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Le Refuge

Year: 2014
Country: United States
Language: English, French, Romanian
Run Time: 22 minutes

"Le Refuge" is a short comedy about an American lawyer – on vacation with her family in Switzerland – who's coming unhinged from the guilt of representing the manufacturer of a cheap car that tips over when it turns left.

CIFF39 Screenings

Monday, March 23, 2015 at 7:15 PM

Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 11:20 AM

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Hollywood Shorts Program

Director
Elliot Thomson

Producers
Susan Stover, Luca Borghese

Screenwriting
Elliot Thomson

Cinematography
Wyatt Garfield

Editing
Aaron Kuhn

Principal Cast
Jessica Hecht, Frank Wood, Elina Löwensohn, Peter Hirsch, Ana Girardot, Zach Rand, Stefan Olaguera

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Elliot Thomson
elliot.thomson@gmail.com
www.EmpireArtsFilm.com

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