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Nino (2025)

97 min · Drama

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Directors

Pauline Loquès

Cast

Théodore Pellerin, William Lebghil, Salomé Dewaels, Jeanne Balibar, Camille Rutherford, Estelle Meyer

After learning he has throat cancer, Nino has one weekend to complete two daunting tasks before treatment begins.

The story

Nino has just learned that he has throat cancer, and treatment is due to begin on Monday. Before then, doctors give him two tasks: freeze his sperm, since treatment could make him infertile, and bring someone he trusts to his first treatment session. It is Friday, but Nino struggles to talk about his cancer. He is also locked out of his home after losing his keys, while his best friend has organized a party for his twenty-ninth birthday. As the weekend unfolds, he must figure out how to reconnect with others and find the confidence to share what he is facing.

Full plot (contains spoilers)

In three days, Nino will have to face a major ordeal. Until then, the doctors have given him two tasks. Two imperatives that will take the young man across Paris and push him to reconnect with others and with himself. Nino has just learned that he has throat cancer, and that it is at a very early stage. It’s Friday, and treatment begins on Monday. Before treatment starts, he needs to freeze his sperm because the treatment could make him infertile. He has been asked to bring someone he trusts with him to his first treatment session. But Nino finds it hard to talk about his cancer. And he finds himself locked out of his home because he has lost his keys. It’s his twenty-ninth birthday, and his best friend has organized a party for him. How can he feel confident enough to talk about it? How can he make it to chemotherapy on Monday? A film full of grace and tenderness.

Genres

Drama

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