One Step Forward

One Step Forward

One Step Forward

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One Step Forward

"Love in reverse."

2011

0h 5m

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Comedy

Romance

Overview

Selected for the Cannes 2012 Short Film Corner. A man is standing in the middle of a river when he receives a phone call asking about his current whereabouts, and so we see the preceding moments explaining how he got there and why, all played fully in reverse from end to beginning.

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Benjamin Crowell

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Mali MacConnell

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