17/06/2015 - The films by Guillaume Nicloux and Deniz Gamze Ergüven stand out on this week’s cinema listings; also making an appearance are Short Skin and The Duke of Burgundy

While attendance levels in French theatres, which have been a little lacklustre of late, have found their feet again thanks to the US blockbuster Jurassic World (the best opening weekend of the year), and while The Measure of a Man [+see also:
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interview: Stéphane Brizé
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Standing out among them are two films that were popular at Cannes. Valley of Love [+see also:
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Non-French European production also takes centre stage with Short Skin [+see also:
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Three French feature debuts are also coming out today. Gaumont is releasing the buoyant crime film La résistance de l'air [+see also:
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Lastly of note are the documentaries Cavanna, jusqu'à l'ultime seconde, j'écrirai by Denis and Nina Robert (Rezo Films), and La ligne de couleur by Laurence Petit-Jouvet (production and distribution handled by Avril sa).

(Translated from French)