One of the more experimental films in the Lausanne school film programme, in which image, sound, music, ordinary observations and staged situations come together in a strange experience, in a dilapidated hotel with mysterious boarders.
Also in this combined programme
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Petit(s) Cadavre(s) Personnel(s)
A sober film focusing on the following questions: how do I get rid of a small corpse? How can I dragg this cardboard box around without hurting it? How can I carry on living?
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Murphy
A man thinks that Murphy’s Law very specifically applies to himself. When he wants to turn the tide, he seems to be more of a danger to others than to himself.
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La Ligne
The maker does his very best to stay within the lines and the viewer, as a result, does too…
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Trivial Killer
An intriguing sketch about an interview that a psychologist has with a man who has committed a murder. Who is the boss around here? What is he not telling? A fascinating game with a serious undertone.
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Standby (Me)
He has disappeared, she thinks of him. That is the synopsis of something that looks very much like an autobiographical essay on DV.
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Octopus Teem Scenery
A nice series of mini sketches about UFOs, little running men, dogs and suchlike. A sketched, original animation film.
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La Courtisane
An absurd vignette about a man on a chair who plays a rotating viol and about moto-crossers.
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Sophie Calle Près Texte
A young man becomes fascinated and excited by the idea of making a film about the Paris author Sophie Calle, but she refuses to cooperate in any way. What next?
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Ne 10
In school surroundings, we see a music teacher teaching new wave airs, a gym teacher who collapses in front of his colleagues, a couple of pupils who break off their relationship in silence…
Film details
- Country of production
- Switzerland
- Year
- 2003
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2004
- Length
- 6"
- Medium/Format
- Betacam SP PAL
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