Presented by the French Embassy in Ireland and the Alliance Française Irish Network as part of First Fortnight Mental Health Festival 2022. 

The screening will be followed by a conversation on mental health between Carl Cordonnier, French photographer and artist, and Maria Fleming, Festival CEO.

Fabrice Luchini stars as a fast and furious CEO who loses his capacity for speech in director Herve Mimran’s dramedy, 'A Man in a Hurry.' - The Hollywood Reporter

Synopsis

Alain (Fabrice Lucchini) is a business executive who's racing against time. There is no room in his life for leisure or family. After a massive stroke, Alain wakes up in a hospital, where it is quickly determined that he has sustained significant loss of language and memory. Jeanne (Leïla Bekhti), a young speech therapist, is assigned to help him re-learn, as a child learns, how to speak and how to put himself back together. As he recovers, he begins to see that he has let a whole section of his life slip through his fingers. But he also finds that all is not lost, that he can make up for lost time, especially with his daughter.

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