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Foundation date 1 january 1986

Bac Films Distribution est une société de distribution cinématographique française basée à Paris, créé par Jean Labadie, Éric Heumann et Stéphane Sorlat en 1986.

Dès 1988, Vivendi entre dans le capital de la société à hauteur de 10 %, puis 20 %, et permet à la société de procéder à d'ambitieuses acquisitions. La success story débute en 1990 avec Sailor et Lula, Palme d'or au Festival de Cannes. Les sorties de Barton Fink et Tous les matins du monde en 1991, Indochine et Le Zèbre en 1992, La Leçon de piano en 1993 permettront de placer rapidement BAC Films au sommet de la distribution indépendante.

Bac Films entreprend en 1994 une diversification dans l'exploitation cinématographique avec la création de la société Les Écrans de Paris, en association avec Simon Simsi. En 1997, le pôle exploitation de salles est créé sous le nom Majestic, et le groupe se réorganise autour de la holding Alicar : Bac Films (distribution), Majestic (exploitation) et Séance Privée (événementiel). Premier distributeur en 1998, BAC Films créé Mars Films, qui lui permet alors d'assurer la diffusion de ses nombreuses acquisitions.

Le groupe est introduit en bourse en 2000 et prend le nom de Bac Majestic. Il connaît deux ans plus tard une grave crise financière, qui l'oblige à se séparer de sa branche exploitation. En 2003, la société Millimages devient actionnaire majoritaire de BAC Films. Jean Labadie, fondateur du groupe, en sera évincé en 2007. Roch Lener prend alors la direction de la société.

En octobre 2013, la société est à nouveau cédée, David Grumbach en est le nouveau Président.

Le catalogue est constitué aussi bien de titres étrangers que français. BAC films a distribué plus de 420 films depuis sa création, dont 9 ont obtenu la Palme d'or au Festival de Cannes. Le dernier en date est The Square, Palme d'or en 2017.

BAC Films fait partie du syndicat DIRE, qui regroupe plusieurs distributeurs indépendants tels que Diaphana, Pyramide Distribution, Memento Films ou Rezo Films.

Best films

Good Will Hunting (1998) Pulp Fiction (1994) Scream 2 (1997) Scream 3 (2000) U-571 (2000) The Pianist (2002)
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Filmography of BAC Films (108 films)

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The Reader
The Reader (2009)
, 2h4
Directed by Stephen Daldry
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Lena Olin, Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara Claudia Paolina

Berlin in 1995. Michael Berg watches an U-Bahn pass by—then flashing back to a tram in 1958 Neustadt. A 15-year-old Michael (David Kross) gets off because he feels sick and wanders the streets, pausing in the entryway of a nearby apartment building where he vomits. Hanna Schmitz (Kate Winslet), a tram conductor, comes in and helps him return home.
Round Da Way, 1h36
Directed by Emmanuel Klotz
Origin German
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes La banlieue française, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Le thème des vacances
Actors Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Omar Sy, Fred Testot, Gilles Lellouche, Frédérique Bel

À Condé-sur-Ginette, situé en Seine-Saint-Denis, Tony Merguez et José Frelate, deux potes de banlieue, sont prêts à partir en vacances d'été à Santo Rico, mais se font arnaquer et ne pourront pas passer leur vacances comme ils voulaient, et devront rester à Condé-sur-Ginette. Pour rattraper le coup, Tony va tenter de se faire de l'argent en travaillant pour Zoran, la brute épaisse du quartier. Ce dernier l'engage pour vendre de l'herbe. De son côté, José, hébergé chez sa cousine Jenny, se voit proposer par cette dernière de travailler pour le juge Santiépi, le père de Clémence, en effectuant des travaux dans le manoir de celui-ci. Pendant ce temps, Narbé et Sammy partent en vacances, mais pas à Santo Rico. À l'aéroport, les deux amis sont maîtrisés par les agents de sûreté, puis se retrouvent dans un parc aquatique.
Youth in Revolt, 1h30
Directed by Miguel Arteta
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Michael Cera, Portia Doubleday, Jean Smart, Mary Kay Place, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Long

Shy, socially inept teenager Nick Twisp lives with his mother, Estelle, and her boyfriend, Jerry, in Oakland, California. When Jerry owes money to a group of sailors, he takes Estelle and Nick to a trailer park in Clearlake where Nick meets Sheeni Saunders, a bright young woman his age, with an interest in French culture and who shares Nick's musical taste. Despite Sheeni's boyfriend, Trent Preston, they become romantically involved. Nick purchases a dog for Sheeni named Albert (after Albert Camus), but the dog rips up the family bible and Sheeni's parents ban it from the house.
A Christmas Tale, 2h30
Directed by Arnaud Desplechin
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Christmas films, Films about cancer
Actors Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Mathieu Amalric, Anne Consigny, Melvil Poupaud, Émile Berling

Junon Vuillard is Abel Vuillard's wife, and the iron-willed matriarch of the Vuillard family. Junon held her family together through many tough times, and although her willpower helped the family survive and prosper, it also has left many bad feelings among her children. Junon is still a handsome woman, and though her husband (who owns a small fabric dying plant) has become obese and clearly aged, he retains a remarkable clarity, acceptance, tolerance, and unconditional love for his family, and it is clear that he and their love for each other is the lynchpin that holds an otherwise fragmented family together, albeit uneasily.
Room of Death, 1h53
Directed by Alfred Lot
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Mélanie Laurent, Éric Caravaca, Gilles Lellouche, Jonathan Zaccaï, Céline Sallette, Laurence Côte

Une nuit, deux jours avant Noël, dans la banlieue de Dunkerque, deux amis, informaticiens mis au chômage par un plan social, se vengent sur l'entreprise qui vient de les licencier en taguant ses locaux.
Flight of the Red Balloon, 1h55
Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about children
Actors Juliette Binoche, Hippolyte Girardot, Anna Sigalevitch

Suzanne, a puppeteer, lives with her young son Simon in an apartment in Paris. While her daughter Louise is away in Brussels and she is worried over a financial battle with her tenant, Marc, Suzanne hires a Chinese filmmaker named Song as Simon's new nanny.
Treasure Island
Directed by Alain Berberian
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, L'Or
Actors Gérard Jugnot, Alice Taglioni, Jean-Paul Rouve, Vincent Rottiers, Michael Culkin, Cyrille Eldin

Au XVIII siècle, une bande d'individus venus d'horizons différents, parmi lesquels un méchant pirate, une aristocrate joueuse ainsi qu'un chirurgien, entament un périple en bateau à la recherche d'un trésor. Pour chacun, l'ambition secrète de s'emparer du trésor ; mais la soif de l'or nuit gravement à la santé.
A Prairie Home Companion, 1h45
Directed by Robert Altman, Paul Thomas Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Films about angels, Musical films
Actors Marylouise Burke, Woody Harrelson, Garrison Keillor, L. Q. Jones, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Kline

A long-running live radio show is in danger of being canceled by new owners of the company that holds both radio station "WLT" and the theater where the show is broadcast. The film takes place on the night of the show's last performance. The show has two visitors: an angel calling herself Asphodel (Virginia Madsen) comes to comfort the people who work on the show and to escort one of them to the afterlife, while "the Axeman" (Tommy Lee Jones), a representative of the new owners, arrives to judge whether the show should be canceled. He makes it clear that the show is not what he considers modern popular programming, and though he too is escorted by the angel, the show is shut down anyway. In an epilogue at the end of the film the former cast members are reunited at Mickey's Diner. Their conversation pauses as they are joined by Asphodel.
Reeker
Reeker (2005)
, 1h30
Directed by Dave Payne
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Serial killer films, Le désert
Actors Devon Gummersall, Derek Richardson, Arielle Kebbel, Eric Mabius, Michael Ironside, Scott Whyte

The film opens with a family driving down a desert highway. The mother and son are playing I spy when they hit a deer. The dad gets out and walks towards the bushes and comes back with half his face gone. The family is attacked by something foul-smelling.
Coffee and Cigarettes, 1h35
Directed by Jim Jarmusch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Anthology film, Musical
Actors Roberto Benigni, Steven Wright, Joie Lee, Cinqué Lee, Steve Buscemi, Iggy Pop

Les interlocuteurs discutent de sujets aussi variés que la caféine, les glaces à l'eau, Abbott et Costello, les théories du complot contre Elvis Presley, l'art de préparer le thé anglais, les inventions de Nikola Tesla, le groupe rock imaginaire Sqürl, le Paris des années 1920 ou l'utilisation de la nicotine comme insecticide.
The Bridesmaid, 1h46
Directed by Claude Chabrol
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Benoît Magimel, Laura Smet, Michel Duchaussoy, Aurore Clément, Bernard Le Coq, Solène Bouton

Philippe (Magimel) lives on the outskirts of Nantes with his mother Christine (Clément) who is a hairdresser and with his two younger sisters. One day, a local girl mysteriously disappears. Soon after, Philippe's mother introduces her children to Gerard (Le Coq) -- a wealthy local businessman who appears interested in pursuing her. She gives him a sculpture of the Roman goddess Flora that Philippe had given her which was in the family garden.
Red Lights
Red Lights (2004)
, 1h46
Directed by Cédric Kahn
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Carole Bouquet, Mylène Demongeot, Vincent Deniard, Jean-Pierre Gos, Sava Lolov

One summer mid-afternoon, Antoine (Darroussin) leaves his insurance firm job to meet up with his wife Hélène (Bouquet), as they are to fetch their kids (somewhere distant, but it is not explained as to exactly where they are or who they’re with), and then head on to his in-laws in the ‘Basque Country’ for two weeks vacation, and he wants to beat the traffic (and the two million cars that will be on the road). They arrange to meet at a local bar, but she is late arriving and it gets on his nerves. When she does arrive, it’s clear their relations have been strained for some time.
Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem, 1h8
Directed by Daisuke Nishio
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Musical theatre, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Thomas Bangalter

The story begins on an alien planet where four blue-skinned music stars are performing the song "One More Time" to a similarly blue-skinned audience. At the end of the song, a team of humanoid troops infiltrate the concert and subdue everyone with gas. The band's male guitarist attempts to escape, but gets caught while running away. All four musicians are kidnapped and beamed aboard a large space vessel ("Aerodynamic").
The Cooler
The Cooler (2003)
, 1h41
Directed by Wayne Kramer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors William H. Macy, Alec Baldwin, Maria Bello, Shawn Hatosy, Ron Livingston, Paul Sorvino

Unlucky Bernie Lootz (William H. Macy) has little positive going for him: he lives in a dreary place-a studio apartment in a rundown motel staged near the Las Vegas Strip; he can't recall the last time he had physical contact with a woman; he's indebted to the Shangri-La casino boss Shelly Kaplow (Alec Baldwin), who years earlier cured him of a gambling habit by breaking his kneecap. Kaplow had also paid Lootz' casino debts, and Bernie has been working off that large debt to Shelly for several years and the debt is nearly paid off. Lootz is weary of the casino business, and tells Kaplow he is leaving Las Vegas soon. His future success as a luck "cooler" is changed when cocktail waitress Natalie Belisario (Maria Bello) seemingly takes an interest in him, and his luck — and that of those around him — takes a turn for the better. What Bernie doesn't know yet is that Shelly has paid Natalie to seduce him into staying and working at the Shangri-La. What Shelly doesn't know is that Natalie actually has fallen in love with Bernie, and vice versa. Additional complications arise when Shelly, a relative old-timer who resents the Disneyfication of Vegas, resists the efforts of new Shangri-La owner advisers, including Ivy League graduate and condescending upstart Larry Sokolov (Ron Livingston), to update the casino hotel property and bring it into the 21st century.