Southern California Premiere

Emma Peeters will soon be 35 and has yet to accomplish something.  After years of hardship in Paris in trying to become an actress, an idea strikes her fancy: bringing her days to an end in a week’s time, on her birthday.  In the process Emma meets Alex Bodart, a fanciful funeral home employee who will help her in her reckless endeavor.  By dint of hard work to hide their respective feelings, it seems they may succeed in bringing about Emma’s final objective…

Starring:  Monia Chokri and Fabrice Adde
Writer | Director: Nicole Palo
Running Time:  87 minutes
Genre:  Comedy
Language:  French with English subtitles
Trailer:  https://vimeo.com/320719380
Distributor:  True Colours
Country:  Belgium | Canada
Rating: N|R

FESTIVALS: Sweden, Göteborg Film Festival; USA, Seattle International Film Festival; UK, Edinburgh International Film Festival

AWARDS:  Monte-Carlo Comedy Film Festival, Jury Prize, Won Best Director

“Palo’s film has a unique and accessible storyline and engaging characters; as it makes its way onto the festival circuit, it would be a great pick up for distributors or streaming services alike.” … Ten Seconds From Now

“Emma Peeters certainly isn’t the first comedy to broach the sensitive subject of suicide. Nonetheless, it manages to find its own distinctive, simultaneously quirky and non-patronising voice in this particular corner of the great wide cinematic universe.” … Cinema’s Fringes

Official Website w|Trailer: https://truecolours.it/catalogue/emma-peeters/

Additional information: 760-770-0507 and https://desertfilmsociety.org

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