Two Ships

2012 0h 31m FR

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5.8

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★5.8TMDB · 33

Drama

Synopsis

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The overexcited night of a young pinched painter and a crazy comedienne. In the impossibility to end up alone, Laetitia and Thomas cross every situation between drama and lightness, until a violent event marks their meeting of a strange complicity.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Thomas Lévy-Lasne
Thomas
Laetitia Dosch
Laetitia
Serge Riaboukine
Serge
Eric Bouroukhoff
Le Frère
Andre Dieuaide
Dédé
Chloé Lagrenade
Chloé
Guillaume Saurrel
Le Zonard
Virgil Vernier
Copain de la Fête

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Justine Triet
Writers: Justine Triet, Laetitia Dosch, Thomas Lévy-Lasne
Languages: French
Countries: France

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RUNTIME

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Tight 31-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 7

ERA

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Released 14 years ago.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Justine Triet, shot by Tom Harari. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Damien Maestraggi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Thomas Lévy-Lasne and Laetitia Dosch and Serge Riaboukine carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2199709 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

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Only 33 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Justine Triet directs. Tom Harari behind the camera. Damien Maestraggi cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 31-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 14 years ago.
3Directed by Justine Triet, shot by Tom Harari. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Damien Maestraggi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Thomas Lévy-Lasne and Laetitia Dosch and Serge Riaboukine carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt2199709 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 33 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Tom Harari
Editing: Damien Maestraggi
Runtime: 31 min · 0h 31m
Status: Released
Original language: FR
IMDB: Two Ships (2012)

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CinemaSerf2024-04-16
★ 6/10
"Laetitia" (Laetitia Dosch) is one of those people I'd dread to meet at a party. She's a bit drunk, opinionated and loves the sound of her own voice. "Thomas" (Thomas Lévy-Lasne) is her victim but he doesn't seem to mind. He's an artist without a sou to his name who is just looking for some diversion. It's clear that each has found in the other what they need for this particular night, and leave for a few escapades before returning to his bedsit. Will this fulfil either of their desires? Dosch delivers her emotionally charged character quite effectively here, and Lévy-Lasne soaks it all up readily enough but there's something lacking here. There are too many ancillary characters - usually on the phone - who clutter up the intimacy of their sometimes quite potent double header and the scenes in the hospital distract from that too. Their lives seem to be designed for maximum dramatic effect rather than any sense of realism, or to engender empathy for either. We just don't know enough about them, which for a film of thirty minutes is a shame. A fly-on-the-wall observation that left me cold, sorry.

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