Synopsis
A group of seven boys and young men aged between 12 and 23 wait for the last train on a station platform. One of them, Sacha, gazes at the sky and wonders about the planets’ movements in the universe. Alex, the youngest of the group, organizes a demonstration on a human scale: each of the boys represents a planet that Alex positions to resemble the solar system’s rotation around the sun. After a few squabbles, an awkward and hypnotic choreography unfolds on the platform. The workings of this life-size machine are finally interrupted by the train’s arrival.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (7)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Agat Films - Ex nihilo
Full credits (6)
- Executive Producer : Muriel Meynard
- Screenwriters : Xavier De Choudens, Pascale Monforte
- Director of Photography : Gordon Spooner
- Music Composer : Franck Ii Louise
- Editor : Sophie Reine
- Sound Recordist : Gilles Vivier-Boudrier
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Adolescence, Society
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2005
- Runtime : 10 min
- Visa number : 112.837
- Visa issue date : 19/08/2005
- Production formats : HD-CAM
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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