Eau de la Vie

In this dark short film debut by director Simon Baré, newly promoted Catherine (Kirsty Hamilton) is taken to an opulent restaurant by the more worldly-wise Grant (playwright David Geary) and Sarah (Smuts-Kennedy). The evening promises a “dance with our darkest fear” — but its amoral reality utterly challenges Catherine (and makes grim Greenaway-esque irony of the title). Singer/composer Janet Roddick provides the soundtrack (Edith Piaf’s ‘Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien’) for this winner at the NZ Film Awards and Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival.

You’ll love it: the food is to die for.

– Sarah (Sarah Smuts-Kennedy)

Key Cast & Crew

Di Oliver-Zahl

Producer

Simon Baré

Writer, Director

Jeff Boyd

As: Maitre'd

Janet Roddick

As: Singer

David Geary

As: Grant

Kirsty Hamilton

As: Catherine