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UNE SI PETITE SEMAINE

Title: Une si petite semaine
English translation of title: Such a short week
Year of release: 2002
Director: Jean-Jacques Saint-Marc
Screenwriter: Jean-Jacques Saint-Marc
Country of Production: France
Genre: Drama, Short
Length: 41 minutes
Language: French
Availability: Unfortunately, this film does not seem to have had an official release on any format. A digital file is available, but not in particularly good quality (see screenshots below). English subtitles are available from opensubtitles.org
Principal boy: Pierre Bourdon plays Franck

Synopsis
In a small provincial town, 13-year-old Franck learns one day that his mother has been taken into custody by the police in connection with a theft. Despite the love and tenderness that exists between Franck and his older (half-)brother Emilien (who clearly understands that brothers who shower together stay together), the sadness and emptiness caused by his mother's absence leads Franck to commit a terrible act.

Production photo below shows Pierre Bourdon (right) as Franck with his on-screen mother played by Louise Lemoine-Torrès.

Screenshots