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Extra: Allan, Britney and the Spaceship
Available on VOD February 7, 2023
Allan is a little boy who can’t find anyone to play with in his new neighborhood. One night, when lightning strikes the antenna of his building, he sees an unidentified luminous object crashing into the nearby football field. Allan then discovers Britney, a little extraterrestrial… How to help her repair her spaceship? How do you hide it from grumpy old neighbors? This is the beginning of an extra adventure!
Once upon a time Palilula
Available on VOD February 7, 2023
Romania, 1960s. Serafim, a young medical school graduate, is brought by a dark whim of fate to the town of Palilula. In the middle of nowhere. Palilula is a ghost town, lost in the middle of the Vallahian plain. A quarantine zone, a sanatorium, an improbable hospital, a gynecological clinic where no child was ever born. You can get to Palilula but not leave. You never know if its inhabitants are lying, dreaming or actually living. The young doctor Serafim will not be able to practice his profession of pediatrician, in this city without children. He will drown in the sweet, poisonous honey of the place, like a fly caught by a frog.
Will-o’-the-wisp
Available on VOD February 7, 2023
On his deathbed, Alfredo, an uncrowned king, is brought back to distant memories of his youth and the time when he dreamed of becoming a firefighter. The meeting with the instructor Afonso, from the fire brigade, opens a new chapter in the life of the two young men immersed in love and desire, and the will to change the status quo.
Penelope, my love
Available on VOD February 8, 2023
For 18 years I have been filming Pénélope, a young adult with autism. One day I opened the cupboard that contained DV tapes and Super 8 reels. It almost gouged out my eyes. We had to collect all these images. Pénélope mon amour traces the journey of a mother and her daughter through the years. It recounts different stages: the shock of the diagnosis, the declaration of war, the abdication of arms, to finally accept and discover a different mode of existence. Penelope never ceases to acclaim what she is, I never cease to question who she is. The answer to the question is precisely in this infinite quest. Everything is mirrored back to me. So, isn’t it Penelope who indirectly tells me who I am?
Le Petit Nicolas – What are we waiting for to be happy?
Available on VOD February 9, 2023
Leaning over a large white sheet somewhere between Montmartre and Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Jean-Jacques Sempé and René Goscinny give life to a laughing and mischievous little boy, Little Nicolas. Between camaraderie, arguments, fights, games, nonsense, and punishments galore, Nicolas lives a childhood full of joys and learning. As the story progresses, the boy slips into the workshop of his creators, and challenges them with humor. Sempé and Goscinny will tell him about their meeting, their friendship, but also their journeys, their secrets and their childhood.
Feminist response
Available on VOD February 9, 2023
Élise in Brest, Alexia in Saint-Etienne, Cécile in Compiègne or even Jill in Marseille: there are thousands of young women denouncing sexist violence, street harassment and the macho remarks they experience on a daily basis. At night, armed with white sheets and black paint, they stick messages of support for the victims and slogans against feminicides. Some are long-time feminists, others have never been an activist, but all are revolting against the violence that has too often turned their lives upside down. Sexism is everywhere, too!
Simone, the trip of the century
Available for digital purchase February 9, 2023
The fate of Simone Veil, her childhood, her political battles, her tragedies. The epic and intimate portrait of a woman with an extraordinary career who has shaken up her time by defending a humanist message that is still burningly topical.
Jack Mimoun and the secrets of Val Verde
Available on VOD February 9, 2023
Two years after surviving alone on the hostile island of Val Verde, Jack Mimoun has become an adventure star. The book recounting his experience is a best-seller and his television show breaks audience records. He is then approached by the mysterious Aurélie Diaz who will bring Jack Mimoun back to Val Verde to train him in search of the legendary sword of the pirate La Buse. Accompanied by Bruno Quézac, Jack’s ambitious but reckless manager, and Jean-Marc Bastos, a mercenary as disturbed as he is unpredictable, our adventurers will embark on an incredible treasure hunt through the jungle of the island of thousand dangers.
Jellyfish
Available on VOD February 9, 2023
Romane returns home late with Guillaume, with whom she quickly falls in love. The next morning, Guillaume discovers a girl in the living room. It’s Clémence, Romane’s sister, who remained hemiplegic and deprived of speech following an accident. Guillaume then feels invested with a mission: to restore body and life to Clémence.