Brief Crossing (Breve Traversee)
by Catherine Breillat
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Actor: Gilles Guillain, Laëtitia Lopez, Marc Filipi, Marc Jablonski, Sarah PrattDirector: Catherine Breillat
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 80 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-05-18
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Fox Lorber
Movie Reviews of Brief Crossing (Breve Traversee)
Movie Review: Must-see French cinema: Breillat's erotic 'Brève Traversée.'
Summary: 5 Stars
"All true artists are hated. Only conformists are ever adored."--Catherine Breillat.
Catherine Breillat (1948) is a Paris-based filmmaker and writer who is best known for her explicit depictions of sexuality in mainstream films. In a reversal of conventional sexual roles, Brief Encounter (Brève Traversée) (2001) tells the coming-of-age story of a 16-year-old French boy, Thomas (Gilles Guillan), who is deceptively seduced by a 30-something English woman, Alice (Sarah Pratt), on an overnight ferry ride. The two meet while ordering dinner, and then engage in eye contact and intimate conversation as a form of foreplay before eventually falling into Alice's twin bed together. The resulting sexual scene is highly erotic even by French standards. Their brief fling occurs at sea, symbolically "beyond the law" of conventional social mores, and is meant to depict a once-in-a-lifetime connection (somewhat reminiscent of the film, Before Sunrise). The film's final scene involves an unexpected twist that is more revealing than the sexual act itself. Although some viewers might be offended by the frank sexuality and statutory rape issue, Brief Crossing is my favorite Breillat film and is highly recommended.
G. Merritt
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