Synopsis
Paris, an anthill city where each individual melts into the mass, individualizes, isolates, locks himself up, and no longer looks at the others. This glance which makes turns its back to us but which reveals, in spite of its absence, all the personality of these beings.
Credits
Director (1)
Full credits (6)
- Screenwriter : Arnaud Faure
- Director of Photography : Arnaud Faure
- Music Composers : Radiohead (Groupe), Archive (Groupe)
- Editors : Véronique Brice, Arnaud Faure
- Sound recordists : Philippe James, Sébastien Koenig, Thierry Possémé
- Producer : Arnaud Faure
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Experimental
- Sub-genre : Research - Experimental
- Themes : Solitude/loneliness, City
- Production language : No dialogue
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2005
- Runtime : 12 min 20 seconds
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby SRD
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)