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RUNTIME
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Tight 9-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Il faut que je l'aime
1994 0h 9m FR
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7.5
BANGER
★7.5TMDB · 2
Drama
Synopsis
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A young woman named Juliette reminisces a series of recent confrontations. We hear, off-screen, the voices of her loved ones, her mother, her former lover, who burst in just as she was making the decisions that affected her life.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Valérie Mréjen
Florence Giorgetti
(voice)
Hélène Foubert
(voice)
Philippe Demarle
(voice)
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Sébastien Lifshitz
- Writers
- Stéphane Bouquet, Sébastien Lifshitz
- Languages
- French
- Countries
- France
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The take
Sébastien Lifshitz directs. Kirsten Johnson behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 9-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 232 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Sébastien Lifshitz, shot by Kirsten Johnson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Valérie Mréjen and Florence Giorgetti and Hélène Foubert carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0416842 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Kirsten Johnson
- Runtime
- 9 min · 0h 9m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- FR
Also by
Sébastien Lifshitz
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1994-01-30
