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Stéphane Ly-Cuong (writer)
Fabien Paul (writer)
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Cast

  (in credits order)
Jérôme Pradon ... François
Nicolas Larzul ... Nicolas

Anthony Rapp ... L'ami américain
Barbara Scaff ... Martine
Ann'So ... Yvonne
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Laurent Ban ... Eric
Gregori Baquet ... Jacques
Laetitia Colombani ... La femme aux chocolats
Alexandra Gonin
Alyssa Landry ... Brigitte
Arnaud Marcon ... Dancer
Cyrille Romoli ... Etienne
Eric Vincent
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Directed by
Stéphane Ly-Cuong 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Stéphane Ly-Cuong  writer
Fabien Paul  writer

Produced by
Sandrine Cassidy .... producer
Gabriel Mamruth .... producer
 
Original Music by
Patrick Laviosa 
 
Cinematography by
Fabien Lamotte 
 
Film Editing by
Alexandre Landreau 
 
Costume Design by
Bethsabée Dreyfus 
 
Makeup Department
Florence Batteault .... key makeup artist
Delphine Duguet .... makeup artist
Geraldine Kechichian .... makeup artist
Dominic Perot .... key hair stylist
Béatrice Valienne .... hair stylist
 
Production Management
Philippe Touzery .... production manager
 
Sound Department
Nicolas Beck .... sound
Rym Debbarh-Mounir .... supervising sound editor
Jean-Christophe Julé .... sound mixer
 
Camera and Electrical Department
François Comparot .... key grip
Pascal Dudouet .... electrician
Samuel Fisher .... grip
Christophe Le Caro .... assistant camera
 
Editorial Department
Juliette Urbain .... assistant editor
 
Other crew
Karine Gozzi .... script supervisor
 

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Additional Details

Runtime:
17 min
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present and past magically emerge, 14 March 2003
Author: (iscariot64)

As forty year old François reminisces to Nicolas, a 20 year old who's just stayed the night with him, about parties that he used to share with his friends, present and past magically emerge them back to a party at the turn of the 80's, they see his friends but they obviously don't see them. François remembers all their hopes and dreams at those times and he realises how many of these friends are no longer with him. The party is fun and energetic which gives him many nostalgic feelings about his lost friends, but he enjoys showing his past to his new young lover.

It may sound melancholic, but it is in fact quite humorous in places, very tender and optimistic. It's just 18 mins long but envelops many emotions into its short time frame. As the two lovers depart towards the end, that single kiss that they share leaves you with the feeling that François, has hopefully found in his lover a new chapter in his own life. The melodic tune, which is played throughout the short film is extremely memorable, and I'll bet you're humming along after you've watched the story!

The musical is very well acted and directed and a credit to French short film-making -it's also the first of it's kind on DVD, I believe. I'd now love to see a feature length film by Stephane Ly-Cuong. The DVD has the added advantage of coming with English sub-titles, so there is no need to understand the French Language to fully appreciate it. Many bonus features are also contained within the DVD, with some fabulous behind the scenes footage.

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