Seven minutes. One subway encounter. Zero chill from this woman.
A shy man observes a young woman in the metro. He comes forward to help when someone is bothering her. She makes a moves towards him.
Acting
Bonnard's sheepish micro-expressions are painfully relatable.
Direction
De La Brosse packs a rom-com arc into 7 minutes.
Director
Shane de La Brosse
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Damien Bonnard later starred in Dunkirk and Staying Vertical; this was early proof he could do anxious everyman.
Part of a wave of 2010s French micro-shorts that rejected traditional distribution, premiering at Clermont-Ferrand before viral festival runs.
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