How well do we really know our parents? And their youth? Do we simply have a vague idea of who they are, and were, before they had us? Cécile embark on a quest to discover truths about her mother and her youth, truths that can't be found elsewhere, than right where it all happened. Southern France. The project is a self-inventory, and an attempt to understand the complexity of parenthood and the dynamics between mother and daughter.

A collection of death scenes, ranging from TV-material to home-made super-8 movies. The common facto...

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Just an ordinary suburban family- except that Dad's transgender, Mom's queer, and there are five kid...

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The Director reflects upon and seeks to understand the causes and the events that lead to her drug-a...

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The great French scientist, struggling with his own limitations from a stroke, is not deterred by sc...

I recorded four years of the life of a great friend of mine in the attempt to catch some sort of cat...