It was meant to be a one-off rideshare from Paris but things get complicated from the outset when, instead of the two girls he’s expecting, Edouard ends up with quite different passengers: stocky, affable Chérif and garrulous show-off Félix… A subtle comedy about the strength of unexpected friendship, diffident romances, and painful wounds that either heal quickly in the summer’s shimmering heat or never go away. Show more
Somewhere in the Basque Country there was once an island in the middle of a river – a place of childhood memories treasured by director Oskar Alegria. A mythical space connected to his family, especially his father, who captured it in a home movie. A highly original filmmaker with an enchanting animality and offbeat humour, Alegria returned to the river bank several decades later for self-imposed isolation in a wooden cabin. Here he spent four months filming the fascinating documentary journal of a hermit who longs to stop time and animate his nostalgia for bygone years. Show more