An Asian food store, bathed in the white light of neon lights. While the goods are displayed on the shelves, workers are busy and customers hesitate. People talk to each other and a cat listens to them. Little by little, the place is transformed into a real observatory of the neighborhood, of the souls that cross it, and of contemporary concerns.
Théo Zesiger was born in Ardèche and now lives in Marseille. In parallel to his work as a freelance cameraman and editor, he is involved in the direction of short narrative forms, including Tir à blanc (Goodseed Productions, 2018). Animated by the direct cinema approach, he directed in 2022 his first documentary film, One Corner of a Sphere.
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