
Cinetrā

Cinetrā

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.
Writer: Olivier Godin (Writer)
Cinematographer: Renaud Després-Larose
Editor: Olivier Godin
Sound Designer: Michael Binette
Producers: Johannie Deschambault, Jean-Sébastien Beaudoin Gagnon