The Witneesses.

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While fans of the work of the French writer/director André Téchiné will queue up for his newest film, The Witnesses, this first-rate study of a time (the early 1980s), place (Paris) and people (a disparate group connected by everything from friendship and love to employment and sex) also makes a fine entry-point for anyone new to this moviemaker. I've never seen a Téchiné film I did not like, but I admit that some (Wild Reeds, My Favorite Season, Thieves) are more immediately accessible and enjoyable than others (Loin, J'embrasse pas, Changing Times).

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