Much of Godin’s purple, declarative dialogue is delivered at a breakneck pace, as though these verbally nimble actors are running lines at auctioneer-speed while simultaneously playing their intentions to the hilt. The film is an exercise in radical compression, its velocity integral to its comic effects, though all the rapid-fire yakking and spastically edited reverse-shot sequences lead to a wordless denouement in which Mésuline searches her pockets for a cigarette in a shot that’s hardly protracted yet still takes up about one-fifth of this taut little film’s runtime. Her pleasure in finally lighting up is fairly adorable.
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Stars: Leslie Mavangui, Chloé Germentier, Dominick Rustam-Chartrand
Crew: Johannie Deschambault (Producer), Michael Binette (Sound Mixer), Olivier Godin (Writer), Olivier Godin (Editor), Renaud Després-Larose (Cinematography), Ana Tapia Rousiouk (Sound Recordist)
Country: Canada
Language: English, Français
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Runtime: 5 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Mar 01, 2021
IMDb: 1
Keywords:short film
