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Élisabeth, an actress, runs writing workshops at Necker Hospital for teenagers in severe psychological distress. Through her interactions with them, she is drawn back into her own past: her internment at age 14. Gradually, memories resurface, along with the discovery of theatre, which once saved her.

Genre:  Drama
Running Time:  106 m
Country:  France (100%)
Language: French wEnglish subtitles
Writers: Isabelle Carré (adaptation) (novel) (screenplay) | Agnès de Sacy (collaborating writer)
Producers: Camille Gentet | Philippe Godeau
Cinematographer: Irina Lubtchansky
Casting Director: Elsa Pharaon
Production Designer: Nicolas de Boiscuillé
Principal Cast: Isabelle Carré, Alex Lutz, Judith Chemla, and Bernard Campan.
Distributor: Playtime
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWrfmpPXWSY

Showing with SULAIMANI (19 m) 

One evening in Paris, two Indian women from the Kerala region who do not know each other find themselves in the Indian restaurant Sulaimani. Sitting a few meters apart, they observe each other, intrigued by one another. In this miniature Kerala that is the restaurant, the smells, flavors, music, and language all remind them of the India of their past. Each revisits her experience of being uprooted and emancipation during this symbolic trip filled with memories.

Situated in a relaxed but measured tempo of events, we are introduced to the character’s past. The stop-motion puppet part is reserved for the present (with a darker-colored palette but still resonant), while the Indian ink 2D style of the past, with its more free-floating (but identifiable) character and background design, brings back the (good and bad) memories.

Genres : Animation, Artistic, Drama, Politica
Themes : Encounters, Friendship, Gastronomy, Memories, Nostalgia
Production language : Malayalam, French
Production country : France
Trailer: https://mubi.com/en/films/sulaimani/trailer