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Xavier Maly has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2010s through the 2020s.
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A group of Trappist monks reside in the monastery of Tibhirine in Algeria, where they live in harmony with the largely Muslim population. When a bloody conflict between Algeria's army and Muslim Jihadi insurgents disrupts the peace, they are forced to consider fleeing the monastery and deserting the villagers they have ministered to. In the face of deadly violence, the monks wrestle with their faith and their convictions.
Dir. Xavier Beauvois · With Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin
Zachary is 20 years old. Dark and independent, he collects amorous conquests and school failure. Sarah is 18 years old. First class, fragile, she fills her emotional gaps with perfect control of his life. Nothing should close and yet, the year of the tank, for six months, they will live a love against which nothing can be, the true, the big one that marks a life forever.
Dir. Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar · With Esther Comar, Martin Cannavo, Vincent Perez

A novelist attends the trial of a woman accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter by abandoning her to the rising tide on a beach in northern France. But as the trial continues, her own family history, doubts, and fears about motherhood are steadily dislodged as the life story of the accused is gradually revealed.
Dir. Alice Diop · With Kayije Kagame, Guslagie Malanda, Aurélia Petit

In this ensemble drama set in rural France, the women of the Paridier farm are left to run it by themselves while their men are off fighting in World War I. But things become complicated with the arrival of American troops.
Dir. Xavier Beauvois · With Nathalie Baye, Laura Smet, Iris Bry
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