The Elusive Joy of Labor
Synopsis
Thomas, a graduate in his thirties, is going to the unemployment office to find a job. In the search for a job advisor, he comes across an absurd world of self-employment at a congress held there, where one has to invent a job to find a place in the dystopian society.
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- Executive Producer : La fémis
Full credits (12)
- Screenwriters : Samy André Ali, Léo Noël
- Director of photography : Anna Sauvage
- Music Composer : Johann Strauss
- Assistant director : Nathalie Hinstin
- Editor : Noé Dodson
- Sound Recordist : Alexandre Gneouchev
- Producers : Marion de Miguel Paredes, Tiko Nadirashvili
- Camera operator : Anna Sauvage
- Sound Editor : Jean-Baptiste Montmartin
- Continuity supervisor : Pablo Belaubre
- Production Designer : Claire Amédro-Baillon
- Sound mixer : Anna Devillaire
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy, Drama
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2021
- Runtime : 8 min 37 seconds
- Production formats : HD 2K
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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