17/09/2014 - SND is releasing Jean Becker’s “classic” and successful film in 375 cinemas, while Capricci is pinning its hopes on Jean-Charles Hue’s wild ride

“We have to be wary of preconceived notions at all costs. The encounters that we have, including those with very different people, can change us profoundly.” Although he is saying this about his film Get Well Soon [+see also:
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Get Well Soon cuts almost a kind of “quiet father” figure to these three titles, but it is just as successful thanks to the skills of a director who has often made his own way at the box office (from One Deadly Summer to La tête en friche [+see also:
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This Wednesday is also a testament to top-notch British cinema, with Pride [+see also:
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Lastly, of note is the Austrian feature film Shirley – Visions of Reality [+see also:
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(Translated from French)