Macadam Stories (2015)

Original title

Asphalte

Directed by

Samuel Benchetrit

Genre

comedy drama

Country

France

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

12

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 195 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three different people living in the same housing project in Paris find their lonely lives intersect. They include a boy whose mother is in the hospital and a woman waiting for an astronaut.

quirkyheartfeltpoignantunderstatedgently comicneighborhood-focusedintimate

What happens

Macadam Stories (French: Asphalte) is a 2015 French comedy-drama film written and directed by Samuel Benchetrit, and based on the first volume of Benchetrit's autobiography Les Chroniques de l'Asphalte. The film was selected to be screened in the Special Screenings section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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