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A quartet of films by first or second time directors.

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Two Frogs In The West and All The Sons

All The Sons (Tous les soleils) (Country: France; Year: 2011; Director: Philippe Claudel; Writer: Philippe Claudel; Stars: Stefano Accorsi, Neri Marcorè, Clotilde Courau, Lisa Cipriani, Anouk Aimée, José Luis Roig, Xavier Boulanger, Aude Koegler, Philippe Rebbot, Marie Seux, Margot Lefevre, Jean-Marie Holterbach, Patricia Joly, Emilie Gavois-Kahn, Fayssal Benhamed)

A widower strikes up a relationship at the same time as his teenage daughter is experiencing first romance.

Robert Mitchum Is Dead (Robert Mitchum Est Mort) (Year: 2010; Director: Olivier Babinet, Fred Kihn; Writer: Olivier Babinet, Fred Kihn; Stars: Olivier Gourmet, Pablo Nicomedes, Bakary Sangaré, Danuta Stenka, André Wilms, Nils Utsi, Wojciech Pszoniak, Ewelina Walendziak, Maria Bock, Timothée Régnier, Ulla Bogue, Gilles Haezebrouck, Cyril Haezebrouck, Sarada Riefstahl, Étienne Charry)

A charming road movie in the vein of Jim Jarmusch's Down By Law.

Top Floor, Left Wing (Dernier étage gauche gauche) (Country: Francee; Year: 2010; Director: Angelo Cianci; Writer: Angelo Cianci; Stars: Hippolyte Girardot, Mohamed Fellag, Aymen Saïdi, Judith Henry, Michel Vuillermoz, Julie-Anne Roth, Georges Siatidis, Thierry Godard, Lyès Salem, Tassadit Mandi, Aïssa Bussetta, Bruno Henry, Cédric Weber, Frederic Frenay, Tim Rauhut)

Three men end up barricaded in a suburban flat after a botched hostage-taking attempt.

Two Frogs In The West (2 Frogs dans l'Ouest) (Year: 2010; Director: Dany Papineau; Writer: Grégoire Bédard, Dany Papineau, David Uloth; Stars: Mirianne Brulé, Dany Papineau, Jessica Malka, Brandon Barton, Juan Riedinger, Anik Vermette, Germain Houde, Diane Lavallée, Valérie Chevalier, Charlie David, Bruno Baronet, Adam Bergquist, Rick Tae, Bill Marchant, Linda Darlow) , Official Site

Marie Deschamps, a 20-year-old French-Canadian girl, quits college to go travel and learn English in Western Canada.

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