Shorts

A CURTAIN RAISER (UN LEVER DE RIDEAU), 2006

France| DVD, Color, 25’ | French

Cast: Louis Garrel, Vahina Giocante

A young Frenchman makes plans to leave his girlfriend, who never changes and who behaves much too indifferently towards him.

BED SCENES (SCÈNES DE LIT), 1998

France| DVD, Color, 26’ | French

Cast:Valérie Druguet, François Delaive, Loïc Even

A series of comic sketches about sexual norms and irrepressible passions.

X2000, 1998

France| DVD, Color, 6’ | French

Cast:Denise Aron-Schropfer, Bruno Slagmulder

A man wakes up feeling groggy in an empty room following a wild New Year’s party.

SEE THE SEA (REGARDE LA MER), 1996

France| DVD, Color, 58’ | French

Cast:Sasha Hails, Marina de Van

Sasha, living with her newborn daughter, allows a camper named Tatiana to pitch her tent in the garden of the family house. Their relationship grows over time, and they establish a strange sort of rapport.

A SUMMER DRESS (UNE ROBE D'ÉTÉ), 1996

France| DVD, Color, 15’ | French

Cast:Sébastien Charles, Frédéric Mangenot

While on holiday with his partner, Luc encounters a stranger on the beach. This encounter turns his ambivalence about his sexual identity into a full-fledged dilemma.

LITTLE DEATH (LA PETITE MORT), 1996

France| DVD, Color, 24’ | French

Cast:François Delaive, Camille Japy

Paul, living with his partner, is not on speaking terms with his father, who is on his deathbed. When his sister asks him to visit their father, he realizes that he can never cut off his ties to his family.

TRUTH OR DARE (ACTION VÉRITÉ), 1994

France| DVD, Color, 4’ | French

Cast:Farida Rahmatoullah, Aylin Argun

Four youths, playing an innocent game, make discoveries about their budding sexuality. ​