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Film round-up: August 21, 2020
Reviews of Perfumes, Yes God Yes, Chemical Hearts, The One and Only Ivan and Chemical Hearts

Perfumes
Directed by Gregory Magne
★★★★

AN IRASCIBLE and temperamental perfumer and a chauffeur down on his luck become unlikely friends in this wonderfully understated comedy by Gregory Magne.

Anne Walberg, (Emmanuelle Devos) known as “The Nose,” has been in the perfume industry wilderness for the last four years when she encounters her new driver, the no-nonsense but charismatic Guillaume (Gregory Montel), who only puts up with her airs and graces and rude behaviour because he needs the job to be able to win custody of his young daughter from his ex-wife.

Yes, God, Yes (15)
Directed by Karen Maine
★★★★

Chemical Hearts
Directed by Richard Tanne
★★★

The One and Only Ivan (PG)
Directed by Thea Sharrock
★★★

Wonders in the Suburbs
Directed by Jeanne Balibar
★★

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