31/10/2012 - The director of Heartbreaker is back with a comedy starring Dany Boon and Diane Kruger

After the success of Heartbreaker [+see also:
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Two titles co-produced by France, Luxembourg, and Belgium are also out in cinemas. Sandrine Bonnaire’s Maddened by his Absence [+see also:
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Other European films this Wednesday include Spanish filmmaker Montxo Armendariz’s Don’t Be Afraid [+see also:
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(Translated from French)