Synopsis
A man accepts a concierge job, which comes with a small apartment, in an old building and, locked inside his lodgings, undertakes a strange job of grieving. He discovers that behind the walls, a system of secret corridors allows tenants to be observed. But is it really the tenants that he is spying on?
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (2)
Production and distribution (2)
- Co-production : YUZU Productions
- Foreign production company : Le Scarabée asbl
Full credits (11)
- Screenwriter : Olivier Smolders
- Directors of Photography : Jean-François Spricigo, Louis-Philippe Capelle
- Music Composer : Manuel Smolders
- Assistant Director : Jean-Baptiste Moreau
- Editor : Olivier Smolders
- Foreign Producer : Olivier Smolders
- Voice-over : Olivier Smolders
- Co-producer : Christian Popp
- Sound Editor : Marc Bastien
- Production Designer : Nikko Noirhomme
- Sound mixer : Aline Gavroy
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction, Experimental
- Sub-genre : Bizarre, Research - Experimental, Psychological drama
- Themes : Photography, Dreams, Solitude/loneliness
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : Belgium, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (Belgium, France)
- Production year : 2018
- Runtime : 25 min
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color and Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
Selections (2)
Awards (1)
Resources
Website(1)
http://www.smolderscarabee.be/axolotl.php
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