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After Sex

  Diane, a Parisian of 50, a book editor married with two teen children, has an affair with a twenty-something engineer. He’s Emilio, the flat-mate of François, a writer she’s Read More

Atlantic City

  Atlantic City is a place where people go to realize their dreams, the promise of the future manifested by the demolition of the old crumbling buildings to be replaced Read More

Barocco

  The plot follows a young woman who convinces her boxer boyfriend to accept a bribe to tell a lie that discredits a local politician. When the boyfriend is murdered, Read More

Boy Meets Girl

  A depressed, aspiring filmmaker falls in love with a suicidal young woman. Both have been recently dumped by their lovers and neither is coping very well. They meet via Read More

The Baker’s Wife

  A small village rejoices at the arrival of a new baker. But when his young wife runs off with another man, he is unable to keep baking and the Read More

Bye-Bye

  Ismaél (Sami Bouajila) and Moulod (Ouassini Embarek) live in Paris with their younger brother. When he dies in a tragic fire, Ismaél and Moulod head to Marseilles to stay Read More

Children of Paradise

  Strolling indolently around the 1830s vibrant Parisian avenue called the Boulevard du Crime, the graceful and elusive courtesan, Garance, finds herself wrongfully accused of pickpocketing. But, amid a sea Read More

The True Story of Ah Q

  The True Story of Ah Q is a 1981 Chinese drama film directed by Fan Cen. It was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.[1] It is based on Read More

New Year Sacrifice

  This adaptation of Lu Xun’s short story of the same title concerns the tragic life of a woman (Xianglin’s widow) during the earliest decades of Chinese feudalistic society. Xianglin’s Read More

The Spring Festival

  At Spring Festival, families reunite and everybody hopes that misfortune and unhappiness will depart with the old year. This story takes place in a small snow-bound town in northern Read More