A gothic tale, a political thriller, paths, a bar, a caftan and Dalva

Atlantic Bar by Fanny Molins

At the Atlantic Bar, Nathalie, the owner, is the center of attention. Here, we sing, we dance, we hold on to each other. After the bar is put up for sale, Nathalie and the regulars come to terms with the end of their world and a place that is both destructive and vital.

The blue of Maryam Touzani’s caftan

Halim has been married for a long time to Mina, with whom he runs a traditional caftan shop in the medina of Salé, Morocco. The couple have always lived with Halim’s secret, his homosexuality which he has learned to keep quiet. Mina’s illness and the arrival of a young apprentice will upset this balance. United in their love, each will help the other to face his fears.

Chile 1976 by Manuela Martelli

Chile, 1976. Three years after Pinochet’s coup d’etat, Carmen leaves to supervise the renovation of the family house by the sea. Her husband, children and grandchildren come and go during the winter holidays. When the priest asks her to take care of a young man whom he is secretly taking in, Carmen finds herself in unknown territory, far from the bourgeois and quiet life to which she is accustomed.

Dalva by Emmanuelle Nicot

Dalva is 12 years old but dresses, wears makeup and sees herself as a woman. One evening, she is suddenly taken from her father’s home. At first revolted and in total incomprehension, she will meet Jayden, an educator, and Samia, a teenager with a strong character. A new life then seems to be offered to Dalva, that of a young girl of her age.

great expectations by Sylvain Desclous

Madeleine, a brilliant and idealistic young woman from a modest background, is preparing for the ENA oral exam in Antoine’s vacation home in Corsica. One morning, on a small deserted road, the couple finds themselves involved in an altercation that turns tragic. When they join the upper echelons of power, the secret that binds them threatens to be revealed. And all the blows become allowed.

Eden by Andrés Ramirez Pulido

Eliú, a country boy, is incarcerated in an experimental center for minors in the heart of the Colombian rainforest, for a crime he committed with his friend El Mono. Every day, the teenagers do strenuous manual labor and undergo intense group therapy. One day, El Mono is transferred to the same center and brings back with him a past from which Eliú tries to move away.

Eternal Daughter by Joanna Hogg

Julie, accompanied by her elderly mother, comes to take a few days off in a hotel lost in the English countryside. The young woman, director in full doubt, hopes to find inspiration there; her mother sees it as an opportunity to bring back distant memories, between the walls of this building she frequented in her youth. Very quickly, Julie is seized by the strange atmosphere of the place: the corridors are deserted, the switchboard operator has a hostile behavior, and her dog keeps escaping. At nightfall, circumstances push Julie to explore the estate. She is then won over by the tenacious impression that an unspeakable secret haunts these walls.

Blind Willows, Sleeping Woman by Pierre Foldes

A lost cat, a giant talkative frog, and a tsunami help an unambitious sales rep, his frustrated wife, and a schizophrenic accountant save Tokyo from an earthquake and restore meaning to their lives.

On the dark paths of Denis Imbert

Freely inspired by On the dark paths by Sylvain Tesson (2016).
One drunken evening, Pierre, an explorer writer, fell several stories high. This accident plunged him into a deep coma. On his hospital bed, back to life, he made the promise to cross France on foot from the Mercantour to the Cotentin. A unique and timeless journey to meet hyper-rurality, the beauty of France and the rebirth of oneself.

We are coming, chronicle of a feminist revolution by Nina Faure

A new generation is politicizing issues around the body, sexuality and gender relations. For two friends, Nina and Yéléna, it starts with awareness. Along with a few others, they wonder why, in a society that claims gender equality is already there, access to pleasure is so difficult. They organize discussion groups, discover Our body, ourselves , a historical feminist manual that opens new doors of analysis. They go to meet teachers, educators, sociologists to draw step by step what will end up being a real plan of attack. Increasingly involved in the struggles that are rising everywhere, at the heart of this surging feminist movement, they discover a hitherto unsuspected pleasure, that of pursuing collective emancipation. The pleasure of abolishing patriarchy, quite simply.