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Crawl
France, 2012, 95 min.
Martin, a petty crook struggling to make ends meet, falls hopelessly for Gwen, a young woman with a passion for swimming, but circumstances quickly becomes complicated. Life in a windswept seaside town in Brittany is explored with compassion in this impressive, atmospheric debut feature.... more
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The Dandelions
France, 2012, 89 min.
Nine-year-old Rachel Gladstein is burdened by her overbearing yet extremely loving parents. When the rambunctious Valérie befriends Rachel at school, the Gladstein’s lives are turned upside-down. A carefree and humorous film with a charming cameo from Isabella Rossellini.... more
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Dreamers
France, 2012, 90 min.
The script comes first! Explore the poetic journey from ideas and words to images, through the insights of some of the best filmmakers on the planet, including Jacques Audiard, Guillermo Arriaga, James Gray, Emir Kusturica and John Boorman.... more
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Elephants
France, 2012, 86 min.
A funeral triggers a shift within a group of close friends. Intimacies unravel; new bonds are forged; everyday life unfolding in this affecting, quiet and poetic drama, the first feature by French artist Emmanuel Saada.... more
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The Intouchables
France, 2011, 112 min.
The year’s biggest French hit (and Oscar submission) has also struck a chord with North American audiences. Francois Cluzet is the quadriplegic aristocrat who hires a young man from the projects (Omar Sy) to look after him. It’s funny, moving, a film that works.... more
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Playground Chronicles
France, 2012, 85 min.
Brahim Fritah conveys the magic of childhood through whimsical visuals in this comedic chronicle of 10-year-old Brahim’s adventures in the Parisian suburbs, circa 1980. With charm to burn, its evocation of those last, best days of youth is warmly infectious.... more
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Renoir
France, 2012, 111 min.
Set on the Côte d’Azur, Gilles Bourdos’s lyrical, visually gorgeous period piece examines the effects teenaged model Andrée (Christa Theret) has on the lives of Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Michel Bouquet) and his soon-to-be filmmaker-son Jean (Vincent Rottiers).... more
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Rust and Bone
France, 2011, 120 min.
Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts star in this overwhelming, intensely physical and surprisingly erotic melodrama from the director of A Prophet – a love story between a bouncer turned bare knuckle fighter and a woman coming to terms with life after a terrible injury.... more
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Suicide Shop
France, 2012, 79 min.
In this cheerfully morbid and delightfully dour animated musical from Patrice Leconte (Girl on the Bridge, Ridicule), a family in the assisted suicide business is faced with a dreadful dilemma: their son and heir is incurably cheerful, optimistic and life-loving.... more
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