Southern Belle

original title: Southern Belle

country: France

year: 2017

running time: 84 min.

East European Premiere

synopsis

A sensitive portrait of 26-year-old Taelor examines the upper-class American mentality in the era of Donald Trump. Absurd property disputes and dysfunctional family relationships combine with alcoholism, drug addiction, and love of weapons to reflect the reality of the contemporary American south with a dash of brutal honesty.

biography

French actor and documentary filmmaker Nicolas Peduzzi is the creator of the short films Mikado (2014) and Death on the Basketball Court (2015). He received an award for Southern Belle at the film festival in Marseille.

more about film

hrají:	Taelor Ranzau
producer:	Elsa Klughertz
script:	Nicola Peduzzi
editing:	Basile Belkhiri
hudba:	Maud Geffray

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