French Film Festival 2012

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The Suicide Shop The Suicide Shop
The Suicide Shop and Ernest And Celestine
Ernest And Celestine (Ernest Et Celestine) (Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg; Year: 2012; Director: Benjamin Renner, Vincent Patar, Stéphane Aubier; Writer: Daniel Pennac; Stars: Lambert Wilson, Pauline Brunner)
The unlikely friendship between a gruff bear and an orphaned mouse worries authorities who believe the species shouldn't mix.
The Suicide Shop (Le magasin des suicides) (Country: France, Canada, Belgium; Year: 2012; Director: Patrice Leconte; Writer: Patrice Leconte, based on the novel by Jean Teulé; Stars: Bernard Alane, Isabelle Spade, Kacey Mottet Klein, Isabelle Giami, Laurent Gendron, Pierre-François Martin-Laval, Eric Métayer, Jacques Mathou, Urbain Cancelier, Pascal Parmentier, Edouard Prettet, Jean-Paul Comart, Annick Alane, Juliette Poissonnier, Philippe du Janerand)
In a town of depressives, one family has found a suicidal niche.
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