Twiggy ( La brindille ) ( The Twig )

Twiggy (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: La brindille
Alternate Title: The Twig
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Ceasar Awards
Toronto International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
81 min + 43 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Short Film
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2011 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Emmanuelle Millet

Written By:
Emmanuelle Millet

Actors:
Christa Theret ..... Sarah Dol
Johan Libéreau ..... Thomas
Maud Wyler ..... Julie
Anne Le Ny ..... Sonia, la directrice
Laure Duthilleul ..... La responsable du planning familial
Jean-François Malet ..... Le responsable de la résidence sociale
Nina Meurisse ..... La sage-femme accouchement
Cyril Guei ..... L'obstétricien
Nicolas Marié ..... Le médecin échographe
Myriam Bella ..... Leila
Emilie Chesnais ..... Marie
Albert Dupontel ..... Le directeur du musée
Cathy Ruiz ..... Sylvie
Françoise Sage ..... La standardiste du musée
Dimitri Mazzuchini ..... David

Synopsis:

When a young teenager becomes pregnant, she goes into denial. Too late to have an abortion, she is determined to give the child up for adoption immediately. Struggling with her situation, she keeps the news from her mother and withdraws into herself, while also reaching out to a young man.

When the wildly independent Sarah (Christa Théret) discovers she's pregnant after six months and no signs whatsoever, even having her menstrual cycle the previous week, her life quickly spirals out of control. Sarah looses her esteemed position at an art gallery and nearly gets kicked out of her hostel, which is for working people only. Sarah is lost, alone and unable to have an abortion. However, she vows to give the child up for adoption and basically ignores the fact that she's pregnant for the entirety of the film. After attempting and failing to find a new job, Sarah has a chance encounter with a young man, with whom she begins a tempestuous relationship. She only reveals that she's pregnant to him very later on and he tries to use this to his advantage to move into a larger dorm at the university.

Twiggy (La Brindille) follows the travails of a young woman with a bun in the oven and nowhere to turn.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 02 October, 2012.

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