Jean-Claude Montheil
Writing
Known For
A man has sex with another without using a condom, while struggling with feelings of doubt and guilt.
One Moment...

Different aspects of homosexual romance are explored in this compendium of ten short vignettes encompassing a broad look at AIDS and range for the tale of a lesbian teen trying to come out to her parents, to a gay man who shocks his lover by claiming to be pregnant, to another man's reminiscence of a brief affair with an HIV-positive man.
Love Reinvented

At the age of forty, Antoine Lahoud is still defending petty criminals who are entitled only to legal aid. He still has a quixotic notion of his mission but, lately, his little income and his arduous working conditions have been eroding his idealism. So, when Henry Marsac, a leading (but seemingly corrupt), professional colleague, offers him to work on bigger and more lucrative cases, he ends up accepting. Little does he know what Marsac is up to...
Legal Aid

A husband wants to win back his wife, even though she has been living with her lesbian lover for six months.
Eros Therapy

At the start of the new millennium, mysterious things are going on in Paris. People are disappearing, just like that, without explanation. They vanish into thin air and are never seen again.
FantĂ´mes

Few of the characteristics that can be associated with Jean Paul Civyrac can be seen in his first film, a 14 minute short feature. Inevitably, considering its short length, the film is necessarily very much a character study, since there is little room to develop much in the way of a plot. Luc (Jean Descanvelle) is a young man who is determined to do things his own way and consequently conflicts with everyone he meets. He doesn’t give a damn what anyone thinks, isn’t interested in any advice they might have to give and is not interested in assistance from friends or family. He is going to do things his way, and do whatever it takes to make money, which is mainly performing sexual favours for any man who is willing to pay for it.
Life According to Luke
French filmmaker Claire Doyon makes her feature-length writing and directing debut with the drama Les Lionceaux, which translates to "Little Lions," but is given the English language title Sleep Tight. Lisa Lacroix and Marie Felix play two seemingly feral teenage sisters who inhabit a deserted island with their estranged parents. Soon a guy washes up on shore and changes things. Sleep Tight was shown at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.
Sleep Tight

This is the story of a young man at the dawn of the 21st century. He belongs to the most vulnerable, most futile and most appealing segment of society. Raoul flits from woman to woman, searching for seemingly unattainable love, until he meets Jeanne, who is fated to live freely and tragically.
Man's Gentle Love

A strange man is involved in a village massacre and drug dealing.
No Rest for the Brave

Paul returns home to the family farm and rediscovers the people and places of his childhood.
Boyhood Loves

Pierre's wife, Madeleine, is dead, but he still sees her in his dreams. One day, his younger brother, Baptiste, comes back to live with him. A new life is possible, but Eva, Baptiste's wife, comes back and divides the two brothers.
The Lonely

A young technician arrives at a French factory that is about to be closed down to dismantle a piece of machinery so that it can be transported for use at another location.
That Old Dream That Moves

A job like any other, for those who get up, go to bed, and collect their money.
La ronde

The peaceful lives of Antoine and the dowser Noé are disrupted by the irruption of a woman they find crying on the side of the road.