Bonobo

Switzerland
2018
Fiction
18 min.

 

Director | Zoel Aeschbacher
Script | Zoel Aeschbacher
Director of photography | Dino Franco Berguglia Vitto
Editing | Youri Tchao Debats
Producers | Yasmine Add El Aziz, Lionel Baier, François Morisset
Production companies | Nouvelle Tribu, ECAL, Salaud Morisset

 

When the elevator of their public housing breaks down, the fates of Felix, a disabled pensioner, Ana, a single mother struggling with her move and Seydou, a young man passionate about dance intertwine towards an explosive ending where their limits will be tested.

 

Bio:
Zoel Aeschbacher is of Swiss and Vietnamese origin. In 2016, he and Christophe M. Saber founded the “Apollo Projects” association to contribute to the Swiss cinema. In 2017, he graduated in cinema from ECAL. BONOBO, his graduation film, was voted Student Academy Awards winner in 2019.

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