Benoît Poelvoorde – IDLIX

The Art of Being Happy

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 02:55:51 +0000

Jean-Yves Machond, a globally unknown and generally unhappy painter, decides one day to change his life. He seeks inspiration in a small Norman town, in order to design a masterpiece that will finally earn him glory and eternal recognition. But his meeting with local artists, from the warm Bagnoule to the skillful Cécile, will somewhat make him deviate from his path, and bring him face to face with his deepest dream: that of simply being a happy man.

Dead Weight

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 20:20:44 +0000

After winning the lottery, a convict must chase down the warden who has his winning ticket.

A Town Called Panic

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 18:33:38 +0000

Follows the everyday events of Cowboy, Indian and Horse in a small rural town as they go about their lives.

How to Make a Killing

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 20:25:46 +0000

Michel and Cathy, wed for longer than they can remember, lead a quiet but monotonous life in the mountains. When a bear bursts out in front of Michel’s car, accidentally killing two drug dealers and revealing a €2 million loot in the process, their life takes an unpredictable turn, especially when they decide to cover up the incident and keep the money! But their plan leads them to stumble upon an unexplained trail of dead bodies. More used to being honest than crooked, Michel and Cathy’s clumsy cover-up efforts soon put an interfering inspector hot on their trail.

Beating Hearts

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:41:16 +0000

Local rebellious teenager Clotaire falls for his schoolmate Jackie, but gang violence leads him to a darker destructive path. After years apart, the star-crossed lovers discover that every path they’ve taken leads them back together.

Adieu Paris

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 15:35:17 +0000

An old Parisian bistro with eternal charm. Eight gentlemen at the table, eight great figures. They were the “kings of Paris”… National treasures, masterpieces in peril. A well-honed ritual … A sense of humor and self-deprecation intact. Tenderness and cruelty. Eight old friends who hate and love each other. And suddenly an intruder …

The Colors of Fire

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 13:56:32 +0000

February 1927. The funeral of Marcel Péricourt, the most powerful banker in Paris. His daughter Madeleine must take the helm of the financial empire of which she is the heiress. But she has a son, Paul, who with an unexpected and tragic gesture will place her on the path to ruin.

Inexorable

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 09:56:45 +0000

Desperately seeking inspiration for the follow-up novel to his bestseller “Inexorable”, Marcel Bellmer moves in his wife’s old family mansion with his family.

Delete History

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 02:06:00 +0000

In a provincial suburb, three neighbours come to terms with the consequences of the new world of social media. Marie, who lives off her husband’s family allowance, is afraid of losing her son’s respect because of a sex tape. Bertrand can’t say no to advertising calls and is fighting to protect his daughter, who is being bullied online. Christine, after losing everything because of her addiction to TV series, wonders why her rating as an Uber driver is not taking off. These three lone fighters are incapable of finding a solution to their problems on their own — until they join forces to declare war on the tech giants.

My Father’s Stories

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 02:00:50 +0000

Lyon, 1960s. Emile is twelve years old. His father is a hero. He says he is a judo champ, a parachutist, a soccer player and even a personal advisor to General de Gaulle. Now he wants to save French Algeria! Fascinated and proud, Emile willingly follows his father in missions of utmost danger: tailing, spying, delivering top-secret letters. Emile carries out his orders in all seriousness. He even recruits Luca, a new classmate, into his secret combat. But what if the father’s exploits were all phony, and far too dangerous for children?