Mercury is the fastest, hottest and coldest planet. On one side it is always night, on the other it is always day. You would feel very light there, because of its weak gravity. The sky is uniformly black and there is no air. This story takes place in the distant past, in a violent time. Across Europe a kind of war was spreading, and two sisters lived in a town…
STARRING
Ana Neborac
Philippine Stindel
WRITER
Virgil Vernier
Mariette Desert
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Jordane Chouzenoux
SOUND
Julien Sicart
Simon Apostolou
MUSIC
James Ferraro
FILM EDITING
Raphaelle Martin-Holger
PRODUCTION
Kazak Productions
Arte France Cinéma
CNC
Ciclic Région Centre
DISTRIBUTION
Kazak Productions
Virgil Vernier
Born in Paris in 1976, Virgil Vernier has directed since 2001 a wide variety of films combining fiction, documentary and mythology. His first short films Karine (2001), L’Oiseau d’Or (Bird of Gold, 2004) and Chroniques de 2005 (Tales of 2005, 2004) talked about young people in Paris and its suburbs. His following works, such as Thermidor (2009), Pandore (2010 – Special Mention of the Jury at Clermont Ferrand), Orléans (2012) and Andorre (2013), were selected in many Film Festivals around the world. His first feature film, Mercuriales (2014), was selected in Cannes Film Festival (ACID) in 2015, and won the FIPRESCI Award at the Torino Film Festival in 2014. Sophia Antipolis (2018), his latest film, was part of the Filmmakers of the Present program in Locarno Film Festival in 2018.
FILMOGRAPHY
2009: Autoproduction (documentary)
2009: Thermidor (short)
2009: Commissariat (documentary)
2010: Pandore (documentary short)
2012: Orléans
2013: Andorre (documentary short)
2014: Mercuriales
2014: Vega (short)
2015: Iron Maiden (short)