Strangers (Chute)
Fiction | 00:20 | SWITZERLAND
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY NORA LONGATTI
IN COPRODUCTION WITH ECAL
DISTRIBUTION h264
In an anonymous city, a person collapses, appearing to have lost consciousness. Some strangers pass by, others embrace her. In a solitary quest for intimacy, blinded by a world of indifference, her gaze, her body are staggering.
Biography
Nora Longatti, Director
Nora Longatti was born in 1989 in Biel and graduated from ZHDK in 2015 with a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts and Photography. In 2017, she starts film studies at the ECAL in Lausanne where she directs the short film bloc b which won the prize for Best School Film at the Winterthur International Short Film Festival. She graduated in 2020 with her short film Chute, selected in competition at the 74th Locarno Film Festival.
Filmography (selection)
Chute, fic, 2021Code of conduct, fic, 2019
bloc B, fic, 2019
Festivals
2021: Locarno Film Festival (Switzerland)
2021: Chicago International Film Festival (USA)
2021: Vilnius International Short Film Festival (Lituania)
2021: PÖFF Shorts (Estonia)
2021: Reykjavik International Film Festival (Islande)
2021: El Gouna Film Festival (Egypt)
2022: Bucharest Experimental Film Festival (Romania)
Prix
2021: Pardino d’Oro | Locarno Film Festival
2021: Best International short | Vilnius International Short Film Festival
PRESS KIT – English (download)
Cast
Fhunyue Gao
Barbara Kurth
Agathe Lecomte
Jeff Nsingi Ambassi
Julian Gyphens
Yevgenia Korolov
Written & directed by
Nora Longatti
Cinematography
Carlos Tapia González
Gaffer
Simon Kuhn
Sound
Camille Bonard
Production Design
Thea Spiri
Costumes
Clara Sollberger
Make up
Julia Nietlispach
Editing
Maxence Tasserit
Sound Design & Mix
Peter Bräker
Music
Anuk Schmelcher, Nora Longatti
Color Grading
Carlos Tapia González
Produced by
GoldenEggProduction | Gabriela Bussmann & Yan Decoppet
In coproduction with
ECAL Ecole Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne
With the support of
Cinéforom & Loterie Romande
World Sales & Distribution
h264
