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A Bout De Truffe
Tom Tagholm
average rating from 13 members 
       
comedy | 2007 | South East | French | 14 min
Published 02 Nov 07
After years of searching, Jean Dubois a struggling truffle hunter, makes the discovery of a lifetime - with devastating results on his relationship with his partner/lover/pig, Carinne.
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synopsis
This is a tale of one man and his pig. Jean Dubois and Carinne, his unsuccessful truffle snuffling companion continually fail to unearth the lucrative forest treasure. When the debt collectors come knocking it is time for Jean to take drastic action. But the Gods are looking on and although he finds the answer to his prayers, his relationship with his pig is on the rocks.
crew
  • director Tom Tagholm
  • writer Tom Tagholm
  • producer Tom Tagholm
  • director of photography Luke Scott
  • key grip Tom North
  • video ickey Richards
  • costume Wiz Francis
  • clipper loader Patrick Mellor
  • line producer Chris Fitzpatrick
  • AD Rich Sommerlad
  • 1at AD Mark Wong
  • assistant camera Gregoire Thevenot
  • casting Natasha Gane
  • cast
    • pig- Carinne Pepper
    • Jean Dubois Stephane Cornicard
    • Barbara King
    • David Bertrand
    • Michael Dacre
    • Michael Barber
    • Gregory Lukic
    • Julian Caddy
    format
    HD
    © 2007 Tom Tagholm

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    comment by Ian  Ogden
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    posted Jan 19, 2009

    Awesome film! Loved it. Inspirational, brilliant and reminds me a lot of Delicatessen, in style and feeling...

    Brilliant work!

    comment by Michael  Whalley
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    posted Jun 23, 2008

    awsome short! Ive started a film night at my friends bar in lancashire and im looking for good shorts to play at the night.

    i was wondering if theres any chance you could email me so we could have a chat about playing some of your stuff.

    a reply would be greatly appreciated even if your not interested. Thanks.

    wheres-whalley@hotmail.co.uk

    comment by Nick  Barrett
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    posted Jan 8, 2008

    This is a very well made long short film, i say long short as i really though it could have been trimmed by seven or eight mins (sacrilege screams the director! or sacre bleu maybe...), but for my money it didn't need a fourteen minute run time to tell this funny little story, but that's just one man's opinion. It has the feel of a stella artois advert and i found it all wryly amusing rather than laugh out loud, full marks for getting this flick off the ground but only three for the film itself as it's a comedy and only produced a couple of smiles - sorry!

    comment by Lucia  Nicolai
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    posted Nov 21, 2007

    Oh my God this is such a wonderful work! I loved everything about it: the tragicomedy, the soundtrack (sooo French!), the story, the characters (yes, even Carinne!). It keeps you glued to the screen from beginning to end!

    Lucia  Nicolai is Head of Editorial at Qoob and a member of Film Network's Industry Panel.
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    • www.aboutdetruffe.com
    • www.tcmclassicshorts.com
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