What happens when your dream job becomes illegal? This executioner finds out.
After the universal abolition of the death penalty, an executioner is assailed by murderous impulses. He then discovers that against all expectations, he has taken a liking to his profession.
Acting
Boireau's deadpan descent into quiet desperation.
Direction
Bloquet's precise, uncomfortable stillness.
Writing
The absurd premise played absolutely straight.
Director
Jonas Bloquet
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
France abolished capital punishment in 1981, making this a uniquely national meditation on institutional memory and moral progress.
Bloquet reportedly developed this from a single image: an executioner in an empty room, still wearing his uniform.
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