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"The Witnesses" (NR)
Dates Showing: June 13-19
Showtimes: 5:10P 7:30P 9:50P
 Synopsis:
Manu is 20 years old when he arrives in Paris to look for
a job. Initially, he moves in with his sister, Julie, who
rents a room in a sleazy hotel. Julie's life revolves
around music. She is training to be an opera singer and
tries hard to partition herself off from her ebullient
brother. Manu is a night bird. One night he meets Adrien,
an extrovert and cultivated gay doctor in his early 50s
with whom he strikes up a carefree, platonic friendship.
Adrien soon introduces Manu to his circle of friends.
Shortly afterwards, Adrien takes Manu for a boat trip on
the Mediterranean with a young married couple: Mehdi, who
is a cop, and Sarah, a writer. The recent birth of their
first child seems only to have made this unconventional
couple even happier together, but appearances are
deceptive. For Mehdi, the zealous police inspector,
paternity has magnified his tyrannical side and this leads
to excessive behavior both at work and in his sex-life.
Meanwhile, Sarah is unable to come to terms with being a
mother, feeling that it encroaches on her identity as a
woman. Unable to bond with her baby, she immerses herself
in her writing in a desperate quest for inspiration.
Manu's arrival in Paris and his intrusion into Julie,
Adrien, Mehdi and Sarah's lives creates shockwaves in all
their relationships. Unintentionally and unknowingly, Manu
forces them confront their true desires.
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