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- DirectorMatt JohnsonStarsJay BaruchelGlenn HowertonMatt JohnsonThe story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone.
- DirectorMargarethe von TrottaStarsVicky KriepsRonald ZehrfeldTobias ReschThe relationship between writers Ingeborg Bachmann and Max Frisch.
- DirectorRolf de HeerStarsNatasha WanganeenCraig BehennaMwajemi HusseinFollowed by BlackWoman, who is abandoned in a cage in the middle of the desert. Once she escapes the cage, she walks from desert to mountain to city, to find - more captivity.
- DirectorMartín BenchimolStarsAlexa OlivoJustina OlivoJustina has been rewarded by her former employer for her lifelong devotion to her as a maid with a colossal mansion deep in the Argentinian Pampa. The only condition is that she must never sell it.
- DirectorJuan Sebastián ToralesStarsNicolás DíazMaría SoldiCali CoronelThe sexual awakening of a young man while spending a summer with his family in a small rural town. Upon learning of with the ancient legend of a creature that takes sinners, his impulses surface.
- DirectorJoão CanijoStarsAnabela MoreiraRita BlancoMadalena AlmeidaFollows five women who fight for the stability of a hotel they inherited, living an "old and irresolvable conflict," with many conversations that have been postponed and much that remains to be said within a family.
- DirectorNicolas PhilibertStarsMamadi BarriWalid BenzianeSabine BerlièreFollows patients and caregivers at a psychiatric centre with a unique floating structure located in the middle of the Seine river in central Paris.
- DirectorLeandro KochPaloma SchachmannStarsLeandro KochRebeca YanoverCesar LernerA sense of humour to flourish and gives rise to a powerful groundswell of emotions that carries us away in music
- DirectorPhilippe GarrelStarsLouis GarrelDamien MonginEsther GarrelThree siblings, a father and a grandmother run a business in the form of a travelling puppet show. When the father dies, the remaining family members try to keep his legacy alive.
- DirectorIvan SenStarsSimon BakerRob CollinsNatasha Wanganeen'Limbo' follows the investigation of a twenty year-old outback cold case murder by jaded detective Travis Hurley.
- DirectorAngela SchanelecStarsAliocha SchneiderAgathe BonitzerMarisha TriantafyllidouAbandoned as a baby, Jon finds himself in prison on a manslaughter charge. He falls in love with prison guard Iro, unaware of their fateful connection.
- DirectorEstibaliz Urresola SolagurenStarsSofía OteroPatricia López ArnaizAne GabarainDuring a summer in a village house linked to beekeeping, an eight-year-old and her mother experience revelations that will change their lives forever.
- DirectorChristoph HochhäuslerStarsTimocin ZieglerThea EhreMichael SiderisFollows an undercover investigator infiltrating the world of a trans woman who has links to a major drug dealer and with whom he was in love under her former identity.
- DirectorGiacomo AbbruzzeseStarsMorr NdiayeWahab OladitiSalem KisitaAfter a painful journey through Europe, Aleksei arrives in Paris to join the Foreign Legion. Meanwhile, in the Niger Delta, Jomo struggles against the oil companies threatening his village and the lives of his family.
- DirectorJohn TrengoveStarsJesse EisenbergAdrien BrodyOdessa YoungConflicted about his girlfriend's pregnancy, Ralphie's life spirals out of control when he meets a mysterious family of men.
- DirectorJian LiuStarsZijian DongDongyu ZhouXu ChangchuSet in China in the 1990s, takes a look at youth featuring a group of art students.
- DirectorLu ZhangStarsBai Qing XinYao HuangZhuangzhuang TianGu Wentong learns the whereabouts of his father, who lost contact with him more than 40 years ago. Encouraged by his new friend, Gu Wentong decides to face his father and rebuild the long-lost father-son relationship.
- DirectorTatiana HuezoStarsMontserrat HernandezMaría de los Ángeles Pacheco TapiaLuz María Vázquez GonzálezIn the remote Mexican village of El Eco, life is rich in privation, work and children. Here, granddaughters movingly take care of grandmothers until they die.
- DirectorA.V. RockwellStarsTeyana TaylorAaron Kingsley AdetolaAven CourtneyAfter unapologetic and fiercely loyal Inez kidnaps her son Terry from the foster care system, mother and son set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity, and stability, in a rapidly changing New York City.
- DirectorJean-Stéphane SauvaireStarsSean PennTye SheridanGbenga AkinnagbeOllie Cross is a young paramedic assigned to the NYC night shift with an uncompromising and seasoned partner Gene Rutkovsky. Each 911 call is often dangerous and uncertain, putting their lives on the line every day to help others.
- DirectorRamata-Toulaye SyStarsKhady ManeMamadou DialloBinta Racine SyA young couple in Senegal must contend with the disapproval of their remote village.
- DirectorJessica HausnerStarsMia WasikowskaKsenia DevriendtLuke BarkerA teacher takes a job at an elite school and forms a strong bond with five students - a relationship that eventually takes a dangerous turn.
- DirectorAlice RohrwacherStarsJosh O'ConnorCarol DuarteVincenzo NemolatoA group of archaeologists and the black market of historical artifacts.
- DirectorAnh Hung TranStarsJuliette BinocheBenoît MagimelEmmanuel SalingerThe story of Eugenie, an esteemed cook, and Dodin - the fine gourmet chef she has been working for over the last 20 years.
- DirectorCatherine CorsiniStarsAïssatou Diallo SagnaEsther GohourouSuzy BembaKheìdidja, in her forties, works for a wealthy Parisian family who offers her the opportunity to take care of their children for a summer in Corsica. It's an opportunity for her to return with her daughters, Jessica and Farah, to the island they left fifteen years earlier in tragic circumstances.
- DirectorKaouther Ben HaniaStarsOlfa HamrouniEya ChikhaouiTayssir ChikhaouiBetween light and darkness stands Olfa, a Tunisian woman and the mother of four daughters. One day, her two older daughters disappear. Filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania invites professional actresses to fill in their absence.
- DirectorWang BingZhili is one of the centers of the textile industry and people around rural areas flock there for work. They toil away tirelessly, live in squalid conditions, face prejudice from their families, and have to fight for better pay.
- DirectorLuciano PodcaminskyStarsLeonardo SbaragliaJulieta DíazMarco Antonio CaponiA couple who have been married for twenty years decide to take a sailing trip to reignite the passion, accompanied by a friend and his new girlfriend. During the voyage, a storm breaks out and the sailboat is adrift.
- DirectorLisandro AlonsoStarsViggo MortensenChiara MastroianniAlaina CliffordMurphy searches for his daughter after she is kidnapped by the outlaw Randall.
- DirectorWei ShujunStarsYilong ZhuChloe MaayanHou TianlaiChief police investigates a series of murders in a riverside town in rural China in the 1990s. An arrest is made quickly, clues push the policeman to dive deeper into the hidden behaviour of the locals
- DirectorMohamed KordofaniStarsEiman YousifSiran RiakNazar GomaJust before the secession of South Sudan, a married former singer from the north seeks redemption for causing the death of a southern man by hiring his oblivious wife as her maid.
- DirectorRenée Nader MessoraJoão SalavizaStarsFrancisco Hyjno KrahoIlda Patpro KrahoLuzia Cruwakwyj KrahoThrough her child's eyes, Patpro will go through three periods of the history of her indigenous people, in the heart of the Brazilian forest.
- DirectorAnthony ChenStarsDongyu ZhouHaoran LiuChuxiao QuThe blossoming relationship between three young adults in their twenties.
- DirectorMonia ChokriStarsMagalie Lépine BlondeauPierre-Yves CardinalFrancis-William RhéaumeSophia's life is turned upside down when she meets Sylvain. She comes from a wealthy family, while Sylvain comes from a family of manual workers. Sophia questions her own values after abandoning herself to her great romantic impulses.
- DirectorWarwick ThorntonStarsCate BlanchettAswan ReidDeborah MailmanA nine-year-old Aboriginal Australian orphan boy arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun.
- DirectorBalojiStarsMarc ZingaYves-Marina GnahouaMarcel Otete KabeyaAfter spending years in Belgium, a young Congolese man returns to his birthplace of Kinshasa to confront the intricacies of his family and culture.
- DirectorAli AsgariAlireza KhatamiStarsBahram ArkAli AsgariSadaf AsgariOrdinary people navigate societal constraints in a series of vignettes.
- DirectorZoljargal PurevdashStarsTaivanbat AlexandarBatmandakh BatchuluunTuguldur BatsaikhanA poor but prideful teenage boy Ulzii determines to win a Physics competition for a scholarship, but his illiterate mother finds a job in the countryside and leaves him with his siblings in the middle of the winter.
- DirectorAsmae ElMoudirStarsMohamed El MoudirAsmae ElMoudirZahra JeddaouiA Moroccan woman's search for truth tangles with a web of lies in her family history. As a daughter and filmmaker, she fuses personal and national history as she reflects on the 1981 Bread Riots, drawing out connections to modern Morocco.
- DirectorThomas CailleyStarsRomain DurisPaul KircherAdèle ExarchopoulosAn adventure between a father and his son, in a world where some humans have started mutating into other animal species.
- DirectorJean-Bernard MarlinStarsOumar MoindjieDalil AbdourahimWallenn El GharbaouiA former gang member who believes his daughter is the only one who save his community from an curse uttered by a rival gang member in his dying breath.
- DirectorMichel GondryStarsPierre NineyBlanche GardinFrançoise LebrunFollows a man, a director who tries to vanquish his demons, which are oppressing his creativity.
- DirectorJoão Miller GuerraFilipa ReisStarsCarla MacielFátima SoaresVitória Nogueira da SilvaAt an old manor house in northern Portugal, Ana helps her friend, Emília, the elderly housekeeper who is determined to continue to keep the unoccupied house in order for the owners who are never there.
- DirectorKamal LazraqStarsAyoub ElaidAbdellatif MasstouriMohamed HmimsaA father and son in the suburbs of Casablanca get by on petty crimes for a local mob. When a kidnapping goes wrong, they must find a way to dispose of the body.
- DirectorLillah HallaStarsAyomi DomenicaLoro BardotGrace PassôOn the eve of a volleyball championship decisive for her future as an athlete, 17-year-old Sofía discovers an unwanted pregnancy. In an attempt to interrupt it clandestinely, she ends up becoming the target of a fundamentalist group.
- DirectorCatherine BreillatStarsLéa DruckerSamuel KircherOlivier RabourdinFollows Anne, a brilliant lawyer who lives with her husband Pierre and their daughters. Anne gradually engages in a passionate relationship with Theo, Pierre's son from a previous marriage, putting her career and family life in danger.
- DirectorKarim AïnouzStarsAlicia VikanderEddie MarsanJude LawKatherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, is named regent while the tyrant battles abroad. When the king returns, increasingly ill and paranoid, Katherine finds herself fighting for her own survival.
- DirectorSean Price WilliamsStarsTalia RyderEarl CaveSimon RexA picaresque journey through the cities and woods of the Eastern seaboard of the U.S undertaken by Lillian, a high school senior from South Carolina. She gets her first glimpse of the wider world on a class trip to Washington, D.C.
- DirectorWeston RazooliStarsLio TiptonCharles HalfordWeston RazooliThree mischievous children embark on a woodland odyssey when their mother sends them on an errand.
- DirectorJoanna ArnowStarsScott CohenBabak TaftiJoanna ArnowA mosaic-style comedy following the life of a woman as time passes in her long-term casual BDSM relationship, low-level corporate job, and quarrelsome Jewish family.
- DirectorElene NaverianiStarsEka ChavleishviliTemiko ChichinadzeLia AbuladzeEtero, 48, single in a Georgian village, encounters gossip. She unexpectedly falls for a man, caught between a relationship or independence. She navigates her emotions while grappling with societal norms, searching for happiness.
- DirectorCédric KahnStarsArieh WorthalterArthur HarariStéphan Guérin-TilliéChronicles the trial of Goldman, a French left-wing revolutionary who was convicted of several robberies and was mysteriously murdered.
- DirectorJoão CanijoStarsNuno LopesFilipa AreosaLeonor SilveiraFive women are running an old hotel. Guests arrive over the course of a weekend and are drawn into a web of ongoing conflict.
- DirectorOle JunckerStarsJohannes JensenOve VilladsenKarin VisthThe meals based on indigenous ingredients and sustainability at the forefront. project managers are soon faced with problems ranging from sourcing ingredients to staffing a high-end restaurant in a location inhabited by only 53 people.
- DirectorJorge Leandro ColásStarsGonzalo Álvarez GuerreroMartín BacigaluppoHoracio MassaccesiIn 1986, President Raúl Alfonsín attempted to move the Argentine capital to the small city of Viedma, in Río Negro. This film tells of the rise and fall of one of the biggest, most extravagant dreams in Argentine history.
- DirectorJorge Leandro ColásStarsEsteban RubinsteinValeria GrossiPaco SiquotIn a Buenos Aires hospital, Dr. Esteban Rubinstein builds with his patients a space of reflection on the body, health and sickness, basing himself on Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical oeuvre.
- DirectorLukas MoodyssonStarsDavid DencikJonas KarlssonGustaf HammarstenA group of very different individuals who in 1975 lived in a commune called "Together". Now it is 1999, and the collective has turned into the world's smallest. It's time for a reunion with old friends.
- DirectorEdoardo De AngelisStarsPierfrancesco FavinoJohan HeldenberghMassimiliano RossiSalvatore Todaro is the captain of the Cappellini. He leads in his own way. The bow is reinforced with steel in the off chance an opportunity to ram a ship arises and his crew is armed with daggers should a hand-to-hand battle occur.
- DirectorMatteo GarroneStarsSeydou SarrMoustapha FallIssaka SawadogoA Homeric fairy tale that tells the adventurous journey of two young boys, Seydou and Moussa, who leave Dakar to reach Europe.
- DirectorRyûsuke HamaguchiStarsHitoshi OmikaRyô NishikawaRyûji KosakaTakumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a camping site near Takumi's house, offering residents a comfortable escape to nature.
- DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsKiefer SutherlandJason ClarkeJake LacyFollows a naval officer who stands trial for mutiny after taking command from a ship captain he felt was acting in an unstable way, putting both the ship and its crew in danger.
- DirectorQuentin DupieuxStarsAnaïs DemoustierEdouard BaerJonathan CohenA French journalist meets the iconic surrealist artist Salvador Dalí on several occasions for a documentary project that never came to be.
- DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsGlen PowellAdria ArjonaRettaA professor moonlighting as a hit man of sorts for his city police department, descends into dangerous, dubious territory when he finds himself attracted to a woman who enlists his services.
- DirectorKitty GreenStarsJulia GarnerJessica HenwickHerbert NordrumBackpackers Hanna and Liv take a job in a remote Australian pub for some extra cash and are confronted with a bunch of unruly locals and a situation that rapidly leaps out of their control.
- DirectorNancy HowerStarsJamie Lynn SpearsSean FlynnErin SandersFollows Zoey Brooks and the Pacific Coast Academy alumni as they catch up for a wedding in the present day.
- DirectorNelson YeoStarsPeter YuKelvin HoDoreen TohThree middle aged individuals who are forced to confront their inner demons as a long buried love triangle between them resurfaces
- DirectorAli AhmadzadehStarsSaba BagheriMina HasanlooAlireza KeymaneshA man driving through Tehran's underworld with his dog, dealing drugs and healing troubled souls.
- DirectorJulia de CastroMaría G. RoyoStarsOmar AyusoManuel de BlasJulia de CastroMilagros stretches a carefree youth in her last years of fertility while Jonathan seeks solace in Grindr to overcome abandonment issues. A delirious road movie, full of music, where a mysterious mermaid will set the course of the journey.
- DirectorLeonor TelesStarsCarolina MiragaiaFilipa FalcãoMeghna LallWhen Home stops feeling like one, wandering becomes routine. Time, space and emotions implode, blurring Lisbon with Bangkok. Past, present or perhaps future intertwine in a story that begins when L meets K.
- DirectorEduardo WilliamsStarsBo-Kai HsuMeera NadarasaSharika NavamaniDifferent groups of people wander in a rainy, windy, dark world. They are spending time together, trying to escape from their depressing jobs and to own the question of what to do with their time.
- DirectorSylvain GeorgeStarsMalik B.Reda B.Amine C.Melilla, a Spanish enclave in Morocco, is one of the only land borders between the African continent and Europe. A place in which to read and see European migration policies, their issues, and their consequences.
- DirectorLaura FerrésStarsMaría LuengoRosario OrtegaSaraida LlamasAntonia, a teenage mother, disappears in the middle of the night, leaving her baby behind. Fifty years later a casting director, Carmen meets Antonia, whose impulsiveness will intrude into her loneliness.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsJohn Lloyd CruzHazel OrencioShaina MagdayaoFaced with Philippine President Duterte's bloody murders and brazen lies, Lt. Hermes Papauran continues his struggle to find resolution to a 15-year-old case around a volcanic ash laden landscape and an impenetrable lake.
- DirectorRadu JudeStarsIlinca ManolacheOvidiu PîrsanNina HossAn overworked and underpaid production assistant drives around Bucharest to shoot the casting for a workplace safety video commissioned by a multinational company.
- DirectorPaula HernándezStarsSergi LópezAlfredo CastroJoaquín AceboGripped by the blind faith of her father, Reverend Pearson, Leni accompanies him on his evangelical mission. A banal accident forces them to stop at El Gringo's garage. When the Reverend becomes obsessed with saving the soul of Tapioca, the mechanic's son, Leni realizes the time has come to take her fate into her own hands.
- DirectorBertrand BonelloStarsLéa SeydouxGeorge MacKayGuslagie MalandaIn the near future artificial intelligence is in control of everyone's lives and human emotions are perceived as a threat.
- DirectorStéphane BrizéStarsGuillaume CanetAlba RohrwacherSharif AndouraMathieu lives in Paris, Alice in a small balnearic town. They have a short affair, and then each one follows their own path. To wash his melancholy, Mathieu goes to a thalasso, where by chance he finds Alice.
- DirectorNara NormandeTiãoStarsIan BoechatKaique BritoErom CordeiroIn the summer of 1996, Tamara enjoys the last few weeks in the village where she lives on the coast of Alagoas before going to Brasília. Over the summer, however, Tamara meets and gets attracted to a mysterious girl nicknamed "Heartless".
- DirectorDaniela GoggiStarsRodrigo de la SernaJulieta ZylberbergGermán PalaciosFollowing the overthrow of the cruel dictatorship that had supplanted the country's long-standing democracy, Julio returns to Argentina with his family. After his brother is abducted he takes the lead in negotiations with the perpetrators.
- DirectorNikolaj ArcelStarsMads MikkelsenAmanda CollinSimon BennebjergThe story of Ludvig Kahlen who pursued his lifelong dream: To make the heath bring him wealth and honor.
- DirectorTimm KrögerStarsJan BülowOlivia RossHanns ZischlerThe year of 1962. A physics congress in the Alps. An Iranian guest. A mysterious pianist. A bizarre cloud formation in the sky and a booming mystery under the mountain. THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING. A quantum mechanical thriller in black and white.
- DirectorPietro CastellittoStarsPietro CastellittoSergio CastellittoBenedetta PorcaroliEnea, Aeneas, pursues the myth that their name bears. He does it in the company of Valentino, a newly christened aviator. Together with the drug dealing and the parties, the two boys share their youth.
- DirectorFien TrochStarsGreet VerstraeteKarlijn SileghemRobbie CleirenAfter Holly(15) seems to have predicted a deadly school fire, all eyes are on her. Her teacher invites her to volunteer in the grieving community. Holly gives peace, warmth and hope. Soon people start demanding more and more of her.
- DirectorMichal EnglertMalgorzata SzumowskaStarsMalgorzata HajewskaJoanna KuligMateusz WieclawekAdam, trying to be a good husband and father in a small town in Poland. But Adam starts to feel increasingly uncomfortable in his body, one that doesn't reflect his true identity.
- DirectorGiorgio DirittiStarsFranz RogowskiValentina BellèJoel BasmanLubo loses his family at the hands of an organization based on the principles of eugenics. His revenge will have unexpected implications, reconsidering the blurred lines between good and evil.
- DirectorAva DuVernayStarsAunjanue Ellis-TaylorJon BernthalNiecy NashThe unspoken system that has shaped America and chronicles how lives today are defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.
- DirectorMartín RejtmanStarsCatalina SaavedraEsteban BigliardiCamila HiraneGustavo, an Argentine yoga instructor living in Chile who recently lost his wife and home while an injury prevents him from continuing with his yoga practice.
- DirectorRobin CampilloStarsNadia TereszkiewiczQuim GutiérrezCharlie VauselleThomas lives in a military base on colony of Madagascar. His parents and their circle, gradually becomes aware of politics both territorial and sexual while finding an outlet for his imagination in the exploits of crimebuster Fantômette.
- DirectorCristi PuiuStarsBianca CuculiciLaur BondarencoOtilia PanainteFollows Oana Pfifer, her brother Mihai Dumitru, Oana's husband, and Narcis Patranescu, an organized crime inspector, showing moments that capture their wanderings.
- DirectorSamuel M. DelgadoHelena GirónThe phantom island of San Borondón is the subject of this experimental exploration that takes us above the earth and submerges us underwater. The unmistakable textures and colours of 16mm film and the use of digital cameras go hand in hand, creating a portrait of a landscape that is both mythical and real. The film has the ambience of an outer space expedition.
- DirectorJavier MariscalFernando TruebaStarsJeff GoldblumTony RamosAbel AyalaNew York, 2010. Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Francisco Tenório Júnior, a young Brazilian samba-jazz pianist who disappeared in Buenos Aires on March 18, 1976.
- DirectorKleber Mendonça FilhoStarsSonia BragaSeverino CavalcantiTony CurtisDowntown Recife's classic movie palaces from the 20th century are mostly gone. That city area is now an archaeological site of sorts that reveals aspects of life in society which have been lost. And that's just part of the story.
- DirectorAndrés Di TellaThis is the cinematographic diary of an extended trip through the Pampas, on the trail of Guillermo Enrique Hudson, aka William Henry Hudson. Hudson is an enigmatic figure, full of contradictions: he was an Argentine gaucho who became an English writer. He fought in the army against the "savages" but also defended them. He wrote obsessively about his native land, but never returned. In the twists and turns of the road, a combination emerges of documentary speculation, personal memory... and dreams.
- DirectorMaría ZanettiStarsAndy PrussVicky PeñaRomina PintoSixteen-year-old Lola is studying for her resits when the possibility of a semester in Germany comes up. Lola wants to go, but her family, bogged down by her elder sister's psychiatric problems, don't want her to make the trip. The lack of stability and exhaustion in the ties with her family prompt Lola to go ahead with her idea and set out to find new experiences that make her see both herself and the circumstances that surround her with different eyes.
- DirectorIngrid PokropekStarsSofía ClausenSantiago FerreiraMercedes HalfonAfter an accident, 14-year-old Ana has a metal plate in her arm. Unexpectedly, during the winter holidays, the plate begins to receive peculiar messages conveyed in Morse code.
- DirectorCamila FabbriStarsCamila PeraltaAgustín GagliardiMartina ChamorroClara is on her way out of the city on a family trip to the outskirts. She receives a message from Martina, her childhood friend, the person she'd been with the night of the tragedy at the República Cromañón club, bringing the idea of motherhood into the foreground. This shot of the present day and reality in a series of WhatsApp texts, home videos and family lunches sparks an exhaustive look back at her own adolescence and that of her friends in a city ravaged by the crisis and by a tragedy.
- DirectorMaría AparicioEva is a film editor. While working with her assistant Rami on a feature film about blind people, she seems to have lost her enthusiasm for cinema. Added is the recent death of her friend Juan, a film director whose films she edited.
- DirectorShane AtkinsonStarsSteve ZahnJohn MagaroDylan BakerWhen Ray discovers that his wife is cheating on him, he decides he's going to kill himself. His plans suddenly change when a stranger mistakes him for a low-rent hitman.
- DirectorPaulo AbreuStarsMiguel LoureiroIsabel AbreuSérgio SilvaUbu, instigated by his wife, murders King Venceslau and usurps the throne of Poland. Intoxicated by power, this grotesque and cowardly character conducts his reign in an absurd and cruel way, leading his kingdom to ruin. A cinematographic adaptation of Alfred Jarry's play.