Synopsis

In the underground parking lot of an office building, two night watchmen ensure that nothing happens to the fancy cars. The lot is empty and the night risks being long. To keep themselves company, they evoke their life philosophies, past troubles, and dreams. Vincent, the youngest of the two, is convinced that he's having a major love affair with a beautiful young woman who he accompanies to her car each night. But fantasies can have consequences, especially in an empty parking lot where dreams and reality clash.

Credits

Executive Producers: Jonathan Rubin & François Magal
Directing & Screenplay: Vincent Fontano
Cast: Vincent Fontano, David Erudel, Lolita Tergemina
First Assistant Director: Jawahine Zentar
Script Supervisor: Érika Étangsalé
Cinematography: Shadi Chaaban
Sound: Julien Verstraete
Production Design: Olivier Mehari
Editing: Guillaume Saignol
Music: Jako Maron
Sound Mixing: Sébastien Cabour
With the support of Région Réunion, the French National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image (CNC), France Télévisions, the City of Saint-Denis, the Cité des Arts de La Réunion, and Le Fresnoy – National Studio of Contemporary Arts

Awards

France Télévisions Grand Prize for Short Film
Grand Jury Prize – Contis International Film Festival
CNC Quality Award
SACD Award & Best Actor Award – Cinébanlieue Festival
Best Actor Award – Dakar Court Festival
Special Jury Mention – Champs-Élysées Film Festival

Festivals

Selected for the César Awards – France
Selected for the UniFrance Short Film Award – France
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival – France
Open-Air Short Film Festival of Grenoble – France
Contis International Film Festival – Contis, France
Brest European Short Film Festival – France
Champs-Élysées Film Festival – Paris, France
Off-Courts – Trouville, France
Premiers Plans Festival – Angers, France
Cinébanlieue Festival – Paris, France
Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival – Greece
African Movie Festival in Manitoba – Canada
Africlap – African Cinema Festival of Toulouse – France
Rencontres du Film Court – Madagascar
Dakar Court – Dakar, Senegal
Saint-Pierre Short Film Festival – Réunion
Court c’est court! – Avignon, France
Dinan Short Film Festival – France
Festival des Lycéens de La Réunion – Réunion
Africa in Motion – Scotland
Lichter Film Fest – Germany

TV/VOD Broadcasts

France 2
Réunion la 1ère
France Ô
Bref Cinéma
Universciné