Synopsis
In a cabaret, the audience waits for the show to begin. A man steps onto the stage and launches into a long, disenchanted monologue. The audience's perplexity soon turns into annoyance. In fact, the cabaret show was an illusion. The man is actually a homeless man begging in the metro.
Credits
Director (1)
Actor (1)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Bande à Part Productions
Full credits (4)
- Screenwriters : Michel Hassan, Michel Doriez
- Music Composer : Frédéric Château
- Costume designers : Hadjira Ben-Rahou, Marie-Christine Médouze
- Production Designer : Caroline Rossignol
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1998
- Runtime : 4 min
- Visa number : 93.652
- Visa issue date : 03/09/1998
- Production formats : 16mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)