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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 la mer
(See the Sea, 1996, 52 minutes)
Alone with her baby daughter in a seaside cottage, Sasha agrees to let dour backpacker Tatiana pitch her tent near the house, An odd bond forms between them, underscored by a steadily amplified threat that is as sexual as it is violent. With speIIbinding performances by both women, Ozon manipulates audience expectations with considerable authority, creating a compIex and chilIing psychoIogicaI minefieId.
Action vérité
(Truth or Dare, 1994, 4 minutes)
Four teenagers discover the pain and excitement of their emerging sexuality while playing a harmless children's game
La Petite mort
(A LittIe Death, 1995, 24 minutes)
Paul, a young gay photographer, is estranged from his father and Iives with Iover 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)
While on hoIiday with his boyfriend, teenaged Luc has an encounter with a stranger on the beach that compIicates his aIready ambivalent sexuality.
Scènes de lit
(Bed Scenes, 1998, 26 minutes)
A series of Iiberated comic sketches on sexual etiquette, unbridIed passion and post-coital aftertaste.
X2000
(1998, 6 minutes)
Three naked coupIes sleep, make love and wake up in an empty skyscraper Iittered 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 wilI be over between them.
DVD extra
24-page bookIet with essays by Jonathan Romney, PauI WiIIemen, Sarah Cooper, and PameIa Church Gibson.
France | 1994 2006 | coIour | French language with optional EngIish subtitles | 152 minutes | various aspect ratios | Region 2 DVD |
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