

A short film where one drink becomes five and dignity evaporates.
Jean-Marc and Pamela attend the première of a film directed by one of their friends. They gradually lose control of things.
Acting
Mathilde Seigner's escalating panic is viscerally real.
Direction
Giannoli builds cringe tension like a horror maestro.
Writing
Every line of dialogue digs the hole deeper.

Director
Xavier Giannoli
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This early Giannoli short prefigures his later obsession with public shame and social masks, seen in The Singer and Lost Illusions.
The 'apéro gone wrong' is a distinctly French cinematic ritual — this is basically Rohmer with more wine and less dignity.
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