Tell me Yes, Tell me No

Tell me Yes, Tell me No

A Short film of

Noémie Lvovsky

Produced by

Production year1990

Runtime17 min

Tell me Yes, Tell me No

Synopsis

Cécile thinks one thing and its opposite. She wants one thing and its opposite. She doesn't know what she thinks, nor what she wants. So she talks about one thing and its opposite.

Credits

Director (1)

Noémie Lvovsky
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Actors (8)

Emmanuelle Devos

Emmanuelle Devos - © Dr

Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi

Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi - © Marie Rouge/Unifrance

Emmanuel Salinger

Emmanuel Salinger - © Jean-Baptiste Le Mercier / UniFrance

Olivier Py

Olivier Py - © P. Victor

Nicolas Briançon

Nicolas Briançon - © Shoky van der Horst

Stéphane Touitou

Stéphane Touitou

Sylvie Verheyde

Sylvie Verheyde

Christine Dory

Christine Dory

Production and distribution (1)

Executive Producer : La fémis

Full credits (7)

Screenwriters : Noémie Lvovsky, Denyse Rodriguez-Tomé

Director of Photography : Jean-Marc Fabre

Editor : Emmanuel Salinger

Sound Recordist : Ludovic Hénault

Assistant Operator : Emmanuelle Le Fur

Continuity supervisor : Cécile Vargaftig

Production Designers : Frédéric Bénard, Frédéric Wayolle

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Technical details

Type : Short film
Genres : Fiction
Sub-genre : Romantic comedy
Themes : Love, Relationships
Production language : French
Production country : France
Original French-language productions : Unspecified
Nationality : 100% French (France)
Production year : 1990
Runtime : 17 min
Production formats : 35mm
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 1.33
Audio format : Mono
Rating restrictions : None

News & awards

Selections (6)

Festival Internacional de Curtas de São Paulo
Brazil, 2016
Programmes spéciaux
IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival (Lisbon)
Portugal, 2016
Special program
Tampere Film Festival
Finland, 2016
Programme La fémis
French Film Festival in Yokohama
Japan, 2007
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