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Ile Flottante

1988 · 10 min

A foggy, offbeat little mood piece that drifts between stage-fright jitters and dreamlike absurdity, more atmosphere than story.

Directed by
Pascale Thirode
Starring
Raymond Aquilon, Clémentine Célarié, Christophe Salengro
Overview
Île flottante is not an island, nor a dessert, but a somewhat unusual cinema, floating, that's for sure! While in his booth, a young projectionist, nervous about launching his first screening, panics a little, at the entrance to the building, whose contours are difficult to make out in the foggy night, a queue forms, resembling a huge centipede of impatient people.

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Directed by
Pascale Thirode
Starring
Raymond Aquilon, Clémentine Célarié, Christophe Salengro
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • identity
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour5
Realism5
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight3

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Details

Directed by
Pascale Thirode
Starring
Raymond Aquilon, Clémentine Célarié, Christophe Salengro, Thierry Nenez, Maurice Bénichou
Runtime
10 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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