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JDD’s Weekly Cinema Picks Spotlight Identity, Class and Ecology in New Releases

The Culture desk offers star-rated snapshots that frame this week’s films through sharp social lenses across genres.

Overview

  • Amine Adjina’s debut La petite cuisine de Mehdi is praised as a charming, touching comedy that tackles contemporary identity, with a standout turn from Hiam Abbass.
  • Chasse gardée 2 pivots from city–country rivalry to widening gaps between rich and poor and between generations, with Didier Bourdon fronting a reconciliatory neighbor feud.
  • La Condition adapts Léonor de Récondo into a finely acted period drama of emancipation that critiques patriarchy through restrained storytelling.
  • Love me tender, drawn from Constance Debré, centers on a breakup that becomes a custody battle, anchored by Vicky Krieps’ emotionally detailed performance.
  • The lineup spans the true-story biopic Lady Nazca about Maria Reiche’s fight to protect the Nazca lines and Benoît Delépine’s solo fable Animal Totem blending comedy, poetry and ecology.