Much of Godin’s purple, declarative dialogue is delivered at a breakneck pace, as though these verbally nimble actors are running lines at auctioneer-speed while simultaneously playing their intentions to the hilt. The film is an exercise in radical compression, its velocity integral to its comic effects, though all the rapid-fire yakking and spastically edited reverse-shot sequences lead to a wordless denouement in which Mésuline searches her pockets for a cigarette in a shot that’s hardly protracted yet still takes up about one-fifth of this taut little film’s runtime. Her pleasure in finally lighting up is fairly adorable.
Directing | Olivier Godin | Director |
Writing | Olivier Godin | Writer |
Editing | Olivier Godin | Editor |
Crew | Renaud Després-Larose | Cinematography |
Production | Johannie Deschambault | Producer |
Production | Jean-Sébastien Beaudoin Gagnon | Producer |
Camera | Matthew Wolkow | Assistant Camera |
Sound | Ana Tapia Rousiouk | Sound Recordist |
Sound | Michael Binette | Sound Mixer |