French Roast

2008 0h 8m FR

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 65

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In a fancy Parisian Café, an uptight businessman discovers he forgot to bring his wallet and bides his time by ordering more coffee.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Director: Fabrice Joubert
Writers: Fabrice Joubert
Languages: French
Countries: France

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RUNTIME

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Tight 8-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 18 years ago.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1323520 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Only 65 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Fabrice Joubert directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.

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1Tight 8-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 18 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4IMDB entry: tt1323520 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
5Only 65 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime: 8 min · 0h 8m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: FR
IMDB: French Roast (2008)

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CinemaSerf2024-02-15
★ 7/10
Whilst a loudly coughing beggar (a bit like Ron Moody in "Oliver!" from 1968) wanders in and out, a pompous looking, cigar-smoking, businessman sits in a rather dilapidated Parisian café having a coffee only to discover that he's left his wallet somewhere. Rather than own up, he orders another coffee, and another, and another... Then a nun takes a seat beside him and on a trip to the toilet leaves her bag behind. Our now highly-caffeinated gent tries to pilfer from it, but events conspire against him and then he realises that maybe she wasn't a nun after all, indeed maybe none of these people are who they seem! There's virtually no dialogue to this entertaining short animation that amusingly invites us never to judge a book by it's cover.

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