''Thirst Street'' is a 2017

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film directed by

Nathan Silver Nathan Silver is an American independent filmmaker working out of New York City. He released eight consecutive feature films in as many years. His style includes working heavily with his friends and family as actors in his films. He is best know ...

, from a screenplay by Silver and C. Mason Wells. It stars Lindsay Burdge, Damien Bonnard,

Esther Garrel Esther Garrel (born 18 February 1991) is a French actress. She is most known for her roles in ''17 Girls'' (2011), ''Jealousy'' (2013), '' Call Me by Your Name'' (2017), and '' Thirst Street'' (2017). Early life Garrel was born in Paris, the dau ...

Lola Bessis Lola Bessis (born 30 November 1992) is a French actress, screenwriter and director. She is known for the movie '' Swim Little Fish Swim'', in which she acted and wrote the script. Career She started her career at the age of 12. In 2013, she pla ...

Jacques Nolot Jacques Nolot (; born 31 August 1943) is a French actor, screenwriter and film director. Life and career Jacques Nolot was born on 31 August 1943, Marciac, Gers, a small village in Southwest France. A fragile child, Nolot was doted upon by his m ...

Françoise Lebrun Françoise Lebrun (born 18 August 1944) is a French actress. She has appeared in many movies, and is especially known for her role as Veronika in Jean Eustache's ''The Mother and the Whore'' (1973). She has worked with other directors including ...

, Cindy Silver, Valerie Laury, and Anjelica Huston. The film is about an American woman who falls in love with a French man after a

one-night stand A one-night stand or one-night sex is a single sexual encounter in which there is an expectation that there shall be no further relations between the sexual participants. It draws its name from the common practice of a one-night stand, a single ...

, then decides to doggedly pursue him despite his lack of interest, with tragic results. ''Thirst Street'' had its world premiere at the

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on April 21, 2017. It was released on September 20, 2017, by

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Plot

Gina ( Lindsay Burdge) is an American flight attendant in her mid-30s who is still coming to terms with the suicide of her boyfriend (played in flashbacks by Damien Bonnard). During a layover in Paris, she and two of her co-workers end up at a strip club, thinking it will be a cabaret. There she meets the manager, Jerome (Bonnard); she is drawn to him in part because of his resemblance to her late boyfriend. The two have a one-night stand, and then she comes back the next day and the two have sex again. On a whim, Gina decides to quit her job, move to Paris, and get an apartment across the street from Jerome's; she then also gets a job as a waitress at the strip club, all in an attempt to start a relationship with Jerome. Jerome shows growing discomfort with her, and rekindles his relationship with his on-again, off-again rock singer girlfriend, Clémence, eventually proposing to Clémence. Depressed, Gina stops paying her rent checks or going to work, resulting in her being kicked out of her apartment and fired from her job. She decides to devote herself full-time to getting together with Jerome, and lies to him that she is pregnant with his child. After finding out the truth, Jerome runs away from Gina into the street and is hit by a car, ending up in a coma. Gina tells the people at the hospital that she is Jerome's fiancée, and receives his possessions, including the engagement ring he bought, which she proudly wears.

Cast

* Lindsay Burdge as Gina * Damien Bonnard as Jerome *

as Clémence *

as Charlie *

as Franz *

as Landlady * Cindy Silver as Lorraine * Valerie Laury as Faye *

Alice de Lencquesaing Alice de Lencquesaing (; born 11 August 1991) is a French actress who appeared in Mia Hansen-Løve's 2009 film '' Father of My Children'' with her father Louis-Do de Lencquesaing Louis-Do de Lencquesaing (born 25 December 1963) is a French act ...

as Sophie * Anjelica Huston as Narrator

Production

In May 2016, it was announced Lindsay Burdge, Damien Bonnard,

and Cindy Silver joined the cast of the film, with Nathan Silver directing the film from a screenplay he co-wrote alongside C. Mason Wells. Claire-Charles Gervais, Katie Stern, Ruben Amar, Lola Bessis, Josh Mandel, and Matthew Edward Ellison, will serve as producers on the film. In March 2017, it was announced Anjelica Huston would narrate the film.

Release

The film had its world premiere at the

on April 21, 2017. Shortly after,

acquired distribution rights to the film. It was released on September 20, 2017.

Critical reception

''Thirst Street'' received positive reviews from film critics. It holds a 75% approval rating on review aggregator website

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, based on 6 reviews, with a

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of 9/10.

References

External links

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