Project Detail

Cuisine Chinoise (Chinese Cooking)

Synopsis

Patricia (Irène Jacob) is trapped in a relationship with an obsessive and dangerously irrisistible man, Pascal (Yvan le Bollac'h), whom she no longer loves but cannot leave. Too afraid to tell him it's over, she is desperate to find a way out of this stifling relationship.

One night, Patricia begins reading an ancient Chinese book on military strategy called The Art of War, by Sun Tzu. Although the book is very complicated, she realises that she can apply some of its military strategies to help her end her relationship with Pascal.

Details

Year
2001
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
15.49 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Frederique Feder
Producer
Hugh MacLeod
Editor
Ursula Lesiak
Screenwriter
Frederique Feder
Director of Photography
Paco Wiser
Sound
Laurent Benaim
Composer
Manu Katche
Principal cast
Irene Jacob, Yuan Le Bolloc’h

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Elliot Productions / Les Films a Fleur De Peau

Contact: Hugh MacLeod
19 Cheyne Place
London SW3 4HJ
UK

T 020 7352 0501

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