Synopsis
A robot doll that is a blend of Alice in Wonderland and a Hollywood actress from the 1930s hosts a program of films in an old-style movie theater, in which she appears on screen. A story within a story in which the automated heroine tries desperately to find a way out, and ends up being put up for sale as a collector's item in a Chinese auction house.
Credits
Director (1)
Actresses (2)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Fabrique des Illusions
Full credits (9)
- Executive Producer : Véronique Bourgoin
- Screenwriter : Véronique Bourgoin
- Director of photography : Véronique Bourgoin
- Editor : Jérôme Lefdup
- Executive Producer : Véronique Bourgoin
- Production manager : Véronique Bourgoin
- Sound Editor : Jérôme Lefdup
- Special Effects : Jérôme Lefdup
- Sound Mixer : Jérôme Lefdup
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Experimental, Fiction
- Sub-genre : Video art, Black comedy
- Themes : Parody, Society, Surrealism
- Production language : No dialogue
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2013
- Runtime : 6 min 40 seconds
- Production formats : DV
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.33
- Audio format : Mono
- Rating restrictions : None
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