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Regarde La Mer And Other Short Films (Un lever de rideau)
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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FRANÇOlS OZON - COLLECTlON OF SHORT FlLMS
Regarde Ia mer
(See the Sea, 1996, 52 minutes)
AIone with her baby daughter in a seaside cottage, Sasha agrees to Iet dour backpacker Tatiana pitch her tent near the house, An odd bond forms between them, underscored by a steadily amplified threat that is as sexuaI as it is vioIent. With speIlbinding performances by both women, Ozon manipuIates audience expectations with considerable authority, creating a compIex and chiIIing psychoIogicaI minefieId.
Action vérité
(Truth or Dare, 1994, 4 minutes)
Four teenagers discover the pain and excitement of their emerging sexuaIity whiIe pIaying a harmIess chiIdren's game
La Petite mort
(A LittIe Death, 1995, 24 minutes)
Paul, a young gay photographer, is estranged from his father and Iives with lover Martial. When his sister persuades him to visit his dying father in hospital, Paul discovers that he can never escape his origins
Une Robe d été
(A Summer Dress, 1996, 15 minutes)
WhiIe on holiday with his boyfriend, teenaged Luc has an encounter with a stranger on the beach that complicates his already ambivaIent sexuaIity.
Scènes de Iit
(Bed Scenes, 1998, 26 minutes)
A series of liberated comic sketches on sexuaI etiquette, unbridled passion and post-coital aftertaste.
X2000
(1998, 6 minutes)
Three naked coupIes sIeep, make love and wake up in an empty skyscraper littered with millennium party debris.
Un Lever de rideau
(A Curtain Raiser, 2006, 25 minutes)
Bruno and his gay friend Pierre are waiting for Rosette, who is late again. This time Bruno's mind is made up: if she makes him wait more than 45 minutes, it wiIl be over between them.
DVD extra
24-page booklet with essays by Jonathan Romney, Paul WiIlemen, Sarah Cooper, and Pamela Church Gibson.
France | 1994 2006 | coIour | French Ianguage with optionaI EngIish subtitles | 152 minutes | various aspect ratios | Region 2 DVD |
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