2 Seconds (1998)
September 12, 1998Release Date
2 Seconds (1998)
September 12, 1998Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Charlotte Laurier
Laurie
Dino Tavarone
Lorenzo
Suzanne Clément
La Belle
Yves P. Pelletier
Steff
Louise Forestier
Mom
André Brassard
Gasket
Pascal Auclair
Lebland
JiCi Lauzon
Willie
Lorne Brass
Team Manager
Manon Briand
Director / Writer
James Gray
Director of Photography
Yvon Benoît
Sound
Maïté Sarthou
Assistant Director
Martin Pinsonnault
Sound
Pierre Allard
Art Direction
Dominique Grand
Music
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 12, 1998
Original Name2 Secondes
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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2 Seconds (French: 2 secondes) is a 1998 Canadian drama film. This film premiered in 1999 at the Sundance Film Festival. Written and directed by Manon Briand, 2 Seconds stars Charlotte Laurier as Laurie, a bisexual woman who takes a job as a bike courier in Montreal after being fired from her previous job as a professional downhill racer.
Laurie is forcefully retired as a downhill racer when her concerns about her signs of aging cause her to lose her last race by 2 seconds (hence the name of the movie). Laurie and the one bike she was allowed to keep then move in with her geeky, physics-loving brother who is trying very hard to find a girlfriend. While putting her bike together, Laurie discovers that she is missing a gear on her bicyclette so she makes do with what she has. Because of this, she breaks the chain on her bike one day, leading to her meeting with her soon-to-be best friend Lorenzo. Lorenzo is an ex Italian professional racer who currently works as a bike mechanic in his own bike shop. offered her a job at the bicycle company, but one of her co workers, Willie, tries to make her life miserable. After talking to Lorenzo, Laurie figures out what she needs to do to help herself and try to resolve things.