Director: | Marc Guidoni |
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Production: | Komintern |
Running Time: | 30’ |
Language: | English |
Country: | France |
Main Cast: | Robert William Bradford, Madalina Constantin, Walter Dickerson, Julie Judd, Kester Lovelace, Charles Morillon, Natalia Pujszo, Dan Rosson, Gaya Verneuil |
Screenplay: | Marc Guidoni |
Cinematographer: | Fouzi Louhaem |
Costume Designer: | Joanna Szybist |
Music: | Agnès Vincent |
Sound: | Florent Dumas (Novolab) |
Notes: | producer: Joanna Szybist |
Elegy
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Synopsis
Elegy tells a story of a lost soul trapped in a lift of a luxury hotel, invisible and disconnected from the living except for Bianca, the hotel’s room maid. Bianca can’t get over the loss of her tragically deceased love and believes that the lights’ flickering, and occasional breakdowns of the lift are the doing of her beloved who communicates with her. But there is no room for a dysfunctional lift in a five-star hotel and it must be replaced. The soul anguishes about the inevitable outcome....
Director’s Statement
Elegy is my humble and fragile desire to share a very personal obsession. Once evaporated from the flesh and aspiring to rest in peace, a soul happens to be trapped among the living. It feels confused, lost and afraid, without even knowing where its redemption might come from. Perhaps this soul is mine. Maybe yours. Perhaps the quintessence of what we are.
Producers/Distributors
PRODUCTION 2: Komintern
14 rue Alexandre Parodi
75010 – Paris, France
Tel. 33614618502
joanna.szybist@komintern.fr
http://www.komintern.fr
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INTERNATIONAL PRESS OFFICE: Joanna Szybist - Komintern
14 rue Alexandre Parodi
92250 – Paris, France
joanna.szybist@komintern.fr