Breve traversee
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Catherine Breillat
Sarah Pratt
Gilles Guillain
Marc Filippi
Laetitia Lopez
Frederic Attal
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Synopsis
A ferry leaves Saint Malo for England. Thomas, a French adolescent, meets Alice, an English woman in her thirties. The sea crossing encourages the woman to strike up a conversation, and then to enter into the game of seduction. Thomas lets himself be guided by her. He's tender, and sees her as someone alone and abandoned. In the evening he starts taking the initiative. At first she retreats, then she lowers her resistance and gives herself to him. As the ferry reaches Portsmouth, she promises to wait for him while he picks up his luggage. But when the boy looks for her, she's vanished. Finally he sees her stretching her arms towards a man and a child at the customs: Thomas, who's just made love for the first time, is left alone and depressed.
Director
Catherine Breillat
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Released in United States 2001
Released in United States on Video May 18, 2004
Shown at Venice International Film Festival (New Territories) August 29 - September 8, 2001.
One of ten films commissioned by French production company Arte for its "Masculin/Feminin" series.
Released in United States 2001
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at Venice International Film Festival (New Territories) August 29 - September 8, 2001.)
Released in United States on Video May 18, 2004
