Albatros
From one year to the next, the Cinémathèque québécoise takes the pulse of recent and current French cinema, in partnership with the Institut français, in order to follow the evolution of an increasingly diversified French production.
Laurent, a young police officer in a small town in Normandy, plans to marry Marie, with whom he has a daughter nicknamed Poulette. He loves his job despite the social misery he witnesses on a daily basis. Then one day, his life is thrown into turmoil when he accidentally kills a farmer threatening to commit suicide…
Xavier Beauvois
Xavier Beauvois is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. His film Don't Forget You're Going to Die was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize. His film Of Gods and Men received the Grand Prix and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. His 2014 film La rançon de la gloire was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival.
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Albatros by Xavier Beauvois | © Les films du Worso - Pathé Films
Albatros by Xavier Beauvois | © Les films du Worso - Pathé Films
Albatros by Xavier Beauvois | © Les films du Worso - Pathé Films
Albatros by Xavier Beauvois | © Les films du Worso - Pathé Films
Albatros by Xavier Beauvois | © Les films du Worso - Pathé Films
Albatros by Xavier Beauvois | © Les films du Worso - Pathé Films
Albatros by Xavier Beauvois | © Les films du Worso - Pathé Films
Albatros by Xavier Beauvois | © Les films du Worso - Pathé Films
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