Synopsis
Stuck in the loop of a B-horror movie, a hypersexualized black female character decides to rebel against the screenplay. With her boyfriend, the token black guy who always dies first, they derail the whole script. Pursued by a serial killer, they try to escape from the movie theater to survive and finally be free. But the film has no intention of letting them.
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Actors (4)
Production and distribution (2)
- Co-production : Benzaiten Productions
- Foreign production companies : ADF Productions, Kindia Productions
Full credits (12)
- Screenwriters : Nicolas Polixene, Sylvain Loubet Dit Gajol, Jean-Jérôme Loubet Dit Gajol
- Director of Photography : Boubkar Benzabat
- Music Composer : Maxime Loaëc
- Editor : Antoine Flandre
- Foreign producers : Alana de Freitas, Diane Foster
- Co-producer : Djaka Souaré
- Sound Editor : Vincent Lépée
- Special Effects : Veniesa Dillon
- Visual effects : Hugo Cormier
- Grader : Marine Lepoutre
- Make-up Artist : Missy Andria
- Sound Mixer : Jacopone Ayala
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy, Horror
- Production language : English
- Coproducer countries : United States, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (United States, France)
- Production year : 2023
- Runtime : 21 min 8 seconds
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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