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Marlène en mémoire
Paul, 25 ans, mec blasé et doucement déçu par la vie se retrouve seul avec Marlène le temps d’une soirée lors de laquelle, perdus dans un quartier industriel de Montréal, ils devront retrouver leur chemin vers leur chez soi sans internet ni argent tout en trouvant des raisons pour ne pas succomber à la tentation de l’infidélité. Récit à propos de l’homme et la femme, de l’importance vitale de l’imagination, à propos des mensonges qu’on se laisse croire collectivement pour passer au travers de la vie. 25-year-old Paul, a jaded man who is gently disappointed by life, finds himself alone with Marlène for an evening in which, lost in an industrial district of Montreal, they will have to find their way back home without internet or money while finding reasons not to succumb to the temptation of infidelity. Story about man and woman, the vital importance of the imagination, about the lies we let ourselves believe collectively to get through life.
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Paul, 25 ans, mec blasé et doucement déçu par la vie se retrouve seul avec Marlène le temps d’une soirée lors de laquelle, perdus dans un quartier industriel de Montréal, ils devront retrouver leur chemin vers leur chez soi sans internet ni argent tout en trouvant des raisons pour ne pas succomber à la tentation de l’infidélité. Récit à propos de l’homme et la femme, de l’importance vitale de l’imagination, à propos des mensonges qu’on se laisse croire collectivement pour passer au travers de la vie. 25-year-old Paul, a jaded man who is gently disappointed by life, finds himself alone with Marlène for an evening in which, lost in an industrial district of Montreal, they will have to find their way back home without internet or money while finding reasons not to succumb to the temptation of infidelity. Story about man and woman, the vital importance of the imagination, about the lies we let ourselves believe collectively to get through life.
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Genre:Romance, Drama
Written By:Xavier Paradis
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