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Daniel Duval has 9 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2010s.
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George, host of a television show focusing on literature, receives videos shot on the sly that feature his family, along with disturbing drawings that are difficult to interpret. He has no idea who has made and sent him the videos. Progressively, the contents of the videos become more personal, indicating that the sender has known George for a long time.
Dir. Michael Haneke · With Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Annie Girardot

In Paris, two cops are competing for the vacant job of chief of police, in the middle of the search for a gang of violent thieves. The movie is directed by Olivier Marchal, a former police officer who spent 12 years with the French police before creating this story, taken in part from real events of the 1980s.
Dir. Olivier Marchal · With Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Depardieu, André Dussollier

Damien and Leito return to District 13 on a mission to bring peace to the troubled sector that is controlled by five different gang bosses, before the city’s secret services take drastic measures to solve the problem.
Dir. Patrick Alessandrin · With Cyril Raffaelli, David Belle, Philippe Torreton

After growing up in a poor gypsy camp, Edmond Vidal, aka Momon, has retained a sense of family, unfailing loyalty and pride in his origins. Most of all, he has remained friends with Serge Suttel, with whom he first discovered prison life - for stealing cherries. The two of them inevitably got involved in organized crime. The team they formed, the Ganf Des Lyonnais, made them the most notorious armed robbers of the early 1970s. Their irresistible rise ended in 1974 with a spectacular arrest. Today, as he nears 60, Momon would like to forget that part of his life. He has found peace by retiring from the "business". He tends to his wife Janou, who suffered so in the past, and to his children and grandchildren, all of whom have great respect for this man of simple and universal values, so clear-headed and full of kindness. But then Serge Suttel, who has disowned nothing of his past, comes back into the picture.
Dir. Olivier Marchal · With Gérard Lanvin, Tchéky Karyo, Daniel Duval

A hairdresser forwards a passionate love letter to her widowed mother.
Dir. Pierre Salvadori · With Audrey Tautou, Sami Bouajila, Nathalie Baye
Romain, 31, a fashion photographer with terminal cancer, elects to die alone, preparing others to live past him rather than prolong the inevitable with chemotherapy or be smothered in sympathy by those who know him.
Dir. François Ozon · With Melvil Poupaud, Jeanne Moreau, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

A middle-class family flees an unspecified disaster that has struck the city and takes refuge in their country home. They think this will allow them to escape the chaos, but they soon realize that getting away won’t be so easy.
Dir. Michael Haneke · With Isabelle Huppert, Patrice Chéreau, Brigitte Roüan
Sarah tells Paul that she wants out of their marriage; the next day she disappears. A year later and Paul along with their children return to his childhood town to start anew after the loss of his wife and their mother.
Dir. Jalil Lespert · With Benoît Magimel, Isabelle Carré, Antoine Duléry
When Florence, his companion of five years, shocks him with the news that she's leaving him, moving to Miami and marrying another man, Arthur loses it. He follows Florence to all the way to Florida with plans to stop the wedding, which is set to take place in just a few days. Along the way, he crosses paths with Emilie, who is also heading to Miami, but unlike Arthur, is wanted by the police. As a result, Arthur gets stuck on an adventure he definitely never expected.
Dir. Frédéric Berthe · With Kad Merad, Mélanie Doutey, Manu Payet
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