Top Cast
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Maud Bettina-Marie
Titou / Lou / Marine / Alice / Claire
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Marie-Christine Adam
Pascale
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Rufus
Jean
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Keyvan Khojandi
Mathieu
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Aude Gogny-Goubert
Psy
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Marina Pastor
The mother
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Fabrice Pochic
Waltz teacher
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Athalie Haubois-Egeler
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Marie-José Khojandi
Overview
Five family depictions, five disrupted balances. An anthology which broach subjects such as mourning, family toxicity, the lack of parents/children communication, miscarriage or divorce.
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Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.
Goodbye June
The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.
Boyhood
In a rural Utah town, David, a father of four, grapples with his separation from wife Nikki as she pursues a new relationship.
The Killing of Two Lovers
Following the death of his wife, a young father's hold on reality crumbles, and a strange presence begins to stalk him from the shadowy recesses of the apartment he shares with his two young sons.
The Thing with Feathers
A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her with magical stories to keep her mind off the family's dire state, and her selfish, nonconformist mother who has no intention of raising a family, along with her younger brother and sister, and her other older sister. Together, they fend for each other as they mature in an unorthodox journey that is their family life.
The Glass Castle
A grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life.
Black or White
Housed in a shelter for young mothers, Jessica, Perla, Julia, Ariane, and Naïma, all of whom have grown up in difficult circumstances, struggle to obtain a better life for themselves and their children.
Young Mothers
In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.
The Safety of Objects
Set in 1980s Toronto, a young boy shuffles between the homes of his recently divorced parents.
Weekends
Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.