France’s Julien Trauman has never been afraid to play with genre, and in his latest short, the MyFrenchFilmFestival participant “At Dawn,” he employs aspects of psychological thriller, survival, coming-of-age and fantasy filmmaking.
“At Dawn” kicks off the night before when a group of teens, one about to leave town, are imbibing heavily around a beach-side campfire. Aurore, Simon and Adrien break from the pack and decide to “borrow” a small motorboat moored on the beach. The three take the party to the water where they finish off the booze before eventually passing out, only to wake up the next morning out of gas, nearly naked and the coastline nowhere in sight.
The three initially find comfort in one another before the adverse circumstances pit them against each other in a days-long struggle for survival.
“At Dawn” is part coming-of-age and part psychological thriller and a bit of other genres.
“At Dawn” kicks off the night before when a group of teens, one about to leave town, are imbibing heavily around a beach-side campfire. Aurore, Simon and Adrien break from the pack and decide to “borrow” a small motorboat moored on the beach. The three take the party to the water where they finish off the booze before eventually passing out, only to wake up the next morning out of gas, nearly naked and the coastline nowhere in sight.
The three initially find comfort in one another before the adverse circumstances pit them against each other in a days-long struggle for survival.
“At Dawn” is part coming-of-age and part psychological thriller and a bit of other genres.
- 1/19/2019
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
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