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Fatima, 17, the youngest of three daughters, treads carefully as she searches for her own path, grappling with emerging desires, her attraction to women, and her loyalty to her caring French-Algerian family. Starting university in Paris, she dates, makes friends, and explores a whole new world, all while confronting a timeless and heartrending dilemma: How can one stay true to oneself when reconciling different parts of one’s identity feels impossible?
In eastern France, two teenage cousins have the summer of their lives when they paddle a purloined canoe to the far shore of a lake.
Melissa is an experienced, exemplary prison guard. But a dangerous spiral is set into motion when she transfers to a Corsican jail, where she accepts help and protection from inmate Saveriu to get her bearings. Upon his release, he contacts Melissa expecting to collect.
Jean-Baptiste, a young Corsican, regularly accompanies his father hunting in the high Taravo region. For the time being, the teenager works as a packer, preferring to see animals alive rather than dead. But for his eighteenth birthday, his father gives him a hunting rifle. Now it's time to kill his first wild boar.
A stranger by the lake with a valuable possession. A journey home after serving time in jail. A friendship evolving from childhood to adulthood. Discover five risky situations where men and young boys take the plunge. The 5 short films are: A King, Gazing at the Sea [Le roi qui contemplait la mer] (2022); A Drowning Man (2017); Reo (2016); Summer Friends [L'amie de l'été] (2021); Summer Memories [Souvenir d'une après-midi d'été] (2021).
It’s summertime in Corsica, the days are hot and time passes slowly. Marie, Lucas, and Ghujvan spend the afternoon hanging out at the river. They spot a tourist sleeping not far from them, and come up with the idea of stealing his wallet.
Beneath the blazing summer sun in Corsica, sixteen-year-old Horace loses his dog. After a trying to find the animal, Horace and his gang suspect a man of Arab origin who lives outside the village.
In the early 90s, five young women, childhood friends, robbed seven banks in the Avignon area. The press dubbed them "The Amazon Gang". This film is their story.
