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Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, LA FEMME ET LE TGV is about a lonely woman who kept a secret routine every morning and evening -- for years, she's been waving at the express train that passes by her house. Inspired by true events and starring legendary actress Jane Birkin, Elise finds a letter from the train conductor in her garden and her lonely life is turned upside down. She engages in a promising correspondence...
2) Harbor
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When Adèle, an english teacher, spontaneously lets a young 15 years old migrant, illegaly board a ferry for england with her class, she is far from grasping the importance of her gesture and its consequences on this overnight trip.
4) Sacrilege
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Saoud is the king of his neighborhood in Saint Etienne, France. A rumor comes up that he might have stolen money from the local mosque. Saoud faces a violent series of accusations which will lead to his fall and exile.
5) Bonobo
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When the elevator of their public housing breaks down, the fates of Felix, a disabled pensioner, Ana, a single mother struggling with her move and Seydou, a young man passionate about dance intertwine towards an explosive ending where their limits will be tested.
7) Jungle
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The lines between trust, betrayal and forgiveness become gray and intertwined as we follow Amadou and Yaya, two Senegalese vendors working in New York. Nominated for the Short Film Grand Jury Prize at the **Sundance Film Festival**.
8) Little Hands
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Léo is the two-year old son of the factory manager on the brink of closing. When employees discover the news, Bruno, a more radical worker who is willing to fight for his job, abducts Léo.Through a baby's point of view, “Les petites mains” explores the world through Léo's eyes as he experiences adults' violence and encounters Bruno, who gradually becomes warm-hearted by the little boy. **César Award** winner for Best Short Film.
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Richard and Philippe live hand to mouth, backing up a gang of Romanian pickpockets on the streets of Paris. Against their will, they end up taking care of a deaf Romanian kid. After failing to get rid of him, they decide to make him “work” for them. Despite the language barrier, the kid finds his own method to steal.
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In the late 19th century, keen to compete with other European imperial powers on the continent, King Leopold II of Belgium proclaimed, “I do not want to miss a good chance of getting us a slice of this magnificent African cake.” The subsequent occupation of the Congo would come to attract a contingent of servants, merchants and miscellaneous bourgeois driven by everything from insatiable greed to existential fear. From the intimate stories of...
11) Afikoman
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A slaughterhouse employee decides on a whim to rescue a calf as a gift for his daughter. A short film by French actress and César-winner Mélanie Thierry (Babylon A.D., Largo Winch, Au revoir là-haut).
13) Aissa
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Aissa, a young Congolese woman living illegally in France, must lie about her age in order to stay in the country. Through the coldly scrutinizing lens of a medical examination, director Trehin-Lalanne probes the deeply personal implications of territorial boundaries that dictate the legality of an individual. Nominated for a Palme d'Or for Best Short Film at the **Cannes Film Festival**. Nominated for a **César Award** for Best Short Film.
15) Avanti
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Louise and Manu have very different ways of dealing with grief. While Manu chooses to move forward, Louise is disoriented, literally: she can only move backward. One day, she meets Camille who reassures her about her condition and reveals to her the existence of a discreet community, "those who live better from behind". With them, Louise learns to move forward by going backward. A short film by French star and actress Mélanie Doutey (La French, Les...
16) Rise of a Star
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Emma is about to be the new Ballerina et the Opéra de Paris, but she carries a secret that can undermine her life's work.
17) Judith Hotel
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Remi, a insomniac for eight years, has booked a room at the JUDITH HOTEL, a very popular establishment. He offers himself the chance of a new start. The first film by the French actress Charlotte Lebon (Astérix et Obélix, Yves Saint-Laurent).
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Criterion collection volume 197
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Ten years after the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, this piece documents the abandoned grounds of Auschwitz and Majdanek. One of the first cinematic reflections on the horrors of the Holocaust and contrasts the stillness of the abandoned camps' quiet, empty buildings with haunting wartime footage.
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Pascal is a young French boy who discovers a stray balloon on the streets of Paris that seems to have a mind of its own and begins to follow Pascal everywhere. The two become inseparable, yet the world's harsh realities finally interfere. A touching allegory of the magic powers of love and friendship.
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