Short film

The Present
2016 · 18 min
A quiet, solitary night-shift drama that lingers on distance and quiet longing, asking patience but rewarding it with tenderness.
- Directed by
- Vivien Hartmann
- Starring
- Raluca Vallois, Lahcen Razzougui
- Overview
- Sora, a young Romanian makes a living by cleaning the metro stations of Paris at night. She lives far away from her daughter in Romania, as whose birthday is approaching, she has to make a decision.
- How it feels
- Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Isolation, parenthood, immigration, class
- Content
- Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Vivien Hartmann
- Starring
- Raluca Vallois, Lahcen Razzougui