CROSSROADS

by Adriana Soreil

Film

Title: Crossroads

Director: Adriana Soreil

Duration: 22′

Year of production: 2021

Genre: Fiction

Distribution: Shortcuts

Synopsis:

Roxanne, aged 30, is overwhelmed by exhaustion and a feeling of isolation and struggling to bond with her baby. A simple car journey with her partner now ends in a fight. Roxanne is suffocating. She goes off in search of a breath of fresh air…

Director

Adriana Soreil

Crossroads is the second short film to be directed by Adriana Soreil, who graduated in scriptwriting from La Fémis in 2012. In 2018, her first short film, a drama called Pompon Girl, also produced by Barney Production, had a successful run at the festivals and was shown at the Brest European Short Film Festival, the Cabourg Film Festival, the Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival and the International Festival of Francophone Cinema in Acadia. As well as making these personal films, exploring the themes of femininity and motherhood, Adriana writes scripts for live-action films and animations. She was a scriptwriter for Kaboul Kitchen on Canal+, has co-written episodes for the mini-series Pigeons & Dragons and Tout est vrai (ou Presque) on Arte, and regularly collaborates with France Télévisions (on cult series Lastman, mini-series La Petite Mort, and Margot & le Robot, a 26′ animation for 6 to 10-year-olds).

Festivals