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Maya Sansa has 9 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by The Best of Youth.
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After a fateful encounter in the summer of 1966, the lifepaths of two brothers from a middle-class Roman family diverge, intersecting with some of the most significant events of postwar Italian history in the following decades.
Dir. Marco Tullio Giordana · With Luigi Lo Cascio, Alessio Boni, Adriana Asti

Kenza and Yaël are two young French women who go to Syria to fight alongside the Kurdish forces. There they meet Zara, a Yezidi survivor. Born in different cultures but deeply united, the women-fighters heal their past wounds and discover their present strength, especially the fear they inspire in their opponents. The three young women soon bound together and become true sisters-in-arms.
Dir. Caroline Fourest · With Dilan Gwyn, Amira Casar, Camélia Jordana

Three months after surviving a terrorist attack in a bistro, Mia is still traumatized and unable to recall the events of that night. In an effort to move forward, she investigates her memories and retraces her steps.
Dir. Alice Winocour · With Virginie Efira, Benoît Magimel, Grégoire Colin

The 1978 kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro, president of the most important political party in Italy at the time, Democrazia Cristiana, as seen from the perspective of one of his assailants -- a conflicted young woman in the ranks of the Red Brigade.
Dir. Marco Bellocchio · With Maya Sansa, Luigi Lo Cascio, Roberto Herlitzka

May 1944, a group of French servicewomen and resistance fighters are enlisted into the British Special Operations Executive commando group under the command of Louise Desfontaines and her brother Pierre. Their mission, to rescue a British army geologist caught reconnoitering the beaches at Normandy.
Dir. Jean-Paul Salomé · With Sophie Marceau, Julie Depardieu, Marie Gillain

Serge Tanneur is at the pinnacle of his acting career when he decides to turn his back on show business and become a hermit living off of France’s Atlantic coast. Three years later, Gauthier Valence, a beloved TV actor, shows up on the island to offer Serge a role in his directorial debut – a rendition of Molière’s classic play, “The Misanthrope”. Serge refuses at first, but then suggests that they rehearse the first scene and after five days he’ll decide if he wants to dothe play or not. What ensues is a battle of brawn and wits and peculiar encounters with a hotel maid who longs to be a pornstar and an Italian divorcée.
Dir. Philippe Le Guay · With Fabrice Luchini, Lambert Wilson, Maya Sansa

After many years of confrontation, the treasures of Spain and France are empty. In 1721, the regent of France draws up an ambitious plan to inaugurate an era of peace and prosperity that will heal the economies of both nations: his intention is to build a solid network of marriage alliances that will involve four children of very different ages who know nothing of betrayals and power games…
Dir. Marc Dugain · With Lambert Wilson, Anamaria Vartolomei, Olivier Gourmet

After the assault of a young woman in their seaside town, a security expert and his family get caught in a powerful riptide of secrets and lies.
Dir. Peter Chelsom · With Marco D'Amore, Maya Sansa, Silvio Muccino
Loving girlfriend, family fortune, breakout movie role: he's got it all. Until an app awakens a powerful new yearning. While in Rome to shoot his first movie, actor and industrial heir Niccolò becomes obsessed with the dating app "US" that sends him into a self-destructive spiral.
Dir. Elisa Fuksas · With Vincenzo Crea, Jessica Cressy, Greta Scarano