RIEN DE SPECIAL
NOTHING SPECIAL
Synopsis
Between four walls, two women are waiting. One, for death that keeps passing her by. The other, for her life to finally begin. Based on a recorded conversation, the film simulates their attempt to escape what they cannot help but live, while they realise that nothing can sometimes be special.
Info
Year: 2024
Country: France, Israel
Type: Documentary
Duration: 14:55
Formats: French
Spoken language: English
Team
Director: Efrat Berger
Screenwriter: Efrat Berger
Producers: Nidia Santiago, Edwina Liard, Efrat Berger
Cast: Maylin Maelio, Ruth Farhi
Produced by: Ikki Films
Director's Bio
Director and editor, Efrat Berger studied experimental film at the Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design, and later earned a Master's degree in Cultural Studies. Her debut docu-animated short, Nothing Special, premiered at Clermont-Ferrand in 2024. Letter to a Pig (directed by Tal Kantor, 2022), which she edited, has been nominated for the Oscars at the 96th Academy Awards. Efrat is currently developing her next fiction short, La Fosse.
Director's Filmography
Nothing Special (2023, short)
Gezoindelach (2015, short)
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