The Beast

1910, Paris.  Gabrielle (Léa Seydoux) and her husband, Georges (Martin Scali), run the premier doll factory in town.  She reunites by chance with Louis (George MacKay), an old friend, and confesses to him her fear of suffering a great tragedy.  Los Angeles, 2014.  Gabrielle is housesitting for an architect in his luxury home.  After an…

Gagarine

Cité Gagarine was a Soviet-constructed housing project built in France in 1963 and named after cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.  The complex would eventually come to house many immigrants from Europe to France, until its condemnation in 2019 and subsequent 16-month long demolition.  Gagarine is a touching eulogy of a film that follows Youri (Alséni Bathily), a…