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Two People Exchanging Saliva

Deux Personnes échangeant de la Salive

VIFF Short Forum

Canadian Premiere

Angine, a rich housewife, and Malaise, a shop girl, begin to form a bond in a repressive society where kissing is punishable by death.

Directors
Cast

Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Luàna Bajrami, Aurélie Boquien, Vicky Krieps, Nicolas Bouchaud, Mitchell Jean, Mustapha Abourachid

Credits
Country of Origin

France/USA

Year

2024

Language

In French with English subtitles

Film Contact
Links
Content Warning

Mild violence

18+
36 min
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Alambic Production

Credits & Director

Producer

Violeta Kreimer, Valentina Merli, Natalie Musteata, Carol Cohen

Screenwriter

Natalie Musteata, Alexandre Singh

Cinematography

Alexandra de Saint Blanquat

Editor

Hanna Park

Production Design

Anna Brun

Original Music

Bobak Lotfipour

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Alexandre Singh

Alexandre Singh is a Brooklyn-based visual artist who was born in Bordeaux, France, to Indian and French parents, and raised in Manchester, UK. Singh’s work is inspired by a love of imaginative storytelling and encompasses diverse practices such as writing, collage, installation, and performance. His works are represented in numerous collections that include the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; and Centre national des arts plastiques, Paris. In 2019, Singh made his debut short film, The Appointment, which premiered at the Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco. Two People Exchanging Saliva is his second film.

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Natalie Musteata

Natalie Musteata is a writer, curator, and filmmaker. She holds a doctorate in art history and a master’s in film from The Graduate Center, CUNY, and has curated of several exhibitions including if I can’t dance to it, it’s not my revolution (Haverford College) and UNREST: Revolt against Reason (apexart). In 2018, she began collaborating with contemporary artist Alexandre Singh, and she produced Singh’s richly imaginative short film The Appointment (2019), which played in over 40 film festivals and won several awards. Their second film, Two People Exchanging Saliva, premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in 2024.

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