Technical
Info
35mm, 93:00, color,
1994
Credits
Produced
by
Bridget
Murnane
Written
and Directed by
Andre Burke
Edited
by
Michael
Solinger
Production
Designed by
John DiMinico
Music
by
Blake Leyh
Cinematography
by
Chris Squires
Associate
Producer
Elvent Ataman
Cast
Karen Skloss
Odile
Heather
Roheim Yvette
Noah Fisher
Johnny
Kim Mundy
The Father
Synopsis
Odile
And Yvette At The Edge Of The World unravels the experiences of
two teenage sisters who escape to an enchanted land where their
wishes and desires come true. Odile is hip, 17 years old and though
the oldest in terms of years often acts younger and more inexperienced
than her younger sister Yvette who knows all the rules and all
the answers. One afternoon while riding in the backseat of their
loquacious father's car the two leap into a maize field and begin
a game of hide, seek and disappearance. Odile thinks the game
is fun, but soon tires of her hunger and exhaustion. Yvette prods
her older sister with promises of food and water until the two
eventually come to a huge culvert. Once through this passageway
their lives change forever.
Yvette
leads Odile through amazing landscapes and starts to pull whatever
she needs out of her small bag. A frustrated Odile can't seem
to get what she wants and gets more and more frustrated at her
sister's continuing array of pastries and trinkets. Suddenly the
two come upon a boy, Johnny, who takes them swimming and delivers
Chinese food while they lounge in their exotic bathing suits and
powder blue bathrobes. Both girls delight in the attention that
Johnny gives them, but who is he? What is this place? What do
they really want? What is real? Yvette tells her sister " If you
stay past nightfall, you'll never be able to leave. If it gets
dark and your face can't find the sun, you'll stay here forever."
The girls make their decision as they understand the 'real' rules
of the game.
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Awards
Honorable
Mention, The
Chris Award, 1998
Award
of Excellence, Film
Advisory Board, 1995
Gold Star,
Brussels Diamond
Film Experience, 1994
Screenings
Columbus
Film and Video Festival, Drexal Theater, Columbus, Ohio, 1998,
Odile And Yvette at The Edge of The World.
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Annual Three Rivers Film Festival, Pittsburgh, PA, 1995
Cleveland
Film Festival, Cleveland, Ohio, 1994
Diamond
Film Experience, Brussels, Belgium, 1994
Denver
International Film Festival, Denver, Colorado, 1994
Boston
Women’s International Festival, Cambridge, MA, 1994
Edinburgh
Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1993
Los Angeles
Arts Festival, Los Angeles, CA, 1993
Rome-Florence
Film Festival, Rome, Italy, 1993
Shanghai
Film Festival, Shanghai, PRC, 1993
The
Coolidge Corner, Theater, Brookline, MA, 1995.
The
Beverly Theater, Los Angeles, CA, 1994.
The
Village 4 Theater, Austin, TX, 1994.
Reviews
The Boston
Herald Edge
of the World will bowl you over Paul Sherman 2.3.95
The Boston Globe Fun
summer romp with 'Odile and Yvette' Betsy Sherman 2.3.95
Variety Odile
& Yvette At The Edge Of The World Daniel M. Kimmel 5.9-15.94
The Boston Herald Women's
Cinema fest offers mixed bag Paul Sherman 4.24.94
Distributor
Panorama
Entertainment Corporation
(International and Domestic Theatrical,
Video Rentals)
Wonderworks
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