Squash (2002 film)
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Squash is a 2002
French short film (27 min / 29 min runtime) directed and written by Lionel Bailliu
. The film has won multiple awards at film festival
s and was nominated for an Academy Award in the Live Action Short Film
category in 2004. The film stars Malcolme Conrath as Alexandre and Eric Savin as Charles.
game between two businessmen, Alexandre and his boss, Charles. The game is presented as a metaphor for office politics
.
2002 in film
The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of...
French short film (27 min / 29 min runtime) directed and written by Lionel Bailliu
Lionel Bailliu
Lionel Bailliu is a filmmaker best known for writing and directing his Academy Award-nominated 2002 film Squash. According to the Internet Movie Database, Bailliu also wrote four episodes of the French T.V. series Élodie Bradford, a show he created in 2004...
. The film has won multiple awards at film festival
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
s and was nominated for an Academy Award in the Live Action Short Film
Academy Award for Live Action Short Film
This name for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film was introduced in 1974. For the three preceding years it was known as "Short Subjects, Live Action Films." The term "Short Subjects, Live Action Subjects" was used from 1957 until 1970. From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate...
category in 2004. The film stars Malcolme Conrath as Alexandre and Eric Savin as Charles.
Synopsis
Squash depicts an increasingly aggressive squashSquash (sport)
Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...
game between two businessmen, Alexandre and his boss, Charles. The game is presented as a metaphor for office politics
Office politics
Workplace politics, sometimes referred to as Office politics is "the use of one's individual or assigned power within an employing organization for the purpose of obtaining advantages beyond one's legitimate authority...
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External links
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