FRENCH TWIST
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Friday, August 22, 11:00 AM
Camelot Theatres
FRENCHTWI
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FRENCH TWIST
87 Minute Running Time
Program: Short Film Programs
No one tells a tale quite like the French, and this collection of distinctively French tales forms the centerpiece of our special 2008 spotlight on shorts from France (30 in all in this year's ShortFest lineup).
Packaged Films...
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Alice's Stroll (La Balade D'Alice)
France, 2007, 8 min.
Little Alice's afternoon is full of laughter and play, yet her world isn't on quite the same plane as those who surround her.... more
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Just One Hour (Juste Une Heure)
France, 2007, 10 min.
A man is reading a book in a café when a woman sits down opposite him to make a very unusual request.... more
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Manon on the Asphalt (Manon Sur le Bitume)
France, 2007, 15 min.
Manon has an accident while riding home on her bicycle. As she lay in the street as ambulance rush to her, her out-of-body experience lets her see friends one by one as they learn of the event. From an oddly engaging and sweetly compelling birds-eye view, Manon discovers her life all over again.... more
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Ocean Boulevard (Boulevard L'Océan)
France, 2007, 19 min.
Agathe has taken a retreat at a small hotel at the beach. Her days are calm and quiet; the ocean waves a soothing respite. When she meets a man with a kite, Agathe discovers a little challenge can bring her immense pleasure.... more
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Original Sin (Péché Originel)
France, 2007, 16 min.
Marie, a gorgeous but lonely young woman, struggles to meet a mate in Paris. Resorting at last to a self-help book which offers tips on how to get a guy, she finally meets who seems to be Mr. Right, but are things really as they seem?... more
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Tony Zear (Tony Zoreil)
France, 2007, 19 min.
Tony Zear comes from a long line of big-eared Zear’s. Really big-eared. When his parents try to arrange a blind date with a girl from another big-eared family, Tony resists. Surely there must be someone normal who'll love him as he is?... more
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