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Official Selection PIFF 40

The Stopover

Directed by Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin

France, Greece • 2016 • 102 mins. • In French, Greek

Showtimes & Past Screenings
https://youtu.be/fYDqpNt16SQ

Aurore and Marine are given three days of “decompression leave” with their unit, among tourists, at a five-star resort in Cyprus. But it’s not that easy to forget the war and leave violence behind. Childhood friends who left Brittany to see the world and saw much more than they bargained for, the two respond differently to the program, and tensions surface. Inspired by real experiences, this sometimes surreal film about trauma, gender, sexism, and friendship is “cuttingly observed, fraught, and bleakly funny.”—Variety. In French and Greek with English subtitles.

Sponsored by TV5Monde

Reviews: Hollywood Reporter, Variety

Filmography: 17 Girls (2011)

Appears in: 40th Portland International Film Festival, PIFF XL: New Directors

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