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Demi-tarif

Half-Price (United Kingdom)

My Rating: /10
Rating:  7.3/10  Votes:  ( 58 )    IMDb

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Year:
Release:
2003 November, 11
Country:
France
Runtime:
63 minutes
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Actress Isild Le Besco (Girls Can't Swim) makes her feature debut as a director with Demi-Tarif (Half-Price). The movie, shot on digital video on a miniscule budget, garnered attention in its native France after renowned filmmaker Chris Marker compared the experience of seeing it to the experience he and his friends had upon seeing Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless for the first time. Demi-Tarif follows the low-key adventures of three young siblings, Romeo (Kolia Litscher), Launa (Lila Salet), and the youngest, Leo (Cindy David), left on their own in a rundown Paris apartment. One of them narrates, wistfully explaining how their mother abandoned them and calls them once in a while to see how they are doing or tell them she loves them. The three kids do as they please, roaming the streets, running out of restaurants without paying for food, and shoplifting from the local grocery store. They eat whatever and whenever they want, gorging themselves on sweets. They beg for change on the Metro and show up late for school in tattered, dirty clothes. All the while, they try to keep the fact that they are alone a secret from the world of adults. Demi-Tarif had its U.S. premiere at the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival. - Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide

Трое детей одни живут в маленькой квартире в Париже. По какой-то причине мать бросила их — просто однажды ушла и не вернулась. Дети, предоставленные сами себе, вынуждены исхитряться, чтобы добыть себе пропитание: подворовывают в супермаркетах, попрошайничают в метро… При этом они не перестают ходить в школу и пытаются сохранить втайне от всех своё одиночество.

Rating Percentage % Votes
10
41%
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9
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3
8
10%
6
7
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4
6
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Arithmetic mean = 7.3
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Children's Cast:

Cindy David Leo
Kolia Litscher [12] Romeo
Lila Salet [12] Launa

User Commentaries:

halimatou      23 May 2009, 21:44
Not much one can add to the previous comment other than to say this is now available on dvd.
rwandsworth0      14 May 2009, 01:05
"Demi Tarif" was made on a tiny budget and, yes, it shows! However it is still a good film, and although my subtitles were out of sync, it is very easy to understand what is going on.

Despite being so young, the three lead actors give a very believable performance. I'd definately recommend it.
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