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American Chai begins with an appealing promise: Anurag Mehta will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Aalok Mehta and Sheetal Sheth gives American Chai an immediate pulse. The story of American Chai begins from a specific pressure point: Sureel is a young first generation Indian American. By the end of its 1h 32m running time, the value of American Chai rests less on novelty than on the care of its

Pauline & Paulette begins with an appealing promise: Lieven Debrauwer will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Dora van der Groen and Ann Petersen gives Pauline & Paulette an immediate pulse. The story of Pauline & Paulette begins from a specific pressure point: Pauline is a 'little girl of 66 years old'. By the end of its 1h 18m running time, the value of Pauline & Paulette rests less on novelty th

I'm Going Home begins with an appealing promise: Manoel de Oliveira will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Michel Piccoli and Catherine Deneuve gives I'm Going Home an immediate pulse. The story of I'm Going Home begins from a specific pressure point: The comfortable daily routines of aging Parisian actor Gilbert Valence, 76, are suddenly shaken when he learns that his wife, daughter, and son in l

The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra begins with an appealing promise: Larry Blamire will treat its horror film framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Larry Blamire and Fay Masterson gives The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra an immediate pulse. The story of The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra begins from a specific pressure point: A bad scientist and his wife, a mad scientist, a skeleton, and two aliens and their escaped pet are all searchi

The Experiment begins with an appealing promise: Oliver Hirschbiegel will treat its thriller framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Moritz Bleibtreu and Christian Berkel gives The Experiment an immediate pulse. The story of The Experiment begins from a specific pressure point: For two weeks, 20 male participants are hired to play prisoners and guards in a prison. By the end of its 2h running time, the value of The Expe

How I Killed My Father begins with an appealing promise: Anne Fontaine will treat its thriller framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Michel Bouquet and Charles Berling gives How I Killed My Father an immediate pulse. The story of How I Killed My Father begins from a specific pressure point: When his long time disappeared father is entering his life again, Jean Luc, a successful doctor, has no option but to face his ow

Bartleby begins with an appealing promise: Jonathan Parker will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between David Paymer and Crispin Glover gives Bartleby an immediate pulse. The story of Bartleby begins from a specific pressure point: A clueless boss has no idea what to do with his mundane office worker whose refusal of duties only gets worse each passing minute. By the end of its 1h 23m running time, the

Go Tigers! begins with an appealing promise: Kenneth A. Carlson will treat its documentary framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Dave Irwin and Ellery Moore gives Go Tigers! an immediate pulse. The story of Go Tigers! begins from a specific pressure point: "Go Tigers!" is a rare behind the scenes chronicling of a remarkable season for the Massillon Tigers high school football team, played out in a small rustbelt town

Chop Suey begins with an appealing promise: Bruce Weber will treat its documentary framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Jan Michael Vincent and Peter Johnson gives Chop Suey an immediate pulse. The story of Chop Suey begins from a specific pressure point: A homage to Bruce Weber's Favourite things, these being mixing film, photography and classic movies. By the end of its 1h 38m running time, the value of Chop Suey r

The Girl from Paris begins with an appealing promise: Christian Carion will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Michel Serrault and Mathilde Seigner gives The Girl from Paris an immediate pulse. The story of The Girl from Paris begins from a specific pressure point: Sandrine, a woman in her thirties gets tired of life in Paris and decides to leave her work in computers and become a farmer. By the en

The Hidden Fortress begins with an appealing promise: Roger Cantin will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Matthew Dupuis and Roxanne Gaudette Loiseau gives The Hidden Fortress an immediate pulse. The story of The Hidden Fortress begins from a specific pressure point: Every summer war games are played out between the rich kids and the not so rich. By the end of its 1h 35m running time, the value of

Yamakasi begins with an appealing promise: Ariel Zeitoun will treat its action film framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Châu Belle Dinh and Williams Belle gives Yamakasi an immediate pulse. The story of Yamakasi begins from a specific pressure point: 7 guys from Paris' suburbs like challenges like climbing tall buildings and doing parkour especially with cops/flics chasing them. By the end of its 1h 30m running time