Troubled Waters

1999 0h 9m FR

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5.0

MID

★5.0TMDB · 5

Comedy

Synopsis

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Inès shares her apartment with Laura. Everything would be perfect if she had not fallen in love with her.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Florence Loiret Caille
Inès
Danièle Arditi
Laura
Loïc Even
Le frère
Raphaël Beauville
Samuel Dupuy
Julien Donada
A passerby in the street

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sylvia Calle
Writers: Sylvia Calle
Languages: French
Countries: France

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RUNTIME

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Tight 9-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Sylvia Calle, shot by Valérie Le Gurun. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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6 / 8

CAST

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Florence Loiret Caille and Danièle Arditi and Loïc Even carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0307254 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 5 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Sylvia Calle directs. Valérie Le Gurun behind the camera. Mélanie Braux cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.

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1Tight 9-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
227 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Sylvia Calle, shot by Valérie Le Gurun. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Mélanie Braux shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Florence Loiret Caille and Danièle Arditi and Loïc Even carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0307254 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 5 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.