An Interview with Writer/Director/Producer Penelope Lawson
We chat with Penelope Lawson about her short film, The Dinner Party, her experience founding her own production company, and fun cinema.
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The film follows Etienne, a 40-year-old car designer, who takes time off from work to study sexual mastery from a Zen master and several prostitutes, in the hopes of having the sexual skill to impress Laure. Laure, a blonde who was introduced to him by his friend Jacques, told Etienne on January 1 that she will not have sex with him until May 27 that year at precisely 9 PM.
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The film follows Etienne, a 40-year-old car designer, who takes time off from work to study sexual mastery from a Zen master and several prostitutes, in the hopes of having the sexual skill to impress Laure. Laure, a blonde who was introduced to him by his friend Jacques, told Etienne on January 1 that she will not have sex with him until May 27 that year at precisely 9 PM.
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Genre:Romance, Comedy
Written By:Richard Berry, Fabrice Roger-Lacan
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Runtime:95 minutes
Studio:Blue Dahlia Productions, J.M. Productions, StudioCanal, TF1 Films Production
Cast
Richard Berry
Director
Patrick Timsit
Étienne
Cécile de France
Laure
Richard Berry
Jacques
Alain Chabat
Maître Zen
Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Monsieur Hubert
Ludmila Mikaël
Alice
Jessica Forde
Juliette
Nadia Barentin
Mme Ackermann
Max Tzwangue
Mr. Ackermann
Christophe Grundmann
Daniel
Joël Barbouth
Pépionakis, the waiter (as Joël Joseph Barbouth)
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