Laurie, a professional downhill racer gets fired because of her slight overindulgence in irresponsibility. She returns to Montreal where she is welcomed by her geeky but cute brother. She ...
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Title: 2 Seconds (1998)
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4 wins & 8 nominations.
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| Charlotte Laurier | ... | Laurie | |
| Dino Tavarone | ... | Lorenzo | |
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Jonathan Bolduc | ... | Jeune Lorenzo |
| Suzanne Clément | ... | La Bella | |
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Yves Pelletier | ... | Steff |
| Louise Forestier | ... | Mere de Laurie | |
| André Brassard | ... | Gasket | |
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Pascal Auclair | ... | Lebland |
| JiCi Lauzon | ... | Willie | |
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France Galarneau | ... | Marcia |
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Alexis Bélec | ... | Tom (as Alexis Belec) |
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Jude-Antoine Jarda | ... | Grolo |
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Marie-Hélène Gagnon | ... | Mme Blackburn |
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Ginette Boivin | ... | Receptionniste #1 |
| Mireille Naggar | ... | Receptionniste #2 | |
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Laurie, a professional downhill racer gets fired because of her slight overindulgence in irresponsibility. She returns to Montreal where she is welcomed by her geeky but cute brother. She meets Lorenzo, a cranky, ex-racer who owns a bike shop. The two become friends. Laurie gets a job with a local bicycle courier company, but a member of the group is intent on shutting her out of their circles, making her life difficult and sad. After a bonding truth-revealing discussion between Laurie and Lorenzo, Laurie begins to see what she has to do to make things better for herself. Written by kwedgwood@hotmail.com
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25 June 2003 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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This is a sweet & simple French-Canadian film about an ex-racing cyclist (played by Charlotte Laurier in that weird & aloof way that French actresses use to express nearly all their emotions) who finds herself working as a courier just so she can ride her bike. I found some of the acting (especially by the English-speakers in the first ten minutes) to be stiff & high-schooly, but once everyone's able to speak French, it goes much more smoothly.
The plot, as above, might be dull if there weren't an amazing character like Lorenzo, the ex-racer from Italy (played with all the requisite gruff & creaks by Dino Tavarone) who runs the bicycle shop that Laurier has to take her bike to. He's able to put her life in perspective & the long scene in the middle of the film in which he talks about his "big race" is some of the finest one-on-one filmmaking I've seen in ages.
The film has some nice, adrenalin-filled moments but the heart of the story is more sedate, involving relativity & finding out what is important in one's life. It's not sappy or saccharin, but it's not something you'll entirely relate to, either. You'll enjoy the performances & forgive the eccentricities (the revelation about the main character's sexuality, thrown in somewhere in the middle, seemed woefully out of place) &, if you're like me, you'll want to go out & ride a bike for a while.