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Dry Cleaning (1997)

Dry Cleaning poster
Original title
Nettoyage à sec
Directed by
Anne Fontaine
Genre
drama film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 33 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A middle-aged French couple who run a dry cleaning business take in a young drifter to help out. The drifter's presence slowly disrupts their marriage and leads them into emotionally complicated territory.

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What happens

Dry Cleaning (French: Nettoyage à sec) is a 1997 drama film directed by Anne Fontaine and written by Fontaine and Gilles Taurand which stars Miou-Miou, Charles Berling, and Stanislas Merhar. The film won the Golden Osella for Best Screenplay at the 54th Venice International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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