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Les escaliers sont en papier

2022 · 15 min

A quiet, haunted mood piece where a family home becomes a vessel for memory and loss.

Directed by
Antoine Foley-Dupont
Genres
Drama
Starring
Félix Rioux, Nathalie Breuer, Léonard Giovenazzo
Overview
When Felix returns home, he realizes that his mother has put their house up for sale. In the evening, the memories of a bygone era come alive and reappear in the darkness of the corridors, crawling down the stairs like threatening ghosts.

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Directed by
Antoine Foley-Dupont
Genres
Drama
Starring
Félix Rioux, Nathalie Breuer, Léonard Giovenazzo
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • family
  • grief
  • isolation
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour1
Realism6
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Antoine Foley-Dupont
Written by
Antoine Foley-Dupont
Starring
Félix Rioux, Nathalie Breuer, Léonard Giovenazzo
Runtime
15 min
Country
Canada
Languages
French

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