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Like most parents, Marie (Laure Calamy) just wants to make sure her 17 year old son has the best chance to follow his dreams. What Adrien wants is to become a chef, but the school Marie wants to get him into is expensive. Marie has been a prostitute, by choice, for many years. She’s not shy about her job; Adrien knows what she does, she’s honest about it when applying for a loan, and happily stands at the front of protests with other sex workers. However, she’s not bringing in enough for Adrien’s tuition fees, so rather than continuing to scrape a living working from home, she calls in a favour from Bruno (Sam Louwyck) to get a job in the strip club/brothel he runs, leading to fallout with Adrien and the other girls in the club.

There are films about sex workers in almost every genre,...

In the new crime drama "Pericle," a mafia hit man (Riccardo Scamarcio) living in Belgium accidentally kills a woman related to an enemy clan of his Don. When he's sentenced to death, Pericle goes on the run to hide in the shadows and live a new life. He finds safe harbor in France where he meets a woman who wishes to help him. Soon they start a relationship that provides Pericle the first chance at a different life, one that exists outside the confines of mafia culture. But when he discovers that his own Don sold his head, Pericle must takes revenge on those who wish to steal his life away. Check out an exclusive clip from the film above ahead of its Cannes premiere in the Un Certain Regard section. Read More: Cannes First Look: The Dardennes' 'The Unknown Girl,' Andrea Arnold's 'American Honey' And...