The Blue Caftan, set in a traditional tailor’s shop in Salé, is a gentle and finely crafted Moroccan-based drama, directed by Maryam Touzani, who also co-wrote the screenplay.
After a particularly harsh winter Brian goes into a deep depression; completely isolated and with no one to talk to, Brian does what any sane person would do when faced with such a melancholic situation. He builds a robot.
Actor-director Louis Garrel’s heist film is highly entertaining, hitting all the familiar beats of a romantic dark comedy, and enjoyably propelled by its sharp, witty dialogue.
Return to Seoul, directed by Davy Chou, is a film that grapples with the forces of nature, nurture and destiny. At the age of twenty-five, Freddie Benoît – born in South Korea, adopted after a year and raised in France - impulsively decides to return to the land of her birth for the first time.