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Assurance est un plat qui se mange froid (L') (2001)

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Film overview :

Director : Daniel Jenny
Actors : Bernard Le Coq, Fanny Cottençon, Thomas Chabrol
Short film, Fiction , Crime/thriller
Production language : French
Nationality : 100% French
French release :
Runtime : 18mn 30s
Associate production company : FMR Productions
Film export/Foreign Sales : Agence du Court-Métrage

Synopsis

One rainy night, David goes into an art gallery in a small, provincial town. He’s come to meet the gallery owner, Paul. In fact, the gallery is just a front. Paul is a forger, and his accomplice Florence touts for unscrupulous clients looking to make money on bogus insurance claims… David offers Paul a deal, but this time things will turn out in a way that Paul could never have imagined…

Festival selections

> Bludenz (Alpinale) - Festival of European Films and First Films - 2001 :

- Short Film Section

> Film Festival in Abitibi-Témiscamingue (Rouyn-Noranda) - 2001 :

- Official Selection - Fiction Films

> New York (Urban Gypsy Productions) - French Short Film Festival - 2002 :

- Fiction Competition