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28-year-old Tom follows in the footsteps of his father, who made his money from dirty real estate deals. Somehow he appears to have arrived at a critical juncture in his life when a chance encounter prompts him to take up the piano and become a concert pianist, like his mother. He senses that this might be his final opportunity to take back his life.

Annecy is no tourist destination for three working-class Algerian brothers and their father, in the months after their mother has died. Marc is deeply troubled: he tries to stiff drug dealers and then plots revenge. Christophe is released from jail, lands a job, and must overcome various temptations in order to keep it. Olivier, nearing 18, may be falling in love with Hicham, a young man who constantly practices capoeira on the shores of the lake.

The main plot starts with the disappearances of an OSS agent, Jack Jefferson, and a Russian cargo ship in Cairo. Agent OSS 117 is sent to investigate the events, since he and agent Jefferson share a history, shown in a short opening sequence and in flashbacks throughout the film. OSS 117 stumbles into a web of international intrigue, that involves the French, separate factions of Egyptians, Russians, a goofy Belgian spy and even Neo-Nazis of the first hour. (Wikipedia)

A family emigrates from India to an Israeli kubitz during the 60s, to find a completely different socio-economic reality than that they expected.

The sentimental and comedic adventures of Eddie, a non-Jew trying to pass as Jewish though totally ignorant of Jewish traditions, as he works in a Jewish community. (imdb)

Eddie, Dov, Yvan, Patrick and Serge are all friends and associates working in Paris' Le Sentier garment district. When their small shops become threatened by internet entrepreneurs and department store discounters, the clothing compatriots must fend off bankruptcy and keep their businesses afloat. To this end, Eddie and Yvan attempt to bargain with the enemy- chain store manager Vierhouten... (Yahoo! Movies)

Six scary black-and-white animated segments from different directors, each asked to go back to the roots of their own fear(s).

Marianne, a young woman with a bright professional future, is tired of seeing her career stall because she has to take care of all the chores on top of her job. She adopts some fairly radical methods to force her husband Bruno, a financial wheeler and dealer, to do his share of their daily tasks. 48 Hours a Day is a comedy on the fate of women today who continually juggle with their jobs, husbands, children and domestic lives. (comedyfilmfest.com)

Tired of the social services system she can't negotiate, homeless Nina is a loving but inadequate mother to 5-year-old Enzo. Chancing upon Damien in his shack in the Versailles woods, she does a runner after one night, leaving Enzo so she can put her life in order. Though largely controlled by his id, Damien grows close to the boy; as winter comes he returns to his estranged father to give Enzo a home. (Variety.com)

In France, the disturbed and mysterious Alexandre Demarre is hired as security guard for the Vigilante armored truck company earning 1,200 euros per month and lodges in a hotel nearby the company for 1,450 euros for a month. He becomes close to his colleagues, actually a group of losers, without motivation or perspective, paranoids, depressed and substances addicted men, and prepares a personal file with the profile of each one. Along the days, the real intentions of Alex in working at Vigilante (imdb)

Maxime and Gerard are a couple of white-collar criminals condemned to 5 years in prison. Sandrine Athan, an honest and principled young police officer, is assigned the banal task of escorting them to the nearest prison in Melun. Things get complicated when killers try to knock them off. Meanwhile, they must contend with strikes which have paralyzed the country and make travelling a nightmare. Added to this mess are the prisoners' many botch escape attempts... (imdb)

A story about immigration and homeless people in France.

In France, 4 women in the Jewish community look for love and happiness.

Jean, his loving wife and son live a simple, happy life. At his son's homeroom teacher Madamoiselle Chambon's request, he volunteers as substitute teacher and starts to fall for her delicate and elegant charm. His ordinary life between family and work starts to falter. (imdb)

Boldly unconventional and cheerful Babou, never have cared about social conventions, she is suddenly faced with the realization that her own daughter is ashamed of her and therefore refuses to invite her to her wedding. Hurt in her pride, Babou tries to regain her daughter's respect by starting anew. She accepts the challenge of selling time-sharing-flats at the Belgian seaside during the off-season, in a desperate attempt to prove her real worth and her motherly love to her daughter. (imdb)

In this sly comedy, six of the world's worst gangsters managed to heist $2 million, but only one got away. Now after four years in the clink, five bumbling thieves from Montreal are forced to walk the famous Camino pilgrimage in Spain to prove they've changed their ways and deserve their cut of the loot. (Palm Springs International Film Festival)

The third installment following the lives of clothing compatriots Eddie, Dov, Yvan, Patrick and Serge.

It may be named after an 850-ton space station that famously spiralled out of control and hurtled back to Earth, but Le Skylab is a lightweight contraption that represents a confidently handled and shrewdly commercial fourth feature from writer-director-star Julie Delpy. (The Hollywood Reporter)

A young woman falls in love, then wakes up a decade later as the mother of a young boy who is also in the middle of a divorce. (imdb)

One morning in May, Jean, a former baron of union struggle in 1960's and today Seller on Place Sainte-Geneviève is back in friendship for Rene, a former comrade. From his book, he orchestrates the phone strike couriers. The radio announces a black day. Paralysis of transport, general event. Quickly, thanks to Jean, spirits ignite. The Montagne Sainte-Geneviève is erupting. The residents held a banner: "We want to live a historic day. " (Wikipedia)

Victor (15) is dragged by his mother from Paris to Quebec City, to build a new life for themselves, following the death of his father. While skipping class one afternoon, he sees another a student on the ledge. (imdb)

Following the breakdown of his marriage, a self-involved man begins to embrace fatherhood. (imdb)

Penelope and Pierre are having an affair and wake up in each other's bodies after a night of passionate lovemaking.

Lea tries to steel from a supermarket but is captured by a guard. (KG)

As a child, Kate Ashby was rescued from the horrific aftermath of the Rwandan genocide and brought to the UK. But the tragic shadow of her past proves impossible to escape. (BBC)

Two moments of Jonas's life intertwine, each reflecting the other: in 1995, when he was a secretive teenager, and 18 years later, as an attractive and impulsive thirty-something looking for balance in his life. (imdb)

Eva, a young stripper, attempts to create a more "normal" life for herself.

Rose, 78, has just lost her most beloved husband. When her grief gives way to a powerful impulse of life that makes her realize that she can still redefine herself as a woman, the whole balance of the family is upset. (imdb)

Emma sets out to write a book about the world of sex workers and is hired as a sex worker at La Maison. Emma discovers the dangers and feelings of alienation and isolation, as well as the difficulties in forging romantic bonds (imdb).

Lucas is a young scientist obsessed with the analysis of movement: that of the horses he studies in his laboratory, that of the clappers he practices as an amateur. His professional and sentimental life seems like a stalemate when his brother Luigi, a passionate horse breeder and little crook,who is accidentally killed by a stallion, Mister V. He knows that the animal is the subject of an insurance scam and must be shot against the will of his brother, who had seen in him a future champion.