A Fleeting Encounter Explained

A Fleeting Encounter
Native Name:
Director:Romed Wyder
Producer:Cyrill Gerber
Romed Wyder
Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
Bady Minck
Starring:Felipe Castro
Pooneh Hajimohammadi
Elisabet Johannesdottir
Music:Bernard Trontin
Cinematography:Ram Shweky
Editing:Pia Dumont
Studio:Paradigma Films SA
Milan Film AG
Amour Fou Luxembourg sàrl
RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
Country:Switzerland
Luxembourg
Language:French
English
Persian
Runtime:85 minutes

A Fleeting Encounter in French is a 2022 Swiss-Luxembourg film directed by Romed Wyder.

Synopsis

Sacha, a Genevan in the midst of a midlife crisis, has just broken up with his girlfriend and ends up in his grandparents' Airbnb, where he is forced to cohabit with Marjan, an Iranian woman who is more or less in the same situation. Two dissatisfied people, each seeking to be alone, involuntarily thrown into a closed space, trying to deal with their problems and where the other is experienced as an aggression. Then Mina arrives, an American woman full of life... The two protagonists will then, little by little, abandon their prejudices, forgetting themselves in the present moments and the possible futures of an involuntary meeting.[1]

Cast

Release

The film celebrates its premiere on 21 January 2022, as part of the Solothurn Film Festival[2] where it was nominated for the Audience Award. It was theatrically released on May 4 of the same year in Luxembourg and May 11 in Switzerland. Princ Films is in charge of international sales.[3]
The film was selected at many international film festivals, including Luxembourg City Film Festival 2022, Iranian Film Festival Zurich 2022,[4] Iranian Film Festival San Francisco 2022,[5] Cinéfest Sudbury (Canada) 2022, Batumi Int. Art-House Film Festival (Georgia) 2022, Syracuse Int. Film Festival 2022, International Festival. del Cinema di Salerno (Italy) 2022, Phoenix Film Festival (USA) 2023, Palm Beach Int. Film Festival 2023.[6]
The VOD release in Luxembourg and Switzerland took place on 24 February 2023.[7]

Awards

Giles Foreman received the Special Prize from the Swiss Film Academy 2023[8] for his work as an actor coach, notably on A fleeting encounter.
The film was awarded with the Grand Jury Prize for the best fiction feature film at the ONE country ONE film Festival in Apchat-Issoire 2023.[9]

Critical reception

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 2022-05-03. Un homme et deux femmes dans "Une Histoire provisoire". fr. letemps.ch. 21 January 2022 .
  2. Web site: en . Une histoire provisoire . swissfilms . 2022-04-05.
  3. Web site: en . A fleeting encounter . swissfilms.ch . 2024-07-16.
  4. Web site: en . Une histoire provisoire . iranianfilmfestival.ch . 2022-11-11.
  5. Web site: en . A fleeting encounter . iranianfilmfestival.org . 2022-11-11.
  6. Web site: A fleeting encounter . 2023-04-04.
  7. Web site: fr . Une histoire provisoire . frenetic.ch . 2023-04-04.
  8. Web site: fr . Prix spécial de l'Académie . filmakademie.ch . 2023-04-04.
  9. Web site: fr . Une histoire provisoire . onecountryonefilm . 2023-04-04.
  10. News: fr . Un homme et deux femmes dans "Une Histoire provisoire" . letemps.ch . 21 January 2022 . 2023-04-04.
  11. Web site: fr . Une Histoire provisoire . cine-feuilles.ch . 2023-04-04.
  12. Web site: de . Une Histoire provisoire . sennhausersfilmblog.ch . 2023-04-04.
  13. Web site: fr . " Une histoire provisoire " de Romed Wyder . le-courrier.ch . 9 June 2022 . 2023-04-04.
  14. Web site: fr . « Huis clos intense pour trois acteurs . tdg.ch . 11 May 2022 . 2023-04-04.
  15. Web site: fr . « Romed Wyder: "Une histoire provisoire" . rts.ch . 11 May 2022 . 2023-04-04.