The best Jo Prestia’s drama movies

Jo Prestia

Jo Prestia

05/06/1960 (63 años)
Today we present the best Jo Prestia’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Jo Prestia’s movies.

Irreversible

Irreversible
7.3/10
Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in the underpass. Her boyfriend and ex-lover take matters into their own hands and subsequently seek revenge upon the assailant. A simultaneously beautiful and terrible examination of the destructive nature of cause and effect, and how time destroys everything.

Colt 45

Colt 45
5.8/10
Vincent Miles, a gunsmith and shooting instructor at the National Police, is an expert in combat shooting who stubbornly refuses to join a field brigade, a choice which their colleagues do not understand. When he meets Milo Cardena, a mysterious and skilled cop, his life changes in such way that he cannot ignore his true nature anymore.

Ares

Ares
6.2/10
In a near future, the world order has changed. With its 10 millions of unemployed citizens, France has now become a poor country. Its people wavers between rebellion and resignation and find an outlet in the shape of TV broadcast ultra brutal fights in which the players are legally doped and unscrupulous.

36th Precinct

36th Precinct
7.1/10
The film takes place in Paris, where two cops are competing for the vacant seat of chief of police while in the middle of a search for a gang of violent thieves. The movie is directed by Olivier Marchal, a former police officer who spent 12 years with the French police before creating this story, which is taken in part from real facts that happened during the 1980s in France.

The Dreamlife of Angels

The Dreamlife of Angels
7.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 16/10/1998
  • Character: Fredo
In Lille, two penniless young women with few prospects become friends. Isa moves in with Marie, who's flat-sitting for a mother and child in hospital in comas following a car crash. Isa is out-going, unskilled, with hopes of moving south to warmer climes. Marie usually is either angry or detached. Then, while Isa begins to visit the child in whose flat they live, going to hospital to read to her, Marie slowly falls for a rich youth. At first Marie keeps him at bay, then she not only pursues him, she begins to dream he is her life's love. When Isa tries to warn Marie, their friendship flounders. How will Marie handle the inevitable? And once they lose the flat, where will they go?

Grande école

Grande école
5.7/10
Paul and Agnes have been going out for quite a while and Agnes is shocked to learn that he'd rather live with two roommates on campus than move in with her. As soon as he meets one of his roommates, Louis-Anault, Paul's behavior changes - he is attracted to Louis without realizing so himself. Agnes, on the other hand, gets quite jealous and offers a bet: Whoever gets to have Louis-Anault first, wins... If she does, Paul will no longer explore his homosexual desires, if he does - she'll walk away. Meanwhile, Paul meets Mecir, a young Arab worker, who shows him there's more to life than elite colleges...

Fureur

Fureur
4.7/10
Samuel Le Bihan (”Brotherhood of the Wolf”) stars as Raphael Ramirez, an ex-boxing champ who now trains his young brother Manu (Yann Tregouet) to take up the mantle. Fate intervenes when Tony (Bounsy Luang Phinith), Raphael’s ex-rival, returns to town to wed his reluctant fianc’e Chinh (Nan Yu). As soon as Chinh and Raphael meet, sparks fly, and soon the two are sneaking out together. Of course this doesn’t sit well with either Tony or Chinh’s Chinese guardians, who have essentially sold her to Tony’s wealthy family. Adding to the mix is Chinh’s brother Noi (Samart Payakarun), who has come to France with the promise of a work permit to be supplied by Tony. That is, if the wedding takes place as planned.

Cosimo and Nicole

Cosimo and Nicole
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 29/11/2012
  • Character: Jean
Cosimo is Italian, Nicole French. They meet in Genoa during the G8 protests and immediately fall in love. Swept off their feet by an overwhelming and uncontrollable passion, they decide never to part. After much wandering they decide to return to Genoa, where they start working for a friend of theirs who organises concerts. Things seem to be going well until a tragic accident almost sours their relationship, as a result of which they’re faced with two options that can change their future. Forever.

Vent mauvais

Vent mauvais
5.9/10

The Little Thief

The Little Thief
7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 12/09/1999
  • Character: Tony
In this French drama, a teenager falls into a life of crime, little realizing the consequences. S. is a moody young man who loses his job at a bakery, and decides to throw in his lot with a group of thieves about the same age as himself. S. and his cronies are strictly small-timers, pulling off second-rate break-ins for an older crime boss, but his willingness to do what he's told helps him rise up the ladder to bigger and more lucrative jobs. However, S. lacks the maturity or experience to deal with the risks, and after a few disastrous mistakes, he finds his fortunes sinking far faster than they rose.

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