A teenager in search of recognition, a worker ready to do anything to hit the jackpot, a senior executive at the end of his career who wants to prove to himself that he's still alive. Three characters who are losing speed on the competition highway.
Direction
Aeschbacher turns a 17-minute footrace into class warfare with starting blocks.
Cinematography
Sweat, fluorescent lighting, and the crushing geometry of empty corporate spaces.
Director
Zoel Aeschbacher
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in an actual disused Swiss logistics center, the location was chosen for its 'pre-broken' atmosphere of globalized despair.
Premiered at Clermont-Ferrand, the world's largest short film festival, where it sparked walkouts and standing ovations in equal measure—exactly the polarized reception it deserved.
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