A Parting Shot strikes again
Swiss director Jeanne Waltz’s second feature, A Parting Shot [+see also:
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The jury drew attention to the film’s "mastery of cinematographic art, good character development and an original storyline aided by a clear-cut and finely-tuned plot, as well as its hyperrealist aesthetics, which allows both exterior and interior worlds to be explored."
The sensitive film shot in the Swiss Jura stars French actress Isild Le Besco.
First discovered at the Berlinale Forum, the title also won the Distribution Award at the 4th IndieLisboa Festival and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 50th San Francisco International Film Festival.
After its release in French-speaking Switzerland and France last May, A Parting Shot will reach cinemas in German-speaking Switzerland this Thursday.
(Translated from French)
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