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The Witnesses
Why this pick
Téchiné again builds a tense, socially alert drama around intertwined lives, elusive motives and shifting perceptions, with the same cool observational style beneath its emotional unease.
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MOVIE2009 1h 45m FRA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Jeanne Fabre, an attractive late-teen carefree loner, spends her time rollerblading through Paris and job-hunting, a nuisance she endures to indulge her widowed mother, Louise, who runs a day-care center out of their house. Watching a television news story about Antisemitism attacks, Louise recognizes Samuel Bleistein, a prestigious Jewish lawyer who was in love with her many years ago. Louise arranges a job interview for her daughter at Bleistein’s law firm.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Émilie Dequenne
Jeanne
Michel Blanc
Samuel Bleistein
Catherine Deneuve
Louise
Ronit Elkabetz
Judith
Nicolas Duvauchelle
Franck
Mathieu Demy
Alex, le fils de Samuel
Arnaud Valois
Gabi
Djibril Pavadé
Tom