Story of Nothing
Synopsis
An employee in a zoo sweeps in front of a puma's cage. She is ignored by her working colleagues who do not even deign to answer her greetings. After a holdup in a grocer's shop from which she supernaturally emerges unscathed, she becomes aware that people no longer notice her, including her husband and her own son. She wants to become somebody. One day, she hears about the play prepared by the staff of the zoo. She obtains a role which could well bring her the recognition she so desires.
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- Executive Producer : Adastra Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Adastra Films
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- Executive Producer : Sébastien Aubert
- Screenwriter : Grzegorz Jaroszuk
- Director of Photography : Magnus Borg
- Music Composer : Rim Laurens
- Assistant director : Léna Perdu
- Editor : Krzystof Komander
- Sound recordist : Delphine Malausséna
- Costume designer : Chloé Gervais
- Line Producer : Sébastien Aubert
- Assistant Operator : Vincent Gastinel
- Production Manager : Sébastien Aubert
- Sound Editor : Todd Warren
- Continuity supervisor : Élodie Coudert
- Production Designer : Fabien Moreau
- Special Effects : Vincent Diderot
- Sound Mixer : Todd Warren
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- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Themes : The absurd, Family, Exclusion, Solitude/loneliness, Theater
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2014
- Runtime : 18 min 38 seconds
- Visa number : 136.755
- Visa issue date : 16/01/2015
- Production formats : HD 2K
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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