Brief Crossing

Brief Crossing

★ 6.0IMDb Score
Released:2001-03-06
Duration:84 min
Country:France
Director:Catherine Breillat
Actors:Sarah Pratt, Gilles Guillain, Marc Filipi, Laetitia Lopez, Marc Jablonski
Production:Unité Fiction, ARTE France Cinéma, ARTE, GMT Productions

Overview:

A young French man and an older English woman spend one night together on a ship.

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