Short film
Penrose
15 min
A short, uneasy plunge into the blurred line between performance and reality, where a film set becomes a pressure cooker of dread and conviction.
- Directed by
- Thomas Pédeneau
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy
- Starring
- Alysson Paradis, Isabel Otero, Edouard Giard
- Overview
- On a film set, Kaja, a young actress, refuses to deliver her lines to her partner who is holding her at gunpoint. Like the character she is playing, Kaja is convinced that she will die at the end of the take. But Anna, the director, Marc, the producer, and Joseph, her partner, are determined to shoot the scene despite Kaja’s pleas.
- How it feels
- Tense, eerie, melancholic and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Art, death, obsession, identity
- Content
- Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Thomas Pédeneau
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy
- Starring
- Alysson Paradis, Isabel Otero, Edouard Giard



