Stéphane Rideau’s Typical Vibe
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Stéphane Rideau has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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As the Algerian War draws to a close, a teenager with a girlfriend starts feeling homosexual urges for two of his classmates: a country boy, and a French-Algerian intellectual.
Dir. André Téchiné · With Élodie Bouchez, Gaël Morel, Stéphane Rideau
In the heart of Morvan, Nico, the last vet in the area, struggles to save his patients, his clinic, and his family. When Michel, his partner and mentor, announces his retirement, Nico knows that the hard part is yet to come. "Don't worry, I've found the next generation" Except that ... The next generation is Alexandra, a 24-hour graduate, brilliant, misanthropic, and not at all willing to return to bury herself in the village of her childhood. Will Nico manage to make her stay?
Dir. Julie Manoukian · With Clovis Cornillac, Noémie Schmidt, Carole Franck
The adventures of an upper-class suburban family abruptly confronted with the younger brother's discovery of his homosexuality, the elder sister's suicide attempt and sadomasochist tendencies, and the intrusion of a very free-spirited maid and her husband. And it all started with the arrival in the family of an innocent looking rat.
Dir. François Ozon · With Évelyne Dandry, François Marthouret, Marina de Van

The 19 years old Thomas wakes up in a hospital after three years in a coma. He doesn't remember anything. The psychologist Anna tells him that his family has been murdered and that he is the only survivor of the massacre while his sister Laura is still missing.
Dir. Christophe Charrier · With Txomin Vergez, Clotilde Hesme, Audrey Dana
8-year-old Elli and her mother, Marlène, live in a small town by the French Riviera where they act out to relieve boredom and hide from social services. When Marlène caves in to yet another night of excess, she chooses to leave Elli behind for a man she just met. The young child must confront her mother's demons in order to get her back.
Dir. Vanessa Filho · With Marion Cotillard, Ayline Etaix, Alban Lenoir