Underplayed Gems

Mercuriales (2014)

Mercuriales poster
Directed by
Virgil Vernier
Genre
documentary film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 48m
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 24 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two women work as receptionists in a Parisian office tower. One is Moldovan and haunted by a cousin who vanished in France. The other is French and searching for meaning and success. They become close friends and take a trip to the German border.

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What happens

Mercuriales est un film français réalisé par Virgil Vernier et sorti en 2014. Joane et Lisa sont hôtesses d'accueil dans les tours Mercuriales de la banlieue parisienne. Lisa est moldave, hantée par la mémoire d'une cousine émigrée en France et disparue sans laisser de traces. Joane est française et cherche autant la gloire et la fortune qu'un sens à sa vie. Toutes les deux se lient d'une amitié profonde et partent quelques jours à la frontière allemande. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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