A Few Days of Respite [506637]
Released: 2011-04-27
Revenue: $0
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Runtime: 79 mins
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Overview: Mohsen teaches French at the University of Tehran, and Hassan is a photographer. Mohsen and Hassan are also lovers, and in Iran they live in fear, as homosexuality is punishable by death. Tired of denying their love, Mohsen and Hassan flee Iran to head to Paris, where they'll be illegal aliens but can at least live openly as a couple. To avoid arousing suspicion until they arrive in Paris, Mohsen and Hassan keep their distance while traveling, and during a train stop, Mohsen helps a sixty-ish women, Yolande, with her luggage. The two strike up a conversation and she clearly enjoys his company; over dinner, she offers to help him find work in town and let him stay at her apartment. It's clear to Yolande that Mohsen is an illegal immigrant, but she doesn't realize that he's gay, and he finds himself wondering if he should stay with Hassan or live with Yolande, where he would not have love but would enjoy safety, security and could easily become a French citizen through marriage.

Cast [18]
Marina Vlady
Yolande
Amor Hakkar
Moshen
Samir Guesmi
Hassan
Shimon Ben Lulu
People smuggler
Yves Grenard
Old man on the t
Stéphanie Saliège
Pianist
Sarah Hakkar
Little girl at t
Kim Nezzar
Little girl's fa
Wahila Aïb
Little girl's mo
Julia Rousseau
SNCF ticket offi
Noël Bourdin
Taxi driver Ande
Jonathan Meyer
SNCF controller
Alan Anderson
Bartender
Annette Mermet
"Solidarité Mon
Hélène Jouie
"Solidarité Mon
Eric Legoff
Photographer
David Niault
Hotel receptioni
Jean-Hugues Marguier
Waltzer, lookali

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