Underplayed Gems

Fourbi (1996)

Fourbi poster
Directed by
Alain Tanner
Genre
drama film
Country
France, Switzerland
Runtime
1h 54m
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A woman's past catches the attention of a writer and actress who turn it into a television project. The film follows how this creative process affects all three people involved.

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What happens

Fourbi is a 1996 French-Swiss drama film written and directed by Alain Tanner and starring Karin Viard. It follows a woman whose past becomes the basis for a television project, drawing a writer and an actress into her life. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival and later shown at festivals including Locarno, Montreal, and Hamburg. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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