Brother And Sister
The death of a pair of siblings' parents forces them to cross paths after 20 years of avoiding one another.

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The Five Devils
Eight-year-old Vicky possesses a special power: a hyperacute sense of smell. She spends her days exploring this gift, and lives happily with her mother Joanne, a swimming teacher whom she adores exclusively - to the despair of her firefighter father. When her mysterious aunt Julia suddenly reappears in their lives, secrets from their past resurface both violently and magically.
The Green Perfume
Crime caper sees an actor caught up in international intrigue after the death of a member of his troupe.
Les Harkis
At the end of the 1950s, beginning of the 1960s, the war in Algeria continued. Salah, Kaddour and other destitute young Algerians join the French army as harkis.

M

Mother And Son
In the late 1980s, Rose moves from the Ivory Coast to the Paris suburbs with her two young sons, Ernest and Jean. Spanning 20 years from their arrival in France to the present day, the film is the chronicle of the construction and deconstruction of a family.
The Night Of The 12th
It is said that every investigator has a crime that haunts them, a case that hurts him more than the others, without him necessarily knowing why. For Yohan that case is the murder of Clara.
Other People's Children
A childless woman forms a deep bond with her boyfriend's young daughter.
Paris Memories
A woman is caught up in a Paris terror attack and three months on she tries to piece together her memory.

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Saturn Bowling
Police detective Guillaume decides to gift the family bowling alley to his estranged half-brother following the death of their father only for their elationship to become further strained by a series of murders.
Smoking Causes Coughing
Tobacco Force are superhero avengers, preparing for their clash with the mighty Lezardin. But what if the real horrors are the stories they tell to each other along the way?

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Winter Boy
Set over the course of one winter, a 17-year-old high school student struggles with grief.
The Worst Ones
Film within a film about a group of youngsters who are street cast and how it changes their lives.
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