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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Guédiguian returns to Marseille’s working-class community with the same unforced warmth, moral generosity, and faith in neighbours helping one another through hard circumstances.
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Why this pick
Its sun-faded Mediterranean setting, ensemble of ordinary lives, and quietly political compassion extend the humane, communal spirit of Marius and Jeannette.
03
Why this pick
A bruised working-class parent is gradually sustained by friends and neighbours; it shares the original’s modest humour, emotional directness, and belief in everyday solidarity.
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Why this pick
This patient, affectionate portrait of friendship and middle-aged longing finds drama in meals, conversations, and small acts of care rather than plot machinery.
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Why this pick
A financially precarious couple and their neighbours form a gentle circle of mutual aid, delivered with deadpan humour and an unusually tender view of ordinary people.
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01 / THE STORY
Marius and Jeannette live in the same working-class apartment complex in Marseille, in close proximity to their neighbors. The lame Marius is a security guard at an abandoned cement works, and since the company has gone out of business and the plant will soon be demolished, he is squatting in order to save money. Jeannette is a single mother raising her two children on her own on a meagre supermarket checkout operator salary. They meet when Jeannette tries to steal two cans of paint from the cement lot, and Marius catches her and tries to chase her. The following day Marius comes to her door to apologize and brings her the two cans of paint. A relationship soon develops between them, but as both have been wounded by marital difficulties and life in general, they are hesitant to become committed. It does not help that Jeannette's romantic fantasy notions are different from Marius' practical ideas. The two must learn how to love again in order for their relationship to blossom.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Jeannette
Marius
Caroline
Justin
Monique
Dédé
Magali
