A man, a loop, and every Russian novelist screaming in Paris—literally.
Narrator dreams of Madrid while being caught in a repetitive loop somewhere in Paris. He questions if his interlocutor is a real human being, as their dialogue, mostly built of citations, doesn't seem to be helping with breaking the loop.
Writing
Dialogue entirely constructed from literary citations—pretentious genius.
Production
Paris-as-Madrid displacement creates uncanny geographic vertigo.
Sound
Madrugada's presence haunts the entire runtime.
Director
Basile Mercado
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wolfgang Huber, cited throughout, was a real Austrian serial killer—Mercado uses his 'doctrine' as ironic counterpoint to literary pretension.
The film premiered at Entrevues Belfort, where audiences reportedly argued for hours about whether the 45-minute runtime was constraint or perfection.
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