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Allah N’est Pas Obligé

When ten-year-old Birahima’s mother dies, he leaves his native village in Guinea, accompanied by the sorcerer and cook Yacouba, to search for his aunt Mahan. Crossing the border into Liberia, they are seized by rebels and forced into military service. Birahima becomes a child-soldier. Fighting in a chaotic civil war… Read More

Baise-en-Ville

Sprite, a 20-year-old young adult, returns to Chelles after a breakup. To pay for his driver’s license and please his parents, he joins Allo Nettoyo, a night-time cleaning start-up in the Paris suburbs. Unable to get around without a permit, he adopts the « baise-en-ville » technique—taught by his driving instructor—which involves… Read More

Jane Austen a Gâché Ma Vie

Agathe a autant de charme que de contradictions. Elle est célibataire mais rêve d’une histoire d’amour digne des romans de Jane Austen. Elle est libraire mais rêve d’être écrivain. Elle a une imagination débordante mais une sexualité inexistante. La vie n’est jamais à la hauteur de ce que lui a… Read More

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life

In Laura Piani’s charming and witty debut, an aspiring author looking to get more out of life takes up a writing residency and finds herself in the sort of romantic entanglements that could come from the pages of a Jane Austen novel. Read More

The Little Brother

Rose, d’origine ivoirienne, arrive en France et emménage en banlieue parisienne avec ses deux fils, Jean et Ernest. Construction et déconstruction d’une famille, de la fin des années 80 jusqu’à nos jours. Read More