This very entertaining noir-esque crime short starts out kind of serious and then becomes a laugh out loud exercise in absurdity without ever becoming ridiculous.
Dir. Vincent Bal / Belgium / 1996
The classic Christmas short film noir with inevitable twists and turns. Mylene and Werner are going to make their flat up for Christmas. Then Sam comes with a bottle of Veuve Cliquot. Sam tells Werner that he knows Werner has stolen money at work. Werner murders Sam. Soon afterwards, Sam is alive again and it looks as if somebody else would have to die. Who’s fooling who? Winner of the Grand Prix at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.
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