Dali Benssalah

A 14-year-old boy growing up in a housing project in the South of France with his four brothers and their ailing mother in a coma.

My Brothers and I

My Brothers and I (2021)

Raimunda, her daughter Paula and her sister Sole travel from Madrid to the windy and superstitious village of Alcanfor de las Infantas to visit the grave of their mother Irene, who died years ago in a fire with her husband. Then they visit Irene's sister Paula, an old senile aunt that raised Raimunda after the death of her parents that insists to tell them that Irene is alive and living with her; later, they go to the house of her neighbor and friend Agustina, who gives a support to Paula. They return to Madrid, and after a hard day of work, Raimunda meets her daughter completely distraught at the bus stop waiting for her. When they arrive home, Paula tells her mother that she killed her unemployed father Paco, who was completely drunk and tried to rape her. While Raimunda hides his body, Sole calls her to tell that their beloved aunt Paula has died. The next morning, Sole travels alone to the funeral, and when she returns to Madrid, she finds her mother hidden in the trunk of her car. She brings Irene to her apartment, where secrets from the past are disclosed.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Volver

Volver (2006)

Andy Jones is the co-owner and Head Chef at a fine-dining restaurant with an open kitchen layout. He is late for opening during the Christmas period and rushes to the restaurant. He makes a call to his ex-wife and profusely apologises for missing his son's swimming race, suggesting the long-standing neglect.When he arrives at the restaurant, he discovers that they have an unannounced health inspection.
The Health Inspector meticulously finds faults in all of the restaurant's operations - including cross-contamination, a cook washing her hands in the food preparation sink, the safe temperatures of different meats and structural damage.
During the meeting with the Health Inspector, Andy ignores that the main faults with the restaurant were due to his lack of documentation. Instead, Andy blames his staff members for the infringements. Meanwhile, the senior staff, Carly and Freeman, defend themselves by pointing out Andy's faults in the lead-up. Once Andy realises his mistakes, he apologises and the kitchen continues with their preparation despite being scarce on ingredients for an overbooked night of service.Andy has been behind on many aspects of his health, managing his staff's requests and sorting restaurant administration. Throughout the night, Andy is seen drinking from a white bottle with an unknown fluid.
During the staff meeting, they are informed of a guest planning a marriage proposal, a celebrity chef attending and the constant swearing of the staff affecting the dining experience.
Andy is nervous about the fictional celebrity chef, Alastair - his former boss, arriving and attempts to leave but is stopped by his staff. Alastair arrives with a surprise guest, a notorious food reviewer, as a veiled threat to Andy.Andy frequently checks on his staff members during the night and chastises the dish-washing staff for being behind on their work which was due to the co-worker being late.
Andy visits the dessert chefs and educates them on how to balance the acidity of their lemon curd. It later discovered that one of the chefs suffers from anxiety, depression, and self-harm. The other dish-washing staff finally arrives late where his main role is to acquire drugs for Andy.Throughout the night, the kitchen deals with issues such as misunderstandings due to language barriers, short-staffing, having a shortage of ingredients, slack front-of-house staff, pandering to social media influencers, arrogant guests, an overbearing yet underqualified Maître D and food being sent back due to unreasonable requests.A guest reminds the front-of-house staff of an allergy, which is haphazardly passed down to the kitchen. Pent-up frustration between front-of-house and back-of-house staff leads to Carly exploding and berating the Maître D, Beth, in front of everybody.
Behind closed doors, Beth has an emotional breakdown and admits she does not know what she is doing in her job. Afterwards, she resumes her stoic appearance in front of guests.Alastair later accuses Andy of taking a £200K loan from him and that Andy has been avoiding him ever since. Alastair begs Andy to pay back the loan or allow him to be a partner in his restaurant, as he is going broke. Shortly after, a guest at the restaurant has an allergic reaction and an ambulance is called. As Alastair now has a vested interest in the restaurant's reputation, he orders Andy to blame Carly for the allergy mishap, where Andy is reluctant. After an emergency staff meeting, it is discovered that Andy unknowingly gave the order to use a salad dressing containing the allergen.Tempers flare where Freeman finally screams at Andy for his ongoing incompetence in management and his drug and alcohol addiction. Carly also reaches her limits where she chooses to quit after the night due to stress from running the restaurant from Andy's absenteeism.Andy goes to his office to calm down, where he fills his white bottle with alcohol and snorts cocaine. He makes a sobering call to his ex-wife, begging her to allow him to remain involved in his son's life and that he will attend rehabilitation for his addiction. Andy disposes of all his alcohol and drugs, hoping to make a change after hitting rock bottom.
As Andy walks back into the restaurant, he collapses from an apparent overdose. Moments later, the staff find him and frantically seek help to save his life not knowing whether it is too late.

Boiling Point

Boiling Point (2021)

"Licorice Pizza" is the story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around, and falling in love in the San Fernando Valley in 1973. Written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the film tracks the treacherous navigation of first love.—United Artist Releasing

Licorice Pizza

Licorice Pizza (2021)

When André, 85, has a stroke, Emmanuelle hurries to her father's bedside. Sick and half-paralyzed in his hospital bed, he asks Emmanuelle to help him end his life. But how can you honor such a request when it's your own father?

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My Brothers and I

2021

Drama/ Music

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Duration: 108 min

IMDB Rating: 7.1

Language: fr

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A 14-year-old boy growing up in a housing project in the South of France with his four brothers and their ailing mother in a coma.

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Dali Benssalah as -Abel

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