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Clac!

Country: France, Language: French, 19 mins

  • Director: Fabien Ara
  • Writer: Fabien Ara

CGiii Comment

Despite an unnecessary first minute...this is utter brilliance!

The dialogue goes from the sublime to the tragic, from the ridiculous to outright cruelty, from dark to darkly funny...

Getting rid of that first minute...would render this as a bona fide mini-masterpiece.


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The(ir) Blurb...

A family dinner at a Chinese restaurant. MOTHER : « I am going to kill myself. Tonight. » The last meal of a family ready to blow and freaking out.

Cast & Characters

Geneviève Emanuelli as Yvette
Marie Boissard as Brigitte
Serge Barbagallo as Pierre
Capucine Lespinas as Bérénice
Juliette Savary as Roxane
Julie El Haïk as Gloria