Starfish(2006)

Starfish is a French drama about Marc, a fisherman and part-time parking attendant who lives with his wife Camille and daughter in an isolated house on the Estérel coast. The family sustains itself through Marc's daily catch and modest wages, existing peacefully on the margins of society. Their precarious freedom unravels when a local gendarme intervenes, forcing the family to confront the fragility of their chosen life. The film captures the tension between self-sufficiency and state authority, exploring how those living outside conventional systems face pressure to conform. With its coastal setting and intimate focus on family bonds, Starfish examines the cost of independence and the quiet resistance of those determined to live on their own terms.