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Beauty Boys
COMÉDIE DRAMATIQUE |  9 MINUTES  |  2022

Une boutique pas comme les autres crée des compliments sur mesure, prouvant que bienveillance et connexions humaines peuvent changer des vies.

A unique shop crafts personalized compliments, revealing how kindness and connection transform lives in a world of hidden struggles.

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Beauty BoysBeauty Boys
COMÉDIE DRAMATIQUE  |  9 MINUTES  |  2022

Une boutique pas comme les autres crée des compliments sur mesure, prouvant que bienveillance et connexions humaines peuvent changer des vies.

A unique shop crafts personalized compliments, revealing how kindness and connection transform lives in a world of hidden struggles.

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Expressions you'll learn:

  • Se faire plaisir
  • Il en faut du/de la
  • Se permettre de
  • Jeter un œil
  • Confier
  • Le taf
  • Se prendre la tête
  • C’est la maison qui offre 
  • Comment ça se fait que
  • Faire de la peine
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Synopsis (fr)
Romain a récemment ouvert un magasin de compliments. Les différents clients viennent pour s'y ressourcer, retrouver le sourire, le moral en s’achetant un compliment ou simplement pour en offrir un à leurs proches. Mais tout va basculer lorsqu'un client particulier va entrer dans le magasin, remettant en question la vision de son propre travail...
Synopsis (en)
Romain recently opened a compliment store. Different customers come in to recharge their batteries, to smile and cheer up by buying a compliment or simply to give one to their loved ones. But everything is about to change when a particular customer enters the shop, questioning the vision of his own work...
Direction: Titouan Laporte; Production: Titouan Laporte; Image: Titouan Laporte; Sound: Timothée de Sereville; Editing: Titouan Laporte; Soundtrack: Igor Dvorkin
Cast: Wally Bajeux, David Chenaud, Abtin Dolatin, Mathilde Guzzo, Charles Halphen, Shams Hegab-Cavelier, Anaïs Hua, Eric Jakobiak, Jean-Paul Loyer, Laly Meignan