A Curtain Raiser & Other Shorts 2007
Un lever de rideau et autres histoires (original title)
| 2h 12 min | Drama, Romance | 12 September 2007 (USA)
Storyline:
DVD release of seven short films by François Ozon originally produced between 1993 and 2006. A Curtain Raiser, X2000, Bed Scenes, Little Death, Truth or Dare, A Rose Between Us, Victor.
Director: François Ozon
Writers: Didier Blasco, Nicolas Mercier
Stars: Margot Abascal, Mathieu Amalric, Pascale Arbillot
Country: France
Language: French
Release Date: 12 September 2007 (USA)
Also Known As: A Curtain Raiser & Other Shorts
A Curtain Raiser (2006)
Un lever de rideau (original title)
TV-PG | 30min | Short, Drama, Romance | 13 March 2008 (South Korea)
Storyline:
Bruno is waiting for his girlfriend Rosette to arrive at his apartment. He is very disturbed because he loves her deeply, but he is infuriated that she is at least 45 minutes late EVERY SINGLE TIME they are supposed to meet, leading him to wonder how can she love him if she is that selfish, and how he can respect himself for putting up with it. He discusses the issue with his friend Pierre while he waits, explaining that he has made the decision to terminate the relationship if she is that late this time. And when Rosette arrives…
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4
File size : 165 MiB
Duration : 29 min 7 s
Overall bit rate : 792 kb/s
Bedtime Stories 1998
Scènes de lit (original title)
| 25min | Short, Romance | June 1998 (France)
Storyline:
Seven brief scenes, each with a couple, explore the surprises and the changes of heart that can occur during sexual encounters. Only one of the seven couples has been in bed together before; several are strangers or new acquaintances. A prostitute and her john, an older woman and a youth who follows her home, two women friends, a gay man with a straight man, a man with distinctive ideas about soap and water, a woman who wants the light left on, and a Spanish-speaking woman with a French-speaking man make for an array of possibilities and unanticipated consequences.
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4
File size : 148 MiB
Duration : 25 min 6 s
Overall bit rate : 823 kb/s
Little Death (1995)
La petite mort (original title)
| 26 min | Short, Drama | 1995 (France)
Storyline:
Family ties. Paul is an artist, his current project is to take photos of the faces of men during orgasm. He lives with Martial, his lover. His sister Camille, who’s running the family business, takes Paul to the hospital to see their father, who is dying. Paul hasn’t seen him in six years, and all his life has believed his father thinks he’s ugly and perhaps not even his child. There’s no deathbed reconciliation, but subsequent exchanges of Paul with Martial and with Camille bring opportunities for growth and change to this temperamental and self-pitying young man.
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4
File size : 156 MiB
Duration : 24 min 29 s
Overall bit rate : 889 kb/s
Truth or Dare (1994)
Action vérité (original title)
| 4 min | Short
Storyline:
Innocence gives way to experience. Two girls and two boys, probably about 14 or 15 years old, play a game of truth or dare. The questions and the challenges deal with sex; it’s innocent and harmless, but at each turn, each youth tries to raise the ante. Then, Paul gives a dare to Rose, and the result brings on a sudden and complete silence.
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4
File size : 41.6 MiB
Duration : 4 min 11 s
Overall bit rate : 1 384 kb/s
Une rose entre nous (1994)
27 min | Short | 1 March 2007 (Burkina Faso)
Storyline:
An eccentric British woman picks up a young apprentice hairdresser on a wild night in Paris.
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4
File size : 316 MiB
Duration : 26 min 11 s
Overall bit rate : 1 685 kb/s
Victor (1993)
14min | Short
Storyline:
A well brought up young man commits an irreparable yet liberating act after a failed suicide attempt.
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4
File size : 114 MiB
Duration : 12 min 59 s
Overall bit rate : 1 227 kb/s
X2000 (1998)
| 8min | Short | 21 November 1998 (Greece)
Storyline:
Morning has broken on January 1, 2000. A man rises from his bed, leaving a woman asleep. He walks through an apartment littered with the detritus of last night’s party. Twin men are asleep in a single sleeping bag on the floor. He sees a couple making love in an apartment across the way. The woman rises, sees him staring out the window, and runs a bath. As she soaks and the twins sleep, he makes a discovery beneath a wastebasket. Quiet morning-after ruminations continue.
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4
File size : 57.5 MiB
Duration : 8 min 7 s
Overall bit rate : 989 kb/s
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8653638/