Brief Crossing

– Desire for a subject that functions like a brief fling with no future as such, yet embellished by th..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.90 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 24 Minutes
Release Year:
2001
Original Name:
Brève traversée
Brief Crossing (2001) - Also known as Brève traversée

Desire for a subject that functions like a brief fling with no future as such, yet embellished by that very fact. Because something fleeting and futureless is not necessarrily pathetic or trivial. A brief crossing, perhaps an initiatory trip. Filming a guy's "first time", filming him like a girl. Gut level skin deep... Nostalgia for vast ocean liners, for places "beyond the law" where you can venture outside of life, safe within an interlude. Describing a passion while respecting classical tragedy's unity of time and place, setting the stage for the eternal play of Masculine/Feminine. A hot-blooded Latin temperatment versus an apparently cool English one. A ship - one night - Sudden intimacy between an Englishwoman whose complexion is frosted by bitterness and a teenager whose gaze glows like ardent coals.

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Release Date:

29 Apr 2002

Language:

French, English

MPAA Content-Rating:
Unrated

Director:

Catherine Breillat

Writer:

Catherine Breillat

Main Actors:

Sarah Pratt, Gilles Guillain, Marc Filipi, Laëtitia Lopez

Plot:

Desire for a subject that functions like a brief fling with no future as such, yet embellished by that very fact. Because something fleeting and futureless is not necessarrily pathetic or trivial. A brief crossing, perhaps an initiatory trip. Filming a guy's "first time", filming him like a girl. Gut level skin deep... Nostalgia for vast ocean liners, for places "beyond the law" where you can venture outside of life, safe within an interlude. Describing a passion while respecting classical tragedy's unity of time and place, setting the stage for the eternal play of Masculine/Feminine. A hot-blooded Latin temperatment versus an apparently cool English one. A ship - one night - Sudden intimacy between an Englishwoman whose complexion is frosted by bitterness and a teenager whose gaze glows like ardent coals.

Awards:

3 wins.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.9/10