Pâté

2001 0h 30m EN

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9.0

MASTERPIECE

★9.0TMDB · 1

Drama

Synopsis

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A majestically dark story about an aristocratic family struggling to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. Amongst the bleak landscape of desolation, two young children, Otto and his sister Vera, hunt daily for food. Meanwhile at home in an abandoned ship, their delusional Mother pitifully clings onto the faded glory of their former aristocratic lives, indolently aided by her shiftless Maid. Full of opulent memories and dark ghosts, their life is a sad shadow of the past as each character copes with the grind of daily survival in their separate ways. When the sublimely malevolent Mister Griswald, the only man to survive the apocalypse, unexpectedly drops in for dinner, he sets in motion the final act - revealing the shocking secret of their survival.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Jane Culley
The Mother
Ty Arnold
Otto
Samantha Browne-Walters
Vera
Gary Swanson
Mister Griswald
Barbara Pitcher
The Maid

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo
Writers: Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo, Eva Han

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RUNTIME

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Tight 30-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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25 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 6

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 6

ERA

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Jane Culley and Ty Arnold and Samantha Browne-Walters carry the top of the cast.

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5 / 6

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0289755 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 30-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
225 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Jane Culley and Ty Arnold and Samantha Browne-Walters carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0289755 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.