52 Films by Women Vol 10. 27. NINO (Director: Pauline Loquès)
Pictured : 'It's the end of my world and I know it.' Nino ( Théodore Pellerin ) attends his surprise birthday party twenty-four hours after being told that he has throat cancer in a scene from writer-director Pauline Loquès ' Paris-set film, ' Nino '. Still courtesy of Curzon (UK) Nino Clavel (Théodore Pellerin) the soon-to-be 29-year-old protagonist of French writer-director Pauline Loquès’ feature debut, Nino , faces his worst-ever birthday weekend. Visiting a Paris clinic on Friday to collect a sick note, he is told that he has throat cancer. Nino had complained of fatigue and a pain in his throat but did not expect the diagnosis of papillon carcinoma, the result of a sexually transmitted disease he contracted when he was younger. However, he is being fast-tracked for treatment. He needs to have someone to accompany him on Monday morning for the first appointment. He is told that the treatment will not result in hair loss but will reduce his sperm count...