Special Screenings / A Second Life / France 2024
As Paris pulsates with excitement on the opening day of the Olympic Games, Elisabeth moves around the city with an equal air of anticipation. She works for an Airbnb broker, and the sheer number of arrivals makes this a critical day for her. Elisabeth is tired not just of constantly running between clients, but also from the pressures she faces from her employer. A surprising sense of calm comes when she meets a man named Elijah. A Second Life is an ode to friendship, an urban fairy tale, and an almost documentary portrait of a city in the grips of a massive sporting event. The fragile authenticity of the main protagonists’ experiences is further amplified by an intense soundtrack that practically lets us touch the world of Elisabeth, who must deal not only with work-related difficulties but also with her hearing impairment.
Anna Kořínek
74 min / Color, DCP
European premiere
Director Laurent Slama
/ Screenplay Laurent Slama, Thomas Keumurian
/ Dir. of Photography Laurent Slama
/ Music Jean-Charles Bastion
/ Sound Olivier Voisin
/ Editor Souliman Schelfout
/ Producer Maxime Montagne, Laurent Slama
/ Production 21JUIN CINEMA
/ Coproduction RNB! Films Loulou FILMS
/ Cast Agathe Rousselle, Alex Lawther, Suzy Bemba, Jonas Bachan
/ Contact 21juin Cinéma
Laurent Slama. Filmography: A French Laundry (2014), Paris Is Us (2019), Roaring 20’s (2021), A Second Life (2025).
21juin Cinéma
9 rue des Colonnes, 75002, Paris
France
Phone: +33 6 87 75 76 39
E-mail: [email protected]
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