La pause deals with those rare and everyday moments that shall never return. The whole is a poem that bends under the weight of loneliness and absurdity.
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Film details
- Country of production
- Belgium
- Year
- 2002
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2003
- Length
- 5'
- Medium/Format
- Betacam SP PAL
