| Director: | Benjamin Nuel |
|---|---|
| Production: | Les Produits Frais (Oriane Hurard), Arte France |
| Running Time: | 8’ |
| Language: | French |
| Country: | France |
| Main Cast: | Richard Doust |
| Screenplay: | Benjamin Nuel, Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat |
| Music: | Sergei Rachmaninoff, “Isle of the Dead”, Op. 29 |
| Sound: | Xavier Thibault |
| Notes: | Stand Up |
Cinema
L’île des morts
Venice Virtual Reality
Synopsis
L'île des morts is a timeless journey, starting from an everyday apartment towards our final destination, guided by Charon, ferryman of the Underworld.
This VR experience is a loose recreation of the eponymous work painted in 1883 by the Swiss symbolist painter Arnold Böcklin. The famous masterpiece also inspired a symphonic poem by Rachmaninov, which makes a perfect soundtrack to accompany the experience.
Director’s Statement
There is an appealing mystery in the original painting. Böcklin painted it in a Post-Romanticism bubble, at the core of the violent Industrial Revolution, and I can draw a parallel with our times. I’ve designed the VR experience as a peaceful journey, as unchangeable as our final destination.
Producers/Distributors
PRODUCTION: Les Produits Frais
1, impasse de la Baleine
75011 – Paris, France
Tel. 33661431502
oriane@lesproduitsfrais.com
In coproduction with: ARTE France
8 rue Marceau
92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux
France
Tel. +33 155007777
WORLD SALES: Herrmann Alec – ARTE France
8, rue Marceau
92130 - Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
Tel. 33155007322
a-herrmann@artefrance.fr
