''Squash'' is a

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French

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(27 min / 29 min runtime) directed and written by

Lionel Bailliu Lionel Bailliu is a filmmaker best known for writing and directing his Academy Award-nominated 2002 short film Squash. According to the Internet Movie Database, Bailliu also wrote four episodes of the French T.V. series Élodie Bradford, a show h ...

. The film has won multiple awards at

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s and was nominated for an

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in the

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category in 2004. The film stars Malcolme Conrath as 'Alexandre' and Eric Savin as 'Charles'. It was used as the basis for a longer film (103 Minutes) called ''Fair Play'' in 2006. The opening scene of the long feature are complete repeats of the short film, but with actor Malcolm Conrath is replaced by Jérémie Rénier to play 'Alexandre'.

Synopsis

''Squash'' depicts an increasingly aggressive

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game between two businessmen, Alexandre and his boss, Charles. The game is presented as a metaphor for

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Awards and nominations

It also was given the Lutin Award for Best Editing to Vincent Tabaillon.

References

External links

* 2002 films 2000s French-language films 2002 comedy-drama films 2002 short films French drama short films French comedy-drama films 2000s French films {{short-film-stub