How I Became a Superhero / Comment je suis devenu super-héros (2020)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Thriller
While superheroes have assimilated into Parisian society, a new drug gives super powers to mere mortals.
Starring: Pio Marmaï, Vimala Pons, Benoît Poelvoorde, Leïla Bekhti, Swann Arlaud
Director: Douglas Attal
Le grand bain / Sink or Swim (2018)
Comedy | Drama | Sport
It is in the corridors of their municipal swimming pool that Bertrand, Marcus, Simon, Laurent, Thierry and the others train under the relative authority of Delphine, former glory of the basins. Together, they feel free and helpful. They will put all their energy into a discipline previously owned by women: synchronized swimming. So, yes it's a weird idea, but this challenge will allow them to find meaning in their lives.
Starring: Mathieu Amalric, Guillaume Canet, Benoît Poelvoorde, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Virginie Efira, Leïla Bekhti, Marina Foïs, Philippe Katerine, Félix Moati, Alban Ivanov, Balasingham Thamilchelvan
Director: Gilles Lellouche
Nous trois ou rien / All Three of Us (2015)
Comedy | Drama
An Iranian family survives the shah and the ayatollah and moves to France. This story follows the family through it all. Despite the politics, revolution, prison, beatings, assassinations and suicides this is a comedy.
Starring: Kheiron, Leïla Bekhti, Gérard Darmon, Zabou Breitman
Director: Kheiron
La source des femmes / The Source (2011)
Comedy | Drama
A comedy/drama set in a village and centered on a battle of the sexes, where women threaten to withhold sexual favors if their men refuse to fetch water from a remote well.
Starring: Leila Bekhti, Hafsia Herzi, Hiam Abbass, Saleh Bakri, Biyouna
Director: Radu Mihaileanu
Tout ce qui brille / All That Glitters (2010)
Comedy
Two young ladies from France attempt to scale the ladder of Parisian society, but find that the new social circles have unexpectedly negative consequences, in this gentle, observant drama from first-time co-writer/director Geraldine Nakache. Close gal pals Lila (Leila Bekhti) and Ely (Nakache) may technically be "working class," but both hail from pleasant and stable families, in the quiet neighborhood of Puteaux, just outside of the City of Lights. The allure of the Paris elite is too strong for the women to resist, however, and they begin to pick up tips and tricks from a women's magazine on how to infiltrate haute society. Each girl carves a unique path for herself: Lila meets wealthy Maxx (Simon Buret) at a bar and attaches herself to him. Ely, on the other hand, takes a job babysitting the son of fashion photographer Agathe (Virginie Ledoyen) and her top model, Joan (Linh-Dan Pham), which means that the young woman gets to spend countless evenings with the child in a gorgeous apartment that boasts a spectacular view of The Eiffel Tower. But the new social circles begin to take their toll, both on a familial level – as when Ely's cabbie dad (Daniel Cohen) gets humiliated in front of his daughter's new friends – and on a romantic level, as when Lila lies to her Puteaux boyfriend about her real motives. And to make matters worse, the friendship between Lily and Ely begins to strain and crack under the pressure of each woman's headstrong social advancement.
Starring: Leïla Bekhti, Géraldine Nakache, Virginie Ledoyen, Linh Dan Pham, Simon Buret
Director: Hervé Mimran, Géraldine Nakache
