Plot Summary
A college student discovers that no good deed goes unpunished in the black comedy Cinq Minutes de Detente (aka A Five Minute Break). Phillippe (Jose Garcia) is a pre-law student at what is described as "a French University in North America." One day during gym class, Phillippe lets a stranger who claims to have a heart condition borrow his shoes for a few minutes. The man then walks across a tar roof, leaving prints from Phillippe's shoes, and shoots a man who's been sleeping with his wife, before returning the shoes to Phillippe. Soon Phillippe's shoes are matched to the crime and he finds himself behind bars.
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Director & Crew
Tomas Roméro
Director
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It has a TMDB rating of 10.0/10 based on 1 votes.
Who directed Five Minute Break?
Five Minute Break was directed by Tomas Roméro and released in 1999.
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Five Minute Break has a runtime of 1 hours and 30 minutes.
Movie Details
- Release Date
- 1999-04-14
- Status
- Released