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Action

2022 · 6 min

A quick, wry peek behind the scenes where small mishaps snowball into chaos, played for nervous laughs rather than spectacle.

Directed by
Benoît Monney
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Piera Bellato, Barbara Tobola, Sean Biggerstaff
Overview
On a film set, there are always unforeseen events. Some days, it's all there is. And sometimes it's even worse.

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Directed by
Benoît Monney
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Piera Bellato, Barbara Tobola, Sean Biggerstaff
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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • art
  • media
  • obsession
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism6
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Benoît Monney
Written by
Benoît Monney, Naomi Cahen
Starring
Piera Bellato, Barbara Tobola, Sean Biggerstaff, Antonin Schopfer
Cinematography
Ludovic Matthey
Runtime
6 min
Country
Switzerland
Languages
English, French

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