Synopsis:
He is a magician. She is a firefighter. Isolating themselves from the chaos of a world in turmoil, the two lovers live in a crane basket high in the sky, where they go about their daily business. Their challenge is to keep their heads, here up above it all, while everything is falling apart down below. But when reality calls – when fires need quenching and people need entertaining – how can they best make themselves useful in a world gone off the rails?
- Director:
- Noémie Marsily, Carl Roosens
- Year:
- 2016
- Running time:
- 10 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation, Mixed media
- Original title:
- Je ne sens plus rien
- Production type:
- Professional
- Animators:
- Noémie Marsily, Carl Roosens
- Script writers:
- Noémie Marsily, Carl Roosens
- Music composer:
- Pierre Yves Drapeau
- Sound designer:
- Pierre Yves Drapeau
- Productions:
- Zorobabel, National Film Board of Canada
- Distribution:
- National Film Board of Canada
- Genres:
- Drama, Abstract, Experimental, Tragicomedy
- Tags:
- Surreal, Festival Darlings, Mental health, Trauma, Identity, Relationships, Poetic, Transformation, Dreams, Sad, Shame
- Audience:
- Adults
- Festival selections:
- Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
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