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Close (Country: Belgium, Netherlands, France; Year: 2022; Director: Lukas Dhont; Writer: Lukas Dhont, Angelo Tijssens; Stars: Émilie Dequenne, Léa Drucker, Kevin Janssens, Igor van Dessel, Marc Weiss, Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele)
Two best friends find their bond upset by schoolmates.
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Continental Drift (South) (Country: Switzerland, France; Year: 2022; Director: Lionel Baier; Writer: Lionel Baier, Julien Bouissoux, Laurent Larivière; Stars: Isabelle Carré, Théodore Pellerin, Ursina Lardi, Ivan Georgiev, Tom Villa, Daphne Scoccia, Mario Opinato, Indri Qyteza Shiroka, Adama Diop, Sebastiano Tinè, Maria Isabella Piana, Rosalinda Musumeci, Giuseppe Lo Piccolo, Massimo Cagnina, Nicolò Prestigiacomo)
Nathalie Adler is on a mission for the EU in Sicily. She organizes the next visit of Macron and Merkel to a migrant camp. Their presence has a high symbolic value to show that everything is under control. But who still wants to believe in this European family on the verge of a nervous breakdown? Probably not Albert, Nathalie's son, an NGO activist who arrives without warning.
For A Fistful Of Fries (Poulet frites) (Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2021; Director: Yves Hinant, Jean Libon; Writer: Yves Hinant, Jean Libon; Stars: Anne Gruwez, Jean-Michel Lemoine)
Inspector Lemoine is investigating a murder case in a dodgy district of Brussels. Kalima Sissou, an occasional street worker, has been murdered in her apartment. All signs point to Alain, a former butcher and her ex-boyfriend, except for his lack of recollection of that evening.
Full Time (A Plein Temps) (Country: France; Year: 2021; Director: Eric Gravel; Writer: Eric Gravel; Stars: Laure Calamy, Olivier Faliez, Lucie Gallo, Cyril Masson, Romain Ogerau, Laure Calamy, Olivier Faliez, Lucie Gallo, Cyril Masson, Romain Ogerau)
Julie goes to great lengths to raise her two children in the countryside while keeping her job in a Parisian luxury hotel. When she finally gets a job interview for a position she had long been hoping for, a national strike breaks out, leading to a race against time.
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Hard Shell, Soft Shell (Fragile) (Country: France; Year: 2021; Director: Emma Benestan; Writer: Nour Ben Salem, Emma Benestan; Stars: Yasin Houicha, Oulaya Amamra, Raphaël Quenard, Bilel Chegrani, Diong-Kéba Tacu, Tiphaine Daviot, Holy Fatma, Guillermo Guiz, Samira Sedira, Olivier Soula, Marion Guerrero, Tigrane Avedikian, Juliette Cardinski, Thomas Bricmont, Roméo De Lacour)
An oyster farmer tries to win back his love after a botched marriage proposal.
Love According To Dalva (Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2022; Director: Emmanuelle Nicot; Writer: Emmanuelle Nicot; Stars: Zelda Samson, Alexis Manenti, Fanta Guirassi, Marie Denarnaud, Jean-Louis Coulloc'h, Maia Sandoz, Sandrine Blancke, Charlie Drach, Roman Coustère Hachez)
Twelve-year-old Dalva lives with her father, whom she loves to no end. But his love for her is not purely parental, as a police raid reveals one evening. Dalva finds herself in foster care; a trial begins.
Two Of A Kind (Jumeaux mais pas trop) (Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Olivier Ducray, Wilfried Méance; Writer: Jean-Paul Bathany; Stars: Ahmed Sylla, Bertrand Usclat, Pauline Clément, Gérard Jugnot, Isabelle Gélinas, Nicolas Marié, Jean-Luc Bideau, Jean-Michel Lahmi, Marc Riso, Claude Perron, François Bureloup, Medi Sadoun, Amélie Prevot, Philippe Chaine, Elisabeth Duda)
Comedy about the intertwining lives of two unlikely twins.
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