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Dining alone in an elegant Parisian brasserie, accountant Daniel Mercier can hardly believe his eyes when President Francois Mitterrand sits down to eat at the table next to him. After the presidential party has gone, Daniel discovers that Mitterrand's black felt hat has been left behind. Daniel decides to keep the hat as a souvenir, and as he leaves the restaurant, he begins to feel somehow different.
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"Heroic bookseller Laurent Letellier comes across an abandoned handbag on a Parisian street. There's nothing in the bag to indicate who it belongs to, although there's all sorts of other things in it. Laurent feels a strong impulse to find the owner and tries to puzzle together who she might be from the contents of the bag. Especially a red notebook with her jottings, which really makes him want to meet her. Without even a name to go on, and only...
3) Vintage 1954
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After sharing a bottle of wine, three Parisians and their American guest awaken in 1954 and must find a way to return to 2017.
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"When the manuscript of a debut crime novel arrives at a Parisian publishing house, everyone in the readers' room is convinced it's something special. And the committee for France's highest literary honour, the Prix Goncourt, agrees. But when the shortlist is announced, there's a problem for editor Violaine Lepage: she has no idea of the author's identity. As the police begin to investigate a series of murders strangely reminiscent of those recounted...
5) The portrait
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Avid antiques collector Pierre-François Chaumont unearths the find of a lifetime at a Paris auction house: an eighteenth-century portrait of a gentleman who looks just like him. Researching into the painting's history, he has the chance to abandon his tedious existence and walk into a brand new life . . .
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Una mañana, camino de su pequeña librería parisina, Laurent Letellier se topa con un bolso de mujer abandonado y decide llevárselo con la intención de devolverlo a su dueña. Desaparecidos el billetero y el móvil, su propósito parece casi imposible si no fuera porque, entre diversos objetos, Laurent encuentra una libreta roja llena de anotaciones, pensamientos y recuerdos. Cediendo a la curiosidad, se sumerge en la jugosa lectura, amparado...
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