Synopsis
Mikhaïl Gorbatchev's puppet soliloquizes in the darkness of a changing room of airport in the grip of a catastrophic threat which bursts out outside. Incapable to react, alone and powerless, it assists in imperceptible bankruptcy of its environment with it's puppeteers for only support.
Credits
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- Executive Producer : Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains
Full credits (9)
- Screenwriter : Emmanuel Van Der Auwera
- Director of Photography : Blaise Basdevant
- Editor : Emmanuel Van Der Auwera
- Sound recordists : Jérémy Morelle, Fabien Loucheur
- Costume designer : Emmanuel Van Der Auwera
- Production Manager : Frédéric Papon
- Sound Editor : Damien Sangally
- Production Designer : José Froment
- Sound Mixer : Christian Cartier
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Auteur documentary, Bizarre, Video art
- Themes : Solitude/loneliness, Power, Politics, History
- Production language : Russian
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2009
- Runtime : 16 min 34 seconds
- Production formats : HD-CAM
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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