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Toxic Affair

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Original title

Toxic Affair

Year

1993

Running time

89 min.

Country

France

Director

Philomène Esposito

Screenwriter

Philomène Esposito, Antoine Lacomblez

Cast

Music

Goran Bregovic

Cinematography

Pierre Lhomme

Producer

Caméra One, France 2 Cinema, Lilith Films I.A, Gaumont

Genre

Comedy

Synopsis

A Christmas story. When boy-friend Georges dumps would-be writer and hypochondriac Pénélope, she goes through two days of horrible, self- centered pain: she asks her friend Sophie to help, leaves messages for Georges, yells at people in stores, jumps into the Seine, quits her shrink, consults a fortune-teller, and over-medicates. The long- suffering Sophie tires of Pénélope's melodrama. A friendly stranger, an ex-psychologist, rescues her from a drug-induced swoon, and his passing remark about her father begins to free her of histrionics. Late at night, with her new friend, she goes into the woods in search of a cosmic destination; this proves to be her first selfless act.

Awards: 1993: Cannes Film Festival: Official Selection (Out of Competition)

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Toxic Affair

1993

Philomène Esposito