27° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL

NEED ANY HELP?

NEED ANY HELP?
by Nicolas Provost
Country: Belgium
Year: 1999
Duration: 7'


NEED ANY HELP?
A woman is driving her car through
an isolated area with mountains and
waterfalls when she gives a ride to
a stranger. At first, their conversation is
stilted, but then they begin to exchange
opinions concerning relationships and
life as a couple and they laugh heartily
as they continue their trip. The two
seem to be in harmony and, just before
entering a tunnel, she unexpectedly asks
the man to marry her.

Biography

film director

Nicolas Provost

Nicolas Provost (Brussels, Belgium, 1969) graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent in 1994. In 2003, his short Papillon d’amour received a special mention at the Sundance Film Festival, where three years later he competed with his film Exoticore, which was awarded the prize as best European film at the Short Film Festival in Vendôme and won the Grand Jury Prize at the Asian International Shortfilm Festival. In 2008, Plot Point won the Special Jury Prize at the International Short Film Festival of Clermont-Ferrand and also won the prize as best European film at the Short Film Festival in Vendôme. In 2009, the Torino Film Festival dedicated a complete retrospective to him.

FILMOGRAFIA

filmografia/filmography

Need Any Help? (cm, 2000), Madonna with Child (cm, 2001), Pommes d’amour (cm, 2001), I Hate This Town (cm, 2002), Yellow Mellow (cm, 2002), Bataille (cm, 2003), Papillon d’amour (cm, 2003), Oh Dear... (cm, 2004), Exoticore (cm, 2004), The Divers (cm, 2006), Induction (cm, 2006), Suspension (cm, 2007), Gravity (cm, 2007), Plot Point (cm, 2007), Long Live the New Flesh (cm, 2010), Storyteller (cm, 2010), Abstract Action (cm, 2010), Stardust (cm, 2010).

Cast

& Credits

regia, soggetto,
sceneggiatura,
montaggio, produttore/
director, story, screenplay,
film editing, producer
Nicolas Provost
fotografia/cinematography
Bjørn Bøthun
musica/music
Kalafrana
interpreti e personaggi/
cast and characters
Eva Borhaug (Monica),
Steve Joy
(se stesso/Himself)
vendita all’estero/
world sales
Argos Distribution
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