Manon on the Asphalt (2007)

  • NR
  • 01/01/2007 (FR)
  • Drama, Romance
  • 15m

Overview

On a day in early summer, two young men play squash, a lifeguard watches an indoor pool, a young woman shelves books at a store, another stages a puppet show for children in a park, an older woman cooks, and Manon gets on her bicycle to ride to a rendezvous with her boyfriend. She turns a corner. Something happens. As she lies on the asphalt, a crowd gathers around her and an ambulance arrives; we hear her voice, first confused as to what has happened, then telling us how her friends and her mother will receive word, and how her friends will gather to talk. As images move back and forth in time, she remembers recent events and expresses some small regrets.

Elizabeth Marre

Director, Writer

Olivier Pont

Director, Writer

Cast

Aude Léger's headshot

Aude Léger

Manon
Xavier Boiffier's headshot

Xavier Boiffier

Matthieu
Michelle Léger's headshot

Michelle Léger

La Mère de Manon
Bastien Ehouzan's headshot

Bastien Ehouzan

Francesco
Edouard Raix's headshot

Edouard Raix

Antoine
Elizabeth Marre's headshot

Elizabeth Marre

Jeanne
Yves Lecoz's headshot

Yves Lecoz

Medhi
Yasmeen El Masri's headshot

Yasmeen El Masri

Yasmeen

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