Movies: Alex Descas

4-year-old malnourished Adam is admitted to hospital off the back of a court ruling. Head paediatric nurse Lucy allows Adam’s mum Rebecca to stay by her son’s side, despite the strictly limited visiting times set by the judge. When Rebecca digs her h...

One of a series of short films inspired by paintings. In this video, Jacques de Loustal's Le Contemplatif or "Duo"....

Based on a play by Wole Soyinka, The Strong Breed, SO BE IT offers an emotionally searing allegory of present-day Africa's bloody internecine convulsions....

After much hesitation, a gigolo decides to take a shot of a radical remedy to save his failing virility....

Having arrived in Paris in 1985, Hector did everything to be like “them”. In a notebook he finds in his flat, he crosses out a list of things he should do or pay attention to if he wants to become part of the French elite. In a painful dialogue with ...

Thomas, an architect, discovers that he made a serious mistake on a building site. As he attempts to destroy compromising documents, it is the world around him that mysteriously begins to disappear. No one seems to escape this fantastic gear, not eve...

"Tag!" - About the American malaria researcher Nkruma who arrives with a family to Gothenburg for a lecture at Sahlgrenska Hospital. Nkruma ends up in a strange prank. The adults play tag in the streets. Nkruma refuses to participate in the game. Thi...

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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 man with a strong character....

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