Cindy Coutant – Télédésir

Part animal documentary, part erotic film and part science fiction film, Cindy Coutant’s high definition camera follows the (fictional) day of a group of snails. The gastropods, the stars of this short film, are bathed in a light that is sometimes pink, sometimes blue. From sunrise to sunset, the snails advance in a slow ascent, out of time and following the Earth’s axis. Télédésir, a thirty-minute film, follows their nonchalant rhythm and love-making.
The animal reproduction takes on a theatrical, even supernatural dimension, enhanced by the soundtrack of Théo Pozoga, a musician and DJ also known as “Strip Steve”.