End game in Paris

An adaptation of a segment of Ian Adam’s novel ‘End Game in Paris’, this film concerns a man’s search for his double. The man, a freelance photographer recently returned from Saigon, discovers that his life is being threatened. Filmmaker Veronika Soul experiments with sound and image to create a tense, enigmatic drama in which the audience is walked along a thin edge. Camera by Wolf Koenig. (Awards: Yorkton)

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Credits

director

Veronika Soul

producer

Robert Verrall

production company

National Film Board of Canada

Duration

00:17:00:00

Production places

Canada

Production dates

1982

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

307143

Language

English

Subject categories

Adaptations

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Awards

Literature → Canadian literature - Film and video adaptations

Literature → Literature

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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Canada, 1982

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