Cadavre exquis

"Cadavre exquis" is a film that brings us towards an “exquisite corpse” (a French surrealist literary game) of quotes from surrealist authors, collected here by André Breton:

“J’ai mis mon képi dans la cage et je suis sorti avec l’oiseau sur la tête.”
/ “I put my cap/kepi in the cage and went out with the bird on my head.”
(Jacques Prévert)


“Loin du temps, de l’espace, un homme est égaré, mince comme un cheveu, ample comme l’aurore.”
/ “Far from time, space, a man is lost, thin as a hair, wide as dawn.”
(Raymond Queneau)

“Je cherche l’or du temps.”
/ “I am looking for the gold of time.”
(André Breton)

“Certains prophétisent la fin de l’éternel. Nous nous contenterons de travailler à la fin de l’immobile.”
/ “Some prophecy the end of the Eternal. We will just work on the end of Immobility.”
(René Crevel)

“Je suis ce que je suis : le bébé d’une époque.”
/ “I am what I am: the baby of an era.”(Arthur Cravan)

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In order of appearance:
The narrator: Tifaine Boudinot
The exquisite: Léa Villani
The bird: Larry
The sound engineer: Emmanuel Mescheba
The golden fish: Baptiste
Voice over: Stéphanie Matard

Concept & Production: Guillaume Reynaudo
Director & Camera operator: Guillaume Reynaudo
Editing, Color grading & Sound design: Guillaume Reynaudo
Art direction: Studio Carta
Set design: Studio Carta
DOP & Photographer: Laurent Hini
Lighting assistant: Félix Dupuy

Stylism: Marie Revelut
Chief MUA: Meyloo
MUA assistant: Laetitia Majer
Hair: Kélig Dinet
Manicure: Jessica Debong

Assistant: Hélène Lambertz
Creative idea of the golden fish make-up: Alexandra Leroy
Special thanks: Hélène Lambertz, Laurent Hini, Martial Lenoir, Red Art Factory, Red Art Studio, Kevin Nay, Lucie Amard