EAU DE LA VIE

Catherine is taken to dine at "Eau de la vie" an opulent cafe known for its unusual entertainment. Her business associates Grant and Sarah intend to initiate her into their sordid society and strip her of her innocence. Catherine must choose from a small group of performers who will entertain the diners for the evening. She selects a young attractive man unaware that the finale of the evenings entertainment will end in his dead. To save the young man she has chosen, Catherine is driven to fight for her own life but oblivious to her struggle the other diners believe it is all part of the evening's entertainment Catherine has to stand alone. They say that evil triumphs when good people do nothing. Eau de la vie is a dark tale of hedonism and individual courage.

"My intention with Eau de la vie was to create a story that wasn't dominated by the subtext. This is not to say Eau de la vie does not have a strong subtext but that more emphasis has been placed on the narrative. Eau de la vie is a script that falls between genres, part art house and part thriller. It is a story that operates as entertainment while at the same time dealing with larger and more important issues." (Simon Baré).

Director and screenplay: Simon Baré.
Director of photography: Richard Biuck.
Art director: Tanea Chapman, Neville Stevenson.
Editor: Eric de Beus.
Music: Jeremy Dempsey.
Cast and characters: Sarah SmutsKennedy (Sarah), Kirsty Hamilton (Catherine), Jeff Boyd (maitre d'hotel), David Geary (Grant), Peter Daube.
Director of Production: Nicki Ellis.
Production company: Di Oliver Productions, 42, Reuben Avenue, Brooklyn, Wellington, New Zealand, tel. +6443849577, fax +6448017887.
Foreign sales agent: New Zealanci Film Commission, P.O. Box 11546, Wellington, New Zealand, tel. +6443859754, fax +6443849719.