Nino Finds Grace in the Weekend After Diagnosis

Nino Review: Tender five-star French drama follows a young man locked out of his apartment after a terminal diagnosis

Nino Finds Grace in the Weekend After Diagnosis

Pauline Loquès’s French debut turns medical shock into a quiet Parisian study of fear, friendship and ordinary life Nino is a tender, restrained French drama about a young man forced to keep living through the ordinary hours after a grave diagnosis changes everything. Pauline Loquès’s debut feature, led by Théodore Pellerin, looks less interested in […]

Nino review – pulls its punches

A young man grapples with a throat cancer diagnosis in Pauline Loquès‘ feature debut, which never quite fulfils its potential. While at the GP collecting some routine test results, Nino (Théodore Pellerin) is suddenly asked if he has his cancer-care routine sorted. He’s shocked, as the GP has unfortunately skipped a feedback stage and hasn’t actually mentioned the fact that Nino has throat cancer. Fair play to writer/director Pauline Loquès for …