Ssection dedicated to films by first and second-time directors. This year widened to encompass films from Switzerland and Quebec.
Bus Palladium and The Hedgehog
An Ordinary Execution
(Une Exécution Ordinaire)
(Country: France; Year: 2010; Director: Marc Dugain; Writer: Marc Dugain; Stars: André Dussollier, Marina Hands, Edouard Baer, Denis Podalydès, Tom Novembre, Grégory Gadebois, Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus, Anne Benoît, Marie Payen, Amandine Dewasmes, Régis Romele, Gilles Ségal, Vincent Ozanon, Horatiu Bob, Denis Falgoux)
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Official Site
An imagined encounter between
the ageing Joseph Stalin and a young doctor with extraordinary healing abilities.
Bus Palladium
(Country: France; Year: 2010; Director: Christopher Thompson; Writer: Christopher Thompson; Stars: Marc-André Grondin, Arthur Dupont, Elisa Sednaoui, Géraldine Pailhas, François Civil, Jules Pélissier, Abraham Belaga, Karole Rocher, Dominique Reymond, Naomi Greene, Noémie Lvovsky, Solange Najman, Agathe Bonitzer, Xavier Pottier, Zara Prassinot)
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A group of rockers try to make it big, learning life lessons along the way.
The Hedgehog
(Le Hérisson)
(Country: France, Italy; Year: 2009; Director: Mona Achache; Writer: Mona Achache, Muriel Barbery; Stars: Josiane Balasko, Garance Le Guillermic, Igawa Togo, Anne Brochet, Ariane Ascoride, Wladmir Yordanoff, Sarah Le Picard, Jean-Luc Porraz)
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A precocious 11-year-old decides to kill herself on her 12th birthday.
Imogène
(Imogène McCarthery)
(Country: France; Year: 2009; Director: Alexandre Charlot, Franck Magnier; Writer: Alexandre Charlot, Charles Exbrayat, Franck Magnier; Stars: Catherine Frot, Lambert Wilson, Danièle Lebrun, Michel Aumont, Lionel Abelanski, Pierre Laplace, Francis Leplay, Nicolas Vaude, Sara Giraudeau, Anne Benoît, Michel Duchaussoy)
Fifties-style spy spoof, set in Scotland
The Small Room
(La Petite Chambre)
(Country: France; Year: 2010; Director: Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond; Stars: Florence Loiret Caille, Michel Bouquet, Eric Caravaca, Joël Delsaut, Valerie Bodson, Véronique Fauconnet, Marc Olinger, Claudine Pelletier, Daniel Plier, Raoul Schlechter)
A relationship sparks between a bereaved nurse and an old man.
Straight To The Heart and An Ordinary Execution
Straight To The Heart
(En Plein Coeur)
(Country: Canada; Year: 2008; Director: Stéphane Géhami; Writer: Julian Ferrera, Stéphane Géhami, Jacques Marcotte, Héloïse Masse; Stars: Bénédicte Décary, Julie Deslauriers, Sandra Dumaresq, Patrice Godin, Karine Lagueux, Jean Maheux, Jacques Marcotte, Marie-France Marcotte, Keven Noël, Martin David Peters, Pierre Rivard, Dino Tavarone)
A car thief runs into trouble when he experiences love at first sight.
White As Snow
(Blanc Comme Neige)
(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2010; Director: Christophe Blanc; Writer: Christophe Blanc, Roger Bohbot; Stars: François Cluzet, Olivier Gourmet, Jonathan Zaccaï, Bouli Lanners, Louise Bourgoin, Pertti Koivula, Ilkka Koivula, Kai Lehtinen, Sasha Queille, Lauri Uusitalo, Brigitte Messina, Gianluca Matarrese, Noria Tzaprenko, Ludo Hellinx, Luc Wouters)
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Film noir sees a car salesman in deep trouble turn to his dodgy brothers for help.
