Frank-Etienne is a door-to-door salesman on a mission to sell empty boxes in the middle of nowhere. Things go awry when he meets a young woman who is determined to take advantage of his kindness and his car. Unable to resist her, Frank-Etienne finds himself in an increasingly absurd situation with the woman, her lover, and his dog.
About the director
Constance Meyer (February 4th 1984) Before becoming a filmmaker and photographer, Constance studied literature and history at La Sorbonne. After receiving her MA she started to work in theater and film in France. In 2010 she moved to New York where she entered NYU’s graduate film program. “Frank-Etienne” is her second short film.
Filmography : ‘Signals’ (NYU – 2010) ‘Frank-Étienne Vers la Béatitude (b.o.x – 2012)
I wrote this story specifically for Depardieu and Fois. I wanted to put them in an absurd situation and let the humor come out of their physicality. I thought of them as an unlikely Bonnie and Clyde set in a stylized black and white universe. My desire was to create a world that could be simultaneously comical and sad.
Constance Meyer
Contacts
Distribution : Premium Films Jean-Charles Mille – +33 1 77 37 33 67 130 rue de Turenne 75003 Paris jcm@premium-films.com
Production : b.o.x production Victor Holl – +33 1 42 77 11 00 20 rue de la Corderie 75003 Paris contact@b-o-x.fr
Festivals
2012 – Mostra internationale de cinéma de Venise (Italie) – New York Film Festival (USA) 2013 – Kino Pavasaris, Vilnius (Lituanie) – Festival de court métrage 20 min max, Ingolstadt (Allemagne) – Festival international du court métrage de Palm Springs (USA) – Festival international du court métrage de Huesca (Espagne) – Festival des Nations, Ebensee (Autriche) – Festival Alto Vicentino (Italie) – Festival du film français de Sacramento (USA) – Partie(s) de Campagne, Ouroux en Morvan (France) – French Film Festival UK, Edimbourg (Ecosse) – Women Make Waves Festival de films de femmes, Taipei (Taiwan) – International Meeting, Avanca (Portugal) – Festival du Film Independant de Californie (USA) – LA Film Festival, Los Angeles (USA) - Shnit Short Film Festival (Suisse + 9 pays) - Fenêtres sur courts, Dijon (France) – Festival international des jeunes réalisateurs de Granada (Espagne) – Courts devant, Paris (France) – Petaluma International Film Festival (USA) – Festival international du court métrage de Winterthur (Suisse) – Asiana Festival international de court métrage de Séoul (Corée du Sud) – Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Rouyn-Noranda (Canada) – Tofifest International Film Festival, Torun (Pologne) – Molodist, Kiev (Ukraine) – Whistler Film Festival (Canada) – Interfilm, Berlin (Allemagne) – Un festival c’est trop court, Nice (France) 2014 – Flickerfest, Sydney (Australie) – CourToujours, Genève (Suisse) – Semaine du court métrage de Regensburg (Allemagne) – FEC, European Short Film Festival, Cambrils et Reus (Espagne) – Festival international du court métrage en Outaouais, Ottawa-Gatineau (Canada) – Filmfest Dresden (Allemagne) – Festival et Marché international du film de Sapporo, carte blanche au Festival du film indépendant de Californie (Japon) – Détours en Ciné Court, Saint-Géniès-Bellevue (France)
Cast and Credits
Film écrit et réalisé par Constance Meyer produit par Victor Holl
