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Psychological drama about a young, inexperienced film reviewer who falls for the charms of a well-established female colleague.

A detective enjoying a quiet holiday in southern France finds himself caught up in an intriguing mystery.
D

A car dealer and a hapless burglar go on a road trip across Belgium.

A French producer struggles to balance completing his roster of films with the demands of his young family.

A fiftysomething woman who hires a gigolo finds their relationship becomes unexpectedly complex.

A lawyer in a high-profile trial falls for a local weathergirl... much to the concern of the bodyguard who has been hired to protect him.
I

Existential comedy told in four vignettes linked by a roadside cafe.

Tati's debut about a postman who sees a newsreel about the US mail system and decides to upgrade his deliveries, with comic consequences.
M

Monsieur Hulot becomes caught up in an American tourist invasion of Paris.

An illiterate teenager struggles when he is sent to jail, but after embarking on a series of "missions" for a gang leader, he begins to hatch plans of his own.

Ensemble film that sees a regular day at the office shattered when the staff notice a banner on the building opposite reading: Man Alone.
R

Two penniless young men try to pick up young women and after one agrees to go with them to a dancehall things turn sour.

A skint young man takes a job dressing as santa to raise cash to by a duffle coat.

Portrait of French 'outsider' artist Séraphine de Senlis.
V

A Kurdish boy from Iraq trying to reach the UK strikes up an unusual friendship with a middle-aged Frenchman.

59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
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