Synopsis
Using as a starting point excerpts from texts by thinkers, philosophers, biologists, politicians, journalists, and novelists, from lectures, interviews, and speeches, this impassioned film highlights a certain aspect of our ever-more complex society with its fake technological progress, propaganda, addiction to social media, and marketing obsession. It is also an exploration in the form of a futuristic science fiction tale that points toward a better world, as it endeavors to define the poetic contours of a merciless reality that faces us.
Credits
Director (1)
Full credits (5)
- Screenwriter : Pierre Villemin
- Director of Photography : Pierre Villemin
- Music Composer : Gilles Sornette
- Editor : Pierre Villemin
- Producer : Pierre Villemin
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary, Experimental
- Sub-genre : Auteur documentary, Research - Experimental, Science fiction , Video art
- Themes : Internet, Media, Consumerism
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2017
- Runtime : 30 min
- Production formats : AVCHD
- Color type : Color and Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
Selections (1)
Awards (1)
Aix-en-Provence Tous Courts Short Film Festival
France, 2017
Mention spéciale du jury compétition expérimentale
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