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Nino (2025)

Nino poster
Directed by
Pauline Loquès
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 37m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 80 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A shy young man gets diagnosed with throat cancer just before his 29th birthday. He has a weekend to think about his own mortality before he starts chemotherapy.

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What happens

Nino is a 2025 French drama film directed by Pauline Loquès, co-written by Loquès and Maud Ameline. Starring Théodore Pellerin as Nino, it follows a shy young man who has been diagnosed with throat cancer on the eve of his 29th birthday, and must confront his possible mortality over the weekend before beginning chemotherapy. The film had its world premiere in the Critics' Week section of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on 18 May, where Pellerin won the Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award. It received four nominations at the 51st César Awards, winning Best First Feature Film and Best Male Revelation for Pellerin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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