Synopsis
Within the frame of a long, single-shot scene, scattered bits and pieces of human activity (mini, juxtaposed screenplays) progressively fill up the space of a garden. Characters busy themselves with insignificant everyday things that already have a theatrical or choreographic aspect. The thread of an off-screen voice responds to the flow of these disjointed fragments. This story could be about a woman who doesn’t know where she is or where she’s going, who doesn’t know what she’s doing in this garden, and is not capable of considering, at any moment, that her presence here is a problem, a problem that is truly difficult to resolve.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (11)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains
Full credits (7)
- Screenwriter : Florent Trochel
- Director of photography : Irina Lubtchansky
- Editor : Florent Trochel
- Sound recordists : Jérémy Morelle, Bruno Lebrun, Christian Cartier
- Costume designer : Suzanne Lassale
- Voice-over : Lionel Codino
- Production Designer : Adèle Ogier
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Auteur documentary, Portrait
- Themes : Human nature , Parable
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2006
- Runtime : 14 min 41 seconds
- Production formats : Super 16
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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