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Patrick Descamps has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
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Leila and Damien are deeply in love. Despite his bipolar disorder, he tries to pursue his life with her, knowing he may never be able to offer her what she desires.
Dir. Joachim Lafosse · With Leïla Bekhti, Damien Bonnard, Gabriel Merz Chammah
An unemployed factory worker takes a job as a hit man to make ends meet.
Dir. Pascal Chaumeil · With Romain Duris, Michel Blanc, Alice Belaïdi

France, present day. A professional conman passes himself off as the boss of a construction site building a highway extension. He cons the whole region, hires dozens of workers and cynically enjoys the profits of his scam until he meets the lady mayor of a small village that the road will go through. She intrigues and unsettles him, before revealing to him a world he never knew: feelings. How far will he go now to save his victims and save himself from his own lies?
Dir. Xavier Giannoli · With François Cluzet, Emmanuelle Devos, Gérard Depardieu

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

All the people in this countryside area, can count on Jean-Pierre, the doctor who auscultates them, heals and reassures them day and night, 7 days a week. Now Jean-Pierre is sick, so he sees Natalie, a young doctor, coming from the hospital to assist him. But will she adapt to this new life and be able to replace the man that believed to be irreplaceable?
Dir. Thomas Lilti · With François Cluzet, Marianne Denicourt, Isabelle Sadoyan

Pauline, a devoted and generous home help nurse, raises her two children alone, while also looking after her father, a former steelworker. Taking advantage of her popularity, the directors of an extremist political party suggest she become their candidate at the mayoral elections.
Dir. Lucas Belvaux · With Émilie Dequenne, André Dussollier, Guillaume Gouix