After receiving a call from his mother’s nursing home, BAPTISTE, 40, drives to Carpentras. His mother is in very critical condition. When he arrives, the nursing home staff tell him that, due to safety measures related to the health crisis, they don’t know when he’ll be able to see her. Torn between guilt and helplessness, Baptiste finds himself waiting.
Mailys Dumon
L'aide soignante
Baptiste Sornin
Baptiste
Vincent Minne
Vincent
Larbi Bensetti
Le vigile
Guy Matteo
Le réceptionniste
After receiving a call from his mother’s nursing home, BAPTISTE, 40, drives to Carpentras. His mother is in very critical condition. When he arrives, the nursing home staff tell him that, due to safety measures related to the health crisis, they don’t know when he’ll be able to see her. Torn between guilt and helplessness, Baptiste finds himself waiting.
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
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A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
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