Katell Quillévéré

Anna a young teenager comes home from her Catholic boarding school for the holidays and discovers her father has left. Her mother is devastated and confined in the company of the local priest, who is also a childhood friend. She also grows close to Pierre, a free-spirited teenager who cares little about God. Anna is preparing for confirmation, but her desire for Pierre shakes her faith. She longs to give herself over, body and soul... but doesn't know if it is to God, or something else? (imdb)

The story of a family and a love affair told through the journey of a young woman called Suzanne. (imdb)

An interweaving for three stories connected to each other via an accident. (imdb)

Two children get up to go to school. As they do every morning, they invent games, perpetuating their rituals of cruelty and complicity. But this morning, something has changed. (www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com)

A girl prepares for the man she loves.

1947. On a beach, Madeleine, a waitress in a hotel restaurant and mother of a little boy, meets François, a rich, cultured student. The force of attraction that drives them together is as strong as the secret they both carry. If we know what Madeleine wants to leave behind by following this young man, we discover over time what François is desperately trying to escape by mixing Madeleine's destiny with his own... Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

Like the stolen car he is driving in circles, Chérif's life is going nowhere in a hurry. When he is arrested for the umpteenth time, Chérif's exasperated mother strikes a last-chance deal with a judge to send the troubled juvenile to live quietly with his aunt and uncle and attend vocational school. (imdb)

Algiers, 1956. Fernand Iveton is arrested in his factory, accused of having planted a bomb. His wife Hélène is now married to a "traitor", but she refuses to abandon Fernand to his fate. (imdb)