Les cahiers au feu

A painter thinks he has found a quiet spot to work in, but the chosen place turns out to be busier than expected...

Real estate agent Laure ends her work week with a visit to a seaside villa. Apparently going through a rough patch, she suddenly decides to take a break in this remote corner of the Normandy coast. She then experiences three peaceful and invigorating days, punctuated by the wind, the sea spray, and brief, uneventful encounters, yet it will be a decisive weekend for her.

William’s great surprise, his cousin Clovis, whom he did not see again since around thirty years, arrives from New York to visit him. Reunion between both men creates one thousand memories: always so collusive, they become fast inseparable, living again, the space of moment, their young years… Only Elizabeth, wife of William, who has just lost her father, does not share their cheerfulness.

On a sunday, Marguerite and Mario meet while waiting for the train.

A sanitized white kitchen, vegetables, a sharp blade. The slaughter is coming.

Jeanne Millet, a director going through a rough patch, heads to the provinces to present one of her first films. Her journey will take her across several boundaries between love and friendship, hope and disappointment, cinema and everyday routine. All these are territories where only kisses and hugs serve as passports.

Avril is a novice in a convent of "Baptistine" sisters, a monastic order which was officially dissolved by the end of the nineteenth century but that is kept alive by Mère Marie Joseph, the sadistic superior. While Avril is on retreat, locked in for a fortnight in a chapel prior to taking her vows, Soeur Bernadette, a sympathetic sister, discloses a secret to her: she has a twin brother...

Tired of their stressful parisian lifestyle, Caroline and Bertrand decide to start a new life, running a traditional gîte in deepest Provence. It is not long before they start to question the wisdom of this move – the buldings are in a state of near-dilapidation, their friend and supposed partner Sophie has walked out on them, and they are but a stone’s throw from a far more attarctive holiday home, catering for gay men. Will this change be as good as a rest or the start of a nightmare?

Claude Duty's feature-length debut Filles Perdues, Cheveux Gras (Hypnotized and Hysterical, (Hairstylist Wanted)) is an offbeat comedy about three women. Elodi (Olivia Bonamy) is a struggling single mother. Natacha (Marina Fois) is an upbeat alcoholic hair stylist whose beloved pet cat has disappeared. Marianne (Amira Casar) is drawn to a roguish, sexually adventurous art dealer. Their lives intertwine in a variety of ways. Song and dance numbers, as well as animated sequences, punctuate the film.

Real estate agent Laure ends her work week with a visit to a seaside villa. Apparently going through a rough patch, she suddenly decides to take a break in this remote corner of the Normandy coast. She then experiences three peaceful and invigorating days, punctuated by the wind, the sea spray, and brief, uneventful encounters, yet it will be a decisive weekend for her.

A painter thinks he has found a quiet spot to work in, but the chosen place turns out to be busier than expected...