Coming August 22
Telmah
COMÉDIE ROMANTIQUE  |  15 MINUTES  |  2022

Le jour de ses fiançailles, Telmah, drôle et indécise, réalise qu’elle n’a jamais cru en « le grand amour » — jusqu’à l’arrivée, par hasard, du filleul de son père.

On her engagement day, Telmah, funny and indecisive, realizes she’s never believed in “the one” — until her father’s godson shows up uninvited.
Coming August 22
TelmahTelmah
COMÉDIE ROMANTIQUE  | 15 MINUTES | 2022

Le jour de ses fiançailles, Telmah, drôle et indécise, réalise qu’elle n’a jamais cru en « le grand amour » — jusqu’à l’arrivée, par hasard, du filleul de son père.

On her engagement day, Telmah, funny and indecisive, realizes she’s never believed in “the one” — until her father’s godson shows up uninvited.

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Telmah
Synopsis (fr)
Telmah, jeune femme trentenaire drôle et touchante, a pris l’habitude de jamais choisir entre oui et non. Le jour de ses fiançailles, elle réalise qu’elle n’a jamais aimé follement ni n’a prévu dans sa vie une place pour « le grand amour ». Jusqu’à l’arrivée fortuite du filleul de son père, invité par hasard...
Synopsis (en)
Telmah, a funny and endearing woman in her thirties, has made a habit of never choosing between yes and no. On the day of her engagement, she realizes she's never truly been in love, nor has she ever made room in her life for “the one.” That is until the fateful arrival of her father’s godson...
Direction: Pauline Caupenne; Screenplay: Nicolas Boone
Cast: Ariane Ascaride, Serge Avédikian, Pauline Caupenne, Annick Cisaruk, Grégoire Leprince Ringuet, Elise Noiraud, Salomé Villiers, Padrig Vion