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Cygne II

1976 · 10 min

A hushed, painterly ten minutes where light and sound drift together, asking you to sit still and let the image wash over you.

Overview
Constructed like an animated painting in a single fixed shot where light, voice, music and movements interfere.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • art
    • music
    • identity
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • single location
    • animated
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror1
    Humour0
    Realism3
    Romance3
    Tension2
    Darkness3
    Complexity8
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, romance, music
    Directed by
    Absis
    Written by
    Absis
    Starring
    Michael Lonsdale, Absis, Colette Fellous, Jean-Baptiste Malartre
    Cinematography
    Bruno Nuytten
    Runtime
    10 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    French

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