Director: Bruno Podalydès (2009)
A black banner hanging beneath a window reads: “Lonely man”. Is it a cry from the heart, a call for help? The workers in the office opposite ask themselves this question. They try to find out what it’s all about. On the same day, in the “Square des Francines”, lovers, lonely people, [...]
Director: Alain Guiraudie (2009)
Armand Lacourtade, 43, an agricultural equipment salesman, is sick of life as a single gay man. After meeting Curly, a brash teenage girl, he goes straight. With all kinds of people on their tails, they defy every danger to be together in their forbidden love. But is this really what Armand dreamed [...]
Director: Nassim Amaouche (2009)
In the middle of nowhere, an inner city neighborhood that has been deserted by it’s inhabitants several years ago. And yet, some people have decided to stay, more by choice than necessity, because they were either born, or grew up there. Amongst them is Francis, a conscientious factory worker who continues to [...]
Director: Ivan Calbérac (2009)
A 12 year old girl and her 8 year old brother live one week with their mother and the next week with their father. Each child must cope in the only ways they know.
With: Mathilde Seigner, Bernard Campan, Bertille Chabert, Grégori Derangère, Judith Davis, Danielle Lebrun, Jean-Baptiste Fonck.
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Director: Caroline Bottaro (2009)
A hotel maid is captivated by a romantic couple playing chess while staying at the Mediterranean island hotel where she works. The doctor whose house she cleans reluctantly becomes her mentor in the game, leading her to a chess tournament and initiating major transformations in her life.
With: Sandrine Bonnaire, Kevin Kline, Valérie [...]