Movies: Aline Winant

An elegant woman presides over a banquet whose increasingly surreal nature reflects ideals and anxieties about modern motherhood....

Winter is in full swing. With her mother by her side, Laurence is en route to her grandma’s funeral to pay her last respects. But her mind is elsewhere; Laurence is expecting someone....

July 1982 in Morocco. Samir, a 16-year-old fisherman, is learning English in the hope of leaving his village. Louis, a Western tourist traveling with his wife, has to explain himself in a language that is not his own. Samir is the only one who can h...