Nicolas Sburlati

Mozart, the name we know him by, has to deal with a chaotic life. Between his small town and the countryside, between love and abandonment, between struggles and little joys, between rave parties and job hunting, this tall guy in his late thirties walks his path as best as he can. At the crossroads between worlds, he experiences life's trials and tribulations, its absurdity and, sometimes, its beauty.

Things are busy at the Paris hospital where young psychiatrist Jamal and his colleagues work. The place is run down, the staff are exhausted, budgets are constantly being slashed. You know the story, but you’ve rarely seen it conveyed as engagingly as in ‘On the Edge’, which employs a handheld camera and meaningful, artistic interventions to observe the daily routine at the psychiatric ward. The deeply sympathetic Jamal is an everyday hero with an exemplary, humanistic disposition, for whom the most important prerequisites for mental health – and for a healthy society in general – are good relationships with other people. He puts his philosophy into practice by listening patiently, giving good advice and organising theatre exercises based on Molière. Realism and idealism, however, are in balance for the young doctor, at least as long as the institutional framework holds up.

Tim claims to have discovered a makeshift camp in the garage and pretends it was set up by a migrant. Alex and Valentine, who understood he was creating a hoax, decide to pretend to believe it.

The Inspection is a mighty film without (luckily) any morality in the end — it is a story about what can and what cannot be told to children. A school teacher receives a visit from an educational inspector, who is trying to coherently react to the parents’ complaints. It turns out she spends too much time telling children about the horrible events of the 20th century, in particular about the Holocaust — all in contradiction to the logically drawn school curriculum. She is deeply convinced that while one cannot talk too much about the genocide of the European Jews, it is way too easy not to say enough, not to warn and not to explain.

Last day of work for Nathalie, French teacher and future retiree. As a farewell gift, she finds some poop left anonymously in her locker. Was she ultimately a good teacher?

Lizon has just attended her friend Marie's birthday. The friends around the birthday cake, the candles to be blown, the wish to be made amazed her. For her ninth birthday, Lizon wants to have the same thing. A birthday with a cake, candles and her friends, at her home: in the car.

Vincent has followed the woman he loves to New York. But they're not getting along anymore. Stubborn, he's going to try to do everything to get her back.