April 1988, Philippe Legorjus Verhandlungsspezialist und Chef einer Anti-Terror-Einheit, wird in den Pazifik abkommandiert. Rebellen haben im französischen Überseegebiet Neukaledonien einen Stützpunkt der Polizei überfallen und 30 Geiseln genommen. Neben Legorjus' Truppe werden auch 300 Soldaten entsandt. Während das Militär auf ein schnelles Eingreifen drängt, gewinnt Legorjus allmählich das Vertrauen des Anführers der Rebellen. Doch in Frankreich stehen bald Präsidentschaftswahlen an, und weder François Mitterand noch Jacques Chirac wollen vor ihrem Volk als Schwächlinge dastehen...
A fiercely active Communard, Louise Michel is condemned for taking arms against Bismarck. Along with thousands of other revolutionaries, she is deported to New Caledonia, whilst, back in Paris, a young parliamentarian Georges Clemenceau campaigns for a truce with the Communards. During her exile, Louise Michel becomes a teacher and wins the admiration of the other deportees, inspiring them to rise up against the colonial order….
Burning cars tells a paradox. New Caledonia is a dazzling mermaid with its blue-lagoon charms. But while crisscrossing this French Pacific island, I was struck by the underlying tension contained in this exotic paradise. Historical wounds, links of tortuous love with France, island microcosm and thorny juxaposition of societies with opposite values… The film explores a place, a universe.
A mother and her two sons. The farm life, hard but peaceful. Until everything changes and the trauma tears them apart.
A man attempts a daring escape after being drugged with a strange chemical in this impressive single-take action short that escalates to a helluva funny punchline.
A cabaret bar, somewhere in France in the 50s. The young Lilli who work to seduce, have a regular client: M Edouard. However one night she is teased by a beautiful unknown man. Nothing for her will be the same than before.
He is one of the last survivors of the epidemic which has depopulated New Caledonia and transformed Human beings into violent infected creatures. While all the other survivors get organized to run away the country and find safety elsewhere, he goes back to the city with an object in order to try to change the situation.