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Synopsis

Countdown is Pierrot’s way of living. He has for obsession the time going by, and fears his mother’s death. His only friend Elise, and the lonely bunker on top of the hill, here is all Pierrot’s universe. Visions come to him more often, becoming hallucinations. Old age is everywhere, already surrounding him. One night, the countdown comes to its end, madness reaches its limits and Pierrot finds himself facing the old man he will become. A strange journey starts for this improbable duet. —atlantideentertainment.com

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Sandrine Veysset

Sandrine Veysset (born 1967) is a French film director. She was born in Avignon. Veysset studied French literature until she dropped out of school to pursue filmmaking. A friend introduced her to Léos Carax and she was hired as his driver while he was shooting Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (The Lovers on the Bridge) (1991) in 1989. Her first real contact with cinema happened when she became an assistant to the art director of that film. The experience encouraged her to begin writing her first screenplay in 1991. he directed from her first script in 1995 and the resulting film, Y aura-t-il de la neige à Noël? (Will It Snow for Christmas?) (1996), won her a César Award in 1997 for best first film. Her third film, Martha…Martha (2001) opened the Directors’ Fortnight at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. —wikipedia 

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