Country: New Zealand
Year: 2002
Duration: 88'


Ben is a young man who treats love lightly. He regularly lies to his girlfriend Emily so he can see other women. But one day he meets Chlo, a beautiful and passionate girl who is even more unpredictable and unfaithful than he is. Ben falls hopelessly in love with her. After a while Emily confesses to her boyfriend that she spent the night with her mechanic. Ben takes advantage of the confession to leave her so he can begin a serious relationship with Chlo. But she rejects him because she holds to two self-imposed rules: no one must ever pronounce the name Mat in front of her, and no free man will ever have a relationship with her. At this point Ben has to find a new girlfriend, but it won't be so easy.

"We wanted to make a very funny comedy which takes a satirical look at male behavior. I was inspired by the way the characters in old French farces and classic American comedies continually make fun of each other" (H. Sinclair).

Biography

film director

Harry Sinclair

Harry Sinclair (Auckland, 1959) began his career as an actor with Auckland's Theatre Corporate, where he performed from 1980 to 1983. After studying in Paris for one year, he and Don McGlashan founded a multimedia company called The Front Lawn which worked internationally until 1990. He directed various short films, one of which, ñ Linda's Body (1990) ñ was awarded a prize at the New Zealand Film Awards. In 1997, he made his first full-length fiction movie, Topless Women Talk About Their Lives, based on one of his successful television series. The film received wide-spread public and critical success and was distributed in 37 countries. His second film, The Price of Milk (2000) won prizes at many festivals, from St. Tropez to Oporto, from Pusan to Tokyo. Toy Love, his third full-length film, was presented at the festival of Cannes.

FILMOGRAFIA

Walk Short (cm, 1987), Avenue Du Maine (cm, 1988), Casual Sex (cm, 1988), The Lounge Bar (cm, 1989), Linda's Body (1990), Topless Women Talk About Their Lives (Donne in topless che parlano della loro vita, 1997), The Price of Milk (2000), Toy Love (2002).

Cast

& Credits

Regia, soggetto e sceneggiatura: Harry Sinclair.
Director of photography: Grant McKinnon.
Music: Victoria Kelly, Joost Langeveld.
Art director: Deirdre McKessar.
Editor: Margot Francis.
Sound: Tim Prebble.
Cast and characters: Dean O'Gorman (Ben), Kate Elliott (Chlo), Marissa Stott (Emily), Michael Lawrence (FranÁois), Genevieve McClean (Nancy), Peter Feeney (Jim).
Production company: Juliette Veber e John Swimmer.
Coproduzione e vendita all'estero: The New Zealand Film Commission, Level 2, The Film Centre, 119 Jervois Quay, Wellington, New Zealand, tel. +64-4-3827680, fax +64-4-3849719, e-mail Kathleen@nzfilm.co.nz.
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