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This film opens with Lydia rushing home with a birthday cake, only to be greeted by her partner Julien telling her that he had slept with another woman last night. Tearfully, she dashes off from this breakup scene to a birthday party for Salome, her best friend. At the party Salome and Lydia escape to the bathroom where Salome reveals that she has just discovered that she is pregnant.

2020 Vancouver International Film Festival International Shorts Programs I have been watching some of the short programs for many years in the same theatre complex, either when I have had time between films, or when there was not enough scheduled time to watch another feature, but enough time to grab a couple of short films. These are always excellent as the best shorts make their way from festival to festival.