In this sober and sharp film, everything is based on words and almost hypnotic interrogations. Here, Bastien Bouillon does not play with his voice, yet recognizable among a thousand, but with his gaze. At night, to exorcise his frustration, he does laps on the tracks perched on his racing bike, like a hamster in its cage. Simple in form, La Nuit du 12 also strives to unravel the unfortunate shortcuts which, in the world of men in the PJ, place the responsibility for feminicides on the shoulders of the women killed, a bias to which Yohan, despite the more rigorous investigators, will not escape completely. A relentless thriller. À plein temps, by Éric Gravel Since Laure Calamy left the ASK agency of Dix pour cent, the cinema has been rolling out the red carpet for her. Maybe as far as Los Angeles? In Full Time, the actress plays a single mother juggling between her job as a maid in a Parisian palace, perpetually timed, and her family life far from the tumult of the capital, against a backdrop of national transport strikes. This impossible life, in a dirty and messy Paris, is punctuated by distressing music, making its perpetual race against time hypnotizing. Intense and scary, this nugget takes pleasure in playing with our nerves. By carrying the film alone, Laure Calamy managed to win a prize in Venice for her breathless performance. The Children of Others, by Rebecca Zlotowski The gifted French director returns to us with a fifth feature film, the most successful and the most sensitive of all, carried by an imperial Virginie Efira. Her name is Rachel, she is 40 years old, she has no children, she loves her students, she is friends with her ex and she falls in love with Ali, divorced and father of a four-year-old girl . While suffering the weight of the biological clock that sometimes imprisons women who want to become mothers, Rachel will attach herself to this child as if she were her own, while understanding that she will only be an extra in her life. Once again, Rebecca Zlotowski films a feminine trajectory that goes beyond the frames with a subtlety and a rare emotion. By filming Rachel’s intimate questions up close, the director questions the notion of family, maternal desire and the cruelty of time which passes at two speeds for men and women. She deserves her place in the pre-selection. Rodeo, by Lola Quivoron
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