The Audition (2013)

Original title

Pour le rôle

Directed by

Pierre Niney

Genre

comedy film

Country

France

Runtime

14 min

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 31 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A young actor named François goes to an audition in a gloomy office. The interview gets increasingly weird and he realizes he has been tricked into participating in a strange setup.

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What happens

Pour le rôle est un court métrage français réalisé par Pierre Niney en 2013. François, un jeune acteur, se présente pour passer un casting. Au terme d’un entretien très étrange, dans un bureau lugubre, il découvre qu’il est en réalité au cœur d’une mise en scène mystérieuse à laquelle il va être forcé de prendre part… (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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