Synopsis

A group of animals live on a wild coastline and try to heal the ills caused by the contemporary world. A kind of rehab.

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Festivals 

World premiere : Berlinale Shorts, 2025

 

Written and directed by Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel

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Production : 444 Films

Cinematography : Pauline Doméjean

Sound : Lucas Doméjean, Olivier Voisin

Editing : Jonathan Vinel

Animation : Stanislas Bécot, Hugo Glavier, Lazare Aïbout-Sibille

Casting :  Kris de Bellair

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Cast : 

Ariane Ascaride as Elephant

Oulaya Amamra as Penguin

Galatéa Bellugi as Lion

Grace Seri as Cow

Mouna Soualem as Rabbit

Barbara Braccini as Monkey

Claude-Emmanuelle Gajan-Maull as Wolf

Océane Court-Mal!aroni as Pig

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Filmmakers bio :

Caroline Poggi was born in 1990 in Ajaccio. She studied at the University of Corsica, and then graduated from the University Paris 8. Born in Toulouse in 1988, Jonathan Vinel studied editing at La Fémis. They began directing solo before embarking on a collaboration for As Long As Shotguns Remain, which was awarded the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the Berlinale in 2014. Their first feature film, Jessica Forever, premiered at TIFF (2018) and the Berlinale (2019). Their second feature Eat the Night was presented in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight 2024.​