Two People Exchanging Saliva
Synopsis
An absurdist tragedy set in a repressive society where kissing is punishable by death, and people pay for things by receiving slaps to the face. Angine, an unhappy woman, shops compulsively in a department store. There, she becomes fascinated by an ingenuous salesgirl. Despite the prohibition of kissing, the two become close, raising the suspicions of a jealous colleague.
Credits
Actors (12)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Misia Films
- Co-production : Alambic Production
- Foreign production company : Preromanbritain
- Film exports/foreign sales : Manifest
Full credits (21)
- Executive producers : Violeta Kreimer, Valentina Merli
- Director of photography : Alexandra de Saint Blanquat
- Music Composer : Bobaj Lotfipout
- Assistant Director : Jordan Clément
- Editor : Hanna Park
- Sound Recordist : Charlie Cabocel
- Costume designers : Rezvan Farsijani, Lola Bourdin
- Foreign producer : Natalie Musteata
- Line producers : Violeta Kreimer, Valentina Merli
- Voice : Vicky Krieps
- Co-producer : Zar Amir
- Assistant Operator : Émile Boré
- Production manager : Lucie Bouilleret
- Sound Editor : Damian Volpe
- Continuity supervisor : Alice Douard
- Production Designer : Anna Brun
- Casting : Julie Navarro, Louis Navarro, Timothée Fiorini
- Special Effects : Alexandre Singh
- Make-up Artist : Margaux Tricot
- Sound Mixer : Damian Volpe
- Sound design : Damian Volpe
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Themes : The absurd, Love, Consumerism
- Production language : French
- Premier pays de production : France
- Coproducer countries : France (51.0%), United States (49.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, United States)
- Production year : 2024
- Runtime : 35 min 59 seconds
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : Under 12
News & awards
News (9)
Selections (12)
Awards (4)
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
France, 2025
Canal+ Prize
Prix du public compétition nationale
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