Fait d'hiver

About a week ago, I watched and loved a British short entitled DADDY'S LITTLE HELPER. I liked it so much, I couldn't wait to review it on IMDb. However, only a week later I stumbled upon FAIT D'HIVER and found that DADDY'S LITTLE HELPER was an almost exact copy--with only a few differences. Since then, DADDY'S LITTLE HELPER's director/co-writer, Daniel Wilson contacted me to swear the similarities were unintentional--which can happen and occasionally does. Ain't life odd?!

As for the film, it is super funny though there is some nudity (whereas in the British film there's none). I could try to explain what happened when the daddy calls his little girl, but it might ruin the suspense. Just see this cute and disturbing little short yourself--you'll be glad you did.

Tjis movie begins with the scene that a father calls home to talk to his wife in the car, but a daughter puts the call. When the father hears the name which he does not know, doubts to his wife suddenly arise. Thsi movie goes on through the conversation between the father and the daughter. This movie includes the element of a tragedy which is caused by the father's mistake. Fist of all, I was interested in the innocence of the daughter. The father doubts the wife's love affair, and he asks the daughter to confirm it. The daughter is really pure, so she does not know what happens in the house and whether the affair is good and normal or not. The innocence highlights the guilty of the affair and the adults. It was also funny to see the father's expression when he knows the truth and fact. I cannot forget his expression because his face is filled with agitation, regret, and confusion. I like this movie since the ending of this movie greatly tell short of my expectations. Finally, I cannot anticipate the end of the two people who do the love affair. I enjoyed the suspense, and I was attracted by it.

Not for kids. But this one shows a man (who is swearing in traffic), and asks his daughter how was everything going. And the daughter tells the new, thus getting him shocked, and kind of messed up. Creative, silly, and this one will get an R rating by the looks of it. How could this short from France get nominated an Oscar (even though it has nudity and gore, not to mention really strong language). Oh well, it is good.

Beautifully shot short movie that tells the story of a man getting stuck in a traffic jam and who makes a phone call home. That is what we see. Everything from that point gets mixed up. It is shot in winter with some snow covering truth and mistakes. Very well acted from the main character Tim. But the other actors are without depth and direction.

This is well made, a tad ghoulish and darkly humorous, even if it does have what the late writer Damon Knight called an "idiot plot", which means that everyone in it has to be an idiot in order for the plot to work. Good cast, though really only two of them have much to do-the driver (finalist for the Village Idiot of the Year Award) and the little girl serving as catalyst for events. Everyone else is going for a Darwin Award and are spear-carriers otherwise. Decidedly adult in nature, this reminded me for all the world of Special Delivery, a cartoon done by Allison Snowden for the NFBC-different plot, to be sure, but the same mordant wit. Well worth watching, it's been shown on the Sundance Channel on one of their recent Shorts Program compilations. Recommended.