Cinema Kisses

Éric Fottorino · 2007 CE · Novel · French · Contemporary

A man whose father worked as a stills photographer on film sets goes through the cinema of the 1960s looking for the actress who was his mother and whom he never knew. The search is conducted through old films, photographs and half-remembered names. It won the Prix Femina in 2007.

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