Pillow Talk
2024 · 15m · USA
Directed by Mathilde Hauducoeur
Tones: contemplative, melancholic, tender
When Margot unsuccessfully reenacts self-defense moves with her boyfriend, fear takes hold and she imagines the worst about her best friend Cami's one-night stand. Two women process their experiences with intimacy and the grey areas of consent through the unique closeness of female friendship.
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The scouts
Self-defense reenactment as gateway to a consent grey-area discussion between friends — important subject handled in a tasteful, well-meaning, probably forgettable shape. The bedroom setting limits the formal ambition.
Hauducoeur's self-defense-reenactment device for exploring grey-area consent through female friendship operates in the same vital register as Eliza Hittman's Never Rarely Sometimes Always. 187K SOTW views confirm relevance.
12:29 with 187K views on SOTW — Hauducoeur using a failed self-defense reenactment as the narrative wedge into the murky-consent grey area is the kind of script-level swing that lets two women process intimacy without staging assault. Strong audience response and a clear formal premise.
Reviews
Offers a window into a world many viewers might not encounter firsthand, encouraging empathy, reflection, and conversation.
It's a thoughtful portrait with well-drawn characters.
Festivals
- Miami Film Festival 2024
- Columbia University Film Festival 2024
- Brooklyn Film Festival 2024
- New Hampshire Film Festival 2024