Justin Taurand

Production

Justin Taurand

Acting credits

Behind the camera

The Beast poster
6.3

In the near future where emotions have become a threat, Gabrielle finally decides to purify her DNA in a machine that will immerse her in her past lives and rid her of any strong feelings. She then meets Louis and feels a powerful connection, as if she had known him forever.

The Beast

2024

The Hunchback poster
5.8

A delirious sci-fi riff on the Arabian Nights' 'Tale of the Hunchback', that submerges us in a technological dystopia reigned by Dalaya.com, a mega-corporation that forces its employees to 'relax' at company-run medieval reenactments.

The Hunchback

2016

Along Came Love poster
6.5

1947. On a beach, Madeleine, a waitress in a hotel restaurant, mother of a little boy, meets François, a rich and cultivated student. The force of attraction that pushes them towards each other is commensurate with the secrecy that each carries. If we know what Madeleine wants to leave behind by following this young man, we discover over time, what François is desperately trying to flee by mixing Madeleine's fate with his.

Along Came Love

2023

Heal the Living poster
6.5

The intersecting lives of teens on a surfing trip, a woman with a weak heart and two teams of doctors and medical experts.

Heal the Living

2016

Aline poster
3.3

Alban lives in a ski resort with his mother. Each night, the teenager slips away to meet up with Julien – this boy who curiously has the same name as the hero of the novel Alban is devouring.

Aline

2019

Tree House poster
NR

All summer long, four teenagers gather illegally in a military zone to build a hut. But school will soon begin again and the golden days of cabin-building are coming to an end.

Tree House

2016

Coma poster
5.7

Amidst a period of unprecedented world events, an eighteen-year-old girl’s life is placed on hold. Isolated in her bedroom, she falls under the spell of the mysterious vlogger Patricia Coma. As time carries on, the lines between her dreams, fears, hopes, and reality begin to blur into one another.

Coma

2022

Spirit of Ecstasy poster
5.5

A gender-questioning stock market trader is determined to make it in the world of finance — not for the glory or wealth, but because it's leading them on the path to freedom.

Spirit of Ecstasy

2023

Where the Boys Are poster
3.4

A few girls in an apartment. Across the street men are building a mosque.

Where the Boys Are

2009

Diamantino poster
6.1

A disgraced soccer star seeks redemption but is exploited by a variety of causes hoping to capitalize on his celebrity.

Diamantino

2018

Faithful poster
6.1

1956. Algeria is a French colony. Fernand and Helene are madly in love. Fernand is an activist, fighting for independence alongside the Algerians. Helene is fighting for Fernand’s life. History will irrevocably change the course of their destiny.

Faithful

2022

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Celles qui parlaient tout le temps

The Medium poster
4.6

Michael, a young medium, falls in love with Alice, who is shaken by the recent death of her life companion. The two are forced to confront their "ghosts" in order to get their lives back on track.

The Medium

2024

Before Words poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Before Words

2010

Terror, Sisters! poster
6.5

Today is a day like any other for Kalthoum and her girlfriends. They sip cocktails, look for sex on the Internet, impatiently wait for love and once again, endure the transphobic insults of strangers. But today it’s not going to be like that: the four transgender friends will imagine their revenge.

Terror, Sisters!

2019

Just Don't Think I'll Scream poster
6.8

January 2016. The love story that brought me to this village in Alsace where I live ended six months ago. At 45, I am now alone, without a car, a job or any real prospects, surrounded by luxuriant nature, the proximity of which is not enough to calm the deep distress into which I am plunged. I am lost and I watch four to five films a day. I decide to record this stagnation, not by picking up a camera but by editing shots from the stream of films I watch.

Just Don't Think I'll Scream

2019

The Marvelous Misadventures of the Stone Lady poster
4.0

Tired of being a banal architectural ornamental, a sculpture runs from the Louvre to confront real life on the streets of Paris.

The Marvelous Misadventures of the Stone Lady

2019

Car Wash poster
NR

During the time it takes for their vehicle to go through the car wash, a couple stands outside, exchanging some apparently harmless dialogue. Once the car is through the wash, we see them get back into the car, where their daughter had remained, and leave. We then understand that they will seperate.

Car Wash

2005

The Sinkholes poster
5.4

Five gigantic sinkholes have recently been discovered on a remote plateau on the other side of the world. A team of experts has made the trip to descend into the depths. Among them is professor Georges Lebrun, who has come with his wife.

The Sinkholes

2012

Vandal poster
6.7

15-year-old Chérif feels like a million bucks behind the wheel of a stolen car. Placed under the guardianship of his Aunt and Uncle, he has to return to his apprenticeship as a mason. It's his last chance. But every night graffiti artists descend upon the city's walls. And with this, a whole new world opens up before him...

Vandal

2013

Premier anniversaire poster
NR

One year after the death of his father, a young boy makes the journey to province to meet his grandparents who he does not know, to try to convince them to give him his father's ashes. With his father's friend, he looks for the right place to release his father by scattering his ashes.

Premier anniversaire

2010

A Brief History of Princess X poster
6.9

A look back at the history of Brancusi's futuristic golden bronze phallus "Princess X" that is in fact a bust of Napoleon's incredible great-niece, Marie Bonaparte.

A Brief History of Princess X

2016

Mescaline poster
7.5

Under the influence of a hallucinogenic cactus, a couple of French comes to introduce, like a virus, into a Mexican landscape whose practices, codes and uses they do not know.

Mescaline

2018

Quand nous étions punk poster
4.3

The day begins. Louis, 25, takes a cab to Roissy airport to welcome Lacey, who's arriving from New York.

Quand nous étions punk

2004