"THIRST STREET" (2017)
Directed by Nathan Silver
A USA-French production
88 minutes / Dark comedy
Casting: Damien Bonnard, Lindsay Burdge, Esther Garrel, Lola Bessis, Alice de Lencquesaing, Jacques Nolot, Cindy Silver, Françoise Lebrun...
International sales: Stray Dogs
French distributor: Stray Dogs
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Logline:
Reeling from the loss of her fiancé, eager-to-please American flight attendant Gina works a trip to Paris with her colleague Lorraine. Feeling adrift and lonely on her layover, Gina is dragged by Lorraine to a fortune teller, who predicts Gina will encounter her soulmate in the City of Lights: “a man with something in his eye.” After a onenight stand with nightclub bartender Jérôme, Gina thinks she’s found her man, but Jérôme’s new girlfriend Clémence has something to say about it. As she stays on in France and leaves Lorraine behind, Gina barrels face-first into Jerome’s life -- and down a spiral of miscommunication, masochism, and madness.
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About Nathan Silver:
Nathan Silver graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in 2005. Since then, the filmmaker has written and directed five short films and six feature films: THE BLIND (2009), EXIT ELENA (2012), SOFT IN THE HEAD (2013), UNCERTAIN TERMS (2014), STINKING HEAVEN (2015), and ACTOR MARTINEZ (2016, co-director). His films have played festivals around the world, including Locarno, New York, Rotterdam, Viennale, Vancouver, Deauville, Melbourne, Los Angeles, Torino, Munich, and BAFICI and venues including MoMA and the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Filmmaker Magazine named Silver “one of the most interesting emerging directors in U.S. indie film,” and he was profiled by The New York Times.
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Festivals prizes:
Best Actress, Filmfest Oldenburg 2017
Best American narrative, DenverFilm festival 2017
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Festivals selections:
Tribeca Festival 2017
Montclair Film Festival 2017
Maryland Film Festival 2017
Venice’s days 2017
Filmfest Oldenburg 2017
Sitges 2017
CPH: PIX 2017
Mar del Plata 2017
American FF 2017
Viennale
Genève IFF 2017