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Capacité 11 personnes (2004)

Capacité 11 personnes poster
Directed by
Gaëlle d'Ynglemare
Genre
comedy drama
Country
Canada
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of strangers share a series of elevator rides in an office building. The film watches their brief interactions as the car goes up and down.

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What happens

Capacité 11 personnes is a Canadian comedy-drama short film, directed by Gaëlle d'Ynglemare and released in 2004. Set entirely in the elevator of an office building, the film depicts the interactions of various passengers as the elevator travels up and down the building. Its cast includes Nancy Bernier, Nicolas Canuel, Jean-Marie Corbeil, Évelyne de la Chenelière, Tristan Dubois, Marc Fortin, Bruno Landry, Linda Laplante, Denis Mercier and Pierre Verville. The film was commercially distributed as an opening film at screenings of John L'Ecuyer's feature On the Verge of a Fever (Le Goût des jeunes filles) in 2005. The film won the Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 21st Genie Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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