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Luna, from dance to boxing, defies expectations to achieve her Olympic dream in a male-dominated boxing world, proving that perseverance can turn dreams into reality.

Rennes, 2020. The Cinéma Arvor, a temple of art and independent film, is spending its last hours in its emblematic building with its five columns and pink neon sign. The Arvor will move into a modern glass tower, next to the EuroRennes train station. The cinema will expand from two theaters to five and enjoy greater programming freedom. Putting financing together does not run smoothly; delays pile up on the construction site. Nothing out of the ordinary, until the pandemic throws the schedule into disarray yet again. The directors shadowed the Arvor team for more than two years. As cinephiles, they make this history an ode to art and independent film and share their love of the theater as a place of communication, encounter, and extraordinary shared experiences of cinema on the big screen.

Four couples are getting married. They come from very different environments, and follow different customs and rituals. Marion and Jean, Catholics, will celebrate their wedding at the Chartres Cathedral. Natacha and Mike, in their thirties, want to get married according to the Jewish tradition. Sarah and Ousseynou are Muslims. She is of Moroccan origin, he is of Senegalese origin. Both dream of celebrating a wedding worthy of the Thousand and One Nights. Sonia and Stéphane have already been married and each has two children. Unable to remarry religiously in church, they go for a secular wedding in a casino.

With the intention to represent all points of view, this documentary tackles the eight years of the "Algerian war" or "War of Liberation" head-on through the accounts of those who experienced it. 25 witnesses, civilians and soldiers of both camps, deliver their perceptions of the conflict and help to explain the multiple facets of this war.