Night Slice

Night Slice

2020 · 16 min · ★ 9.0 · Comedy

Stuck in a depressing and mind numbing routine, Pierre decides to trade the sweaty atmosphere of the factory for the conditioned air of a hotel room. Locked up with three other tenants in a dreary and dim-lighted suite, he is forced into an idle and aimless lifestyle, no more fruitful than the mindless hustle and bustle he left behind — that is, until this oppressive dullness gives birth to an idea…

Directed by Romain F. Dubois · Written by Félix Poirier

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