Squash (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | squash |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 2002 |
| length | 27 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Lionel Bailliu |
| script | Lionel Bailliu |
| production |
Jerome Cornuau Miguel Courtois Gilles de Maistre |
| music | Denis Penot |
| camera | Thierry Deschamp |
| cut | Vincent Taballion |
| occupation | |
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Squash is a French short film directed by Lionel Bailliu in 2002.
action
Alexandre is invited to a game of squash by his supervisor Charles . Alexandre is late because Nicole made a mistake in the bookkeeping and he helped her. Charles asks Alexandre if he has ever slept with Nicole. When he says no , Charles suggests that he knew other things about the Chamonix seminary , but then admits he was just joking. From the beginning of the game, Charles puts Alexandre under psychological pressure, concluding from Alexandre's style of play that he has a bad work ethic and his lack of self-confidence. When Alexandre can turn the game around at 4-0 and it is finally a draw, Charles points out that he let him win a couple of rounds.
In the game, Charles Alexandre hits the ball in the face. Shortly before the match point and with high leadership, Charles determines that he will fire Alexandre and Nicole because Alexandre is a loser and Nicole's mistakes have shown that he is passing on his loser traits to other colleagues. Shortly afterwards, he relativized his statement: If Alexandre loses the game, he will also lose his job. If he wins, he can stay with the company. Although Charles plays unfairly, Alexandre creates the tie to 8: 8. He is now injured after Charles fouled him so that a knee injury breaks open again. He also has a bloody scratch on his face. Just before the crucial match point, Alexandre uses a characteristic phrase that Charles' wife uses while she sleeps with her husband. Alexandre admits he has cheated on Charles' wife for quite some time. This upsets Charles so much that he eventually loses the game. He wants to fire Alexandre immediately, but he says he has bluffed. The walls at the Chamonix seminary were very thin, so he heard Charles and his wife. In addition, he is now blackmailing Charles with a recording of that co-sleeping. Charles, who is unsure whether Alexandre actually has explosive recordings, says that both will be a very good work team in the future. You are leaving the squash field.
production
After Microsnake, Squash was the second short film that Lionel Bailliu made as a director. He also wrote the script; the shooting took place in 2001. In 2006 he filmed the story under the title Fair Play as a feature film.
Squash was premiered in 2002 at the Festival du Court-Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand and was shown in the same year at the Palm Springs International ShortFest and the Short Cuts Cologne - International Short Film Festival in Cologne.
Awards (selection)
Squash won the Acting Award and the Audience Award at the Festival du Court-Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand in 2002. In 2003 the film was nominated for a César in the Best Short Film category. The film won the jury award for Best Screenplay at the Aspen Shortsfest in 2003 and was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Short Film category in 2004.
Web links
- Squash in the Internet Movie Database (English)