inhabitants, who have put aside their...

    Nord-plage
  • 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
  • 1995
    The Masturbators

    The Masturbators

    The Masturbators

    11995HD

    Images of the Port Dauphine subway terminus are accompanied by a text read aloud about masturbation (branler is slang for jacking off) in this short...

    The Masturbators
  • 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?
  • 1995
    Un si joli bouquet

    Un si joli bouquet

    Un si joli bouquet

    01995HD

    A young investigative journalist is about to publish a book with revelations about power and corruption. Three days before her television appearance,...

    Un si joli bouquet
  • 2007
    Déjà vu

    Déjà vu

    Déjà vu

    02007HD

    Déjà vu
  • 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
  • 2014
    Madeleine d’entre les Morts

    Madeleine d’entre les Morts

    Madeleine d’entre les Morts

    02014HD

    In Madeleine Among the Dead, Bonello wanted to tell Hitchcock’s Vertigo from the perspective of Madeleine (played by Kim Novak), not Scottie...

    Madeleine d’entre les Morts
  • 1998
    In a Memory of a Film Gone By

    In a Memory of a Film Gone By

    In a Memory of a Film Gone By

    01998HD

    A film about the creation of director Šarūnas Bartas's feature film and the mysterious atmosphere of the filming location.

    In a Memory of a Film Gone By
  • 2008
    Négropolitain

    Négropolitain

    Négropolitain

    02008HD

    Carl is about to spend his first day with the police. To facilitate his entry into the trade, the divisional commissioner assigned him with Alain, a...

    Négropolitain