Synopsis
A poor wretch is rebuffed at the exit of a cinema and undertakes then a strange harassment to his torturers, involving regressive worship, epileptic fetishism and pitiful eroticism. The identities sink and the rose proliferates.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (3)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Kidam
- Co-production : Glues Pictures
Full credits (11)
- Executive Producer : François-Pierre Clavel
- Screenwriter : Orsten Groom
- Director of Photography : Orsten Groom
- Music Composer : Orsten Groom
- Editor : Orsten Groom
- Sound Recordist : Orsten Groom
- Associate producers : Alexandre Perrier, Bastien Ehouzan, Pascal Barneville, François Nabos, Jean-Marc Vicariot
- Co-producer : Orsten Groom
- Sound Editor : Orsten Groom
- Special Effects : François Nabos
- Sound mixers : Orsten Groom, Vincent Pateau
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Literary adaptation , Burlesque comedy, Thriller
- Themes : Identity, Immigration, Human nature
- Production language : Polish
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2014
- Runtime : 40 min
- Production formats : DV
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 4/3
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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Adapted from : Le Danseur de Maître Kraykowski by Witold Gombrowicz.
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