♦ The Almond Trees ***
de Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
French film, 2 h 05
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi revives the Chéreau years in this film about her memories as an apprentice actress at the Théâtre des Amandiers in Nanterre. A vibrant story of learning, at the same time as the very successful portrait of these 1980s, full of sound and fury.
» READ THE REVIEW. “Les Amandiers”, live and play intensely
♦ Committed **
by Emilie Frèche
French film, 1 h 38
This first film by author and screenwriter Émilie Frèche is constructed as a militant act aimed at raising awareness about the reception of migrants. Benjamin Lavernhe plays a resident of Briançon whose life changes after helping a young unaccompanied minor to cross the border.
» READ THE REVIEW. “The Engaged”, a duty of humanity
♦ More than ever **
d’Emily Atef
French film, 2 hours
A modest, oppressive and gentle, simple and luminous film, about a young woman condemned by her illness, marked by the last role of Gaspard Ulliel.
» READ THE REVIEW. “More than ever”, by Emily Atef: choosing your end of life
♦ Stay a bit **
de Gad Elmaleh
French film, 1 h 33
In a very personal comedy, which is released in theaters on Wednesday November 16 and where he plays himself, Gad Elmaleh recounts his journey of faith which led him in the film to ask for baptism in the Catholic Church and to question on his Jewish roots.
» READ THE REVIEW. “Rest a little”, the “pilgrimage” of Gad Elmaleh
» INTERVIEW WITH GAD ELMALEH. “It is an act of love to take the risk of making a mistake”
♦ A romantic comedy **
by Thibault Segouin
French film, 1 h 38
Alex Lutz and Golshifteh Farahani sparkle in this comedy perched on the heights of Montmartre, where love takes the turn of a reconquest.
» READ THE REVIEW. “A romantic comedy”, a romance without sentimentality
♦ Women of the square **
by Julien Rambaldi
French film, 1 h 45
This social comedy, carried by the interpretation of Eye Haïdara, shines the light on the women in the shadows who are the babysitters from foreign countries.
» READ THE REVIEW. “Les Femmes du square”, these invisible nannies
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