Lucas Franchi

Movies

Stolen Holidays
Danielle (Bernadette Lafont), a grandmother in her sixties, is planning to take her two grandchildren to their father’s house for the Easter vacation. Since retiring as a schoolteacher, Danielle has regularly taken on this responsibility after her daughter’s divorce. This time, however, the children’s father is not there to welcome them, giving Danielle the opportunity to spend a bit more time with her grandchildren and to take them out for the day. Jumping at every opportunity presented to them, Danielle soon transforms this day-outing into an impromptu holiday. Only what starts out as a fun adventure gradually turns into an inexorable deconstructing experience, and it soon becomes impossible for Danielle to contemplate taking the kids back…
L'histoire de Marie
Louis
Marie is eight years old. She comes from a shanty town, near Paris. One day, while hanging around, she passes a house and watches a boy of the same age as her playing in a garden. The day after she's welcomed by the boy and his aunt, Sylvie. Marie strikes up a friendship with them. But Marie is not like the other girls. Sylvie doesn't know how to rescue her...