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Film · 10 connectionsTold in four vignettes, this existential comedy relates the exploits of four aspiring criminals who hope to improve their lot, but find that they might not have what it takes for a life of crime.
Directed bySamuel Benchetrit
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2015 · 100 min · Comedy · Drama
Improbable encounters bring tenderness, laughter and compassion to a world of urban alienation.
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2006 · 106 min · Comedy · Drama · Romance
A young woman arrives in Paris where she finds a job as a waitress in bar next on Avenue Montaigne that caters to the surrounding theaters and the wealthy inhabitants of the area. She will meet a pianist, a famous actress and a great art collector, and become acquainted with the "luxurious" world her grandmother has told her about since her childhood.
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2016 · 78 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller
One of the members of a gang of thieves commits a serious mistake that force them to work for a ruthless gang of drug dealers, endangering the future of the team, their lives and those of their families.
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2006 · 101 min · Comedy · Drama
A struggling architecture student falls for a free-spirited waitress who has a hidden agenda.
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2008 · 85 min · Drama
Antoine Méliot is around 40 years old and has everything he needs to be happy: a beautiful wife, two adorable children, friends he can count on, a pretty house in the Yvelines and money. But one day he decides to ruin everything in one weekend.
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2016 · 98 min · Comedy · Crime · Drama
Apocalyptic neo-western about two gangsters, a town full of crazy people and Jesus...
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2021 · 107 min · Comedy
In a port city, the lives of a few isolated people, used to violence, are strongly influenced by the love they feel for each other. Choices, envy, love and tenderness are the driving forces that help these characters to be themselves and give meaning to their lives. A tribute to poetry, theatre and art.
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2018 · 100 min · Comedy · Drama
Wael, a former street child, makes a living from small scams with his adoptive mother and partner-in-crime Monique. When this unconventional duo swindles the wrong guy, Victor, an old acquaintance of Monique now in charge of a support organization for troubled teens, they have no choice but to become his interim secretary and educator in order to redeem themselves.
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2014 · 95 min · Comedy · Drama
Class barriers threaten the budding romance of two young lovers striving to realize their artistic ambitions.
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2016 · 102 min · Comedy · Drama
All the people in this countryside area, can count on Jean-Pierre, the doctor who auscultates them, heals and reassures them day and night, 7 days a week. Now Jean-Pierre is sick, so he sees Natalie, a young doctor, coming from the hospital to assist him. But will she adapt to this new life and be able to replace the man that believed to be irreplaceable?
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