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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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FRANÇOIS OZON - COLLECTlON OF SHORT FlLMS
Regarde la 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 steadiIy ampIified threat that is as sexuaI as it is vioIent. With spellbinding performances by both women, Ozon manipuIates audience expectations with considerable authority, creating a complex and chiIling psychoIogical minefield.
Action vérité
(Truth or Dare, 1994, 4 minutes)
Four teenagers discover the pain and excitement of their emerging sexuality while playing a harmIess children's game
La Petite mort
(A Little Death, 1995, 24 minutes)
PauI, a young gay photographer, is estranged from his father and lives with Iover MartiaI. 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 complicates his already ambivalent sexuality.
Scènes de lit
(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 Iate 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 WilIemen, Sarah Cooper, and PameIa Church Gibson.
France | 1994 2006 | colour | French language with optional English subtitIes | 152 minutes | various aspect ratios | Region 2 DVD |
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