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LES FILLES NE SAVENT PAS NAGER
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France
2000 / 35 mm / Color / 101 min.
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GIRLS CAN'T SWIM
Gwen, 15, lives in Brittany in a small, wind-swept fishing village. She has a fiery temperament but also a carefree attitude appropriate to her age. Boys come and go in her life like the tides. Lise grew up in the Paris suburbs in a family of females abandoned long ago by the father. When she learns of his accidental death, she feels she must find breathing space. She decides she'll find it with Gwen in Brittany. When Gwen and Lise get together that summer, they'd like to believe that nothing has changed, that they will be friends till death do us part, just like it was during their childhood. But adolescence is cruel; it can sometimes be devastating...
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Script: Anne-Sophie Birot, Christophe Honor�.
Phot.: Nathalie Durand.
Ed.: Pascale Chavance.
Mus.: Ernest Chausson.
Cast: Isild Le Besco, Karen Alyx, Pascale Bussi�res, Pascal Elso, Marie Rivi�re, Yelda Reynaud, Sandrine Blancke, Julien Cottereau, Dominique Lacarri�re.
Prod.: Philippe Jacquier, S�pia Production, 5, passage Piver, 75011 Paris (France), t�l.: (33-01) 48 07 29 15, fax: (33-01) 48 07 29 82, e-mail: [email protected].
Sales: Celluloid Dreams, 27, rue Lamartine, 75008 Paris (France), t�l.: (33-01) 49 70 03 70, fax: (33-01) 49 70 03 71.
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Anne-Sophie Birot
A graduate of FEMIS, the Paris film academy, Anne-Sophie Birot won the Prix Jeune R�alisateur at the 1997 Clermont-Ferrand Festival for her short film, Une vague id�e de la mer. She directed a documentary, Moteur, action, indiscr�tions (1997) on the making of Claude Chabrol's THE COLOUR OF LIES (1999). GIRLS CAN'T SWIM marks her debut in features. |
