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ÊTRES VIVANTS

2014 · 48 min

A quiet, contemplative drift through small moments of life, asking you to slow down and simply notice.

Overview: This film brings together in sequence shots men, animals and plants. It is an inventory of the cohabitation of living beings. Man's awareness of being alive among other living beings is diminishing. Gradually, we stopped considering animals and plants as truly alive. These cinematographic haiku tell the story of two snails crossing a road, a baby and a physiotherapist, two ripening tomatoes, a cow, a crying body, field flowers and cities.

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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: nature
isolation
identity
aging
environment
Places: countryside
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	0
Horror	0
Humour	1
Realism	9
Romance	0
Tension	1
Darkness	3
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	5

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Directed by: Christophe Loizillon
Cinematography: Aurélien Devaux
Runtime: 48 min
Languages: French

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