Old men rotting in cells don't just die—they dissolve. What happens when the state buries you alive?
Elderly inmates are dying mysteriously one after another in their prison cells.
Cinematography
Cellular decay shot like Renaissance vanitas paintings.
Acting
Casabonne's wordless resistance through physical deterioration.
Sound
The hum of fluorescent lights becomes a character.
Director
Simon Lavoie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lavoie cited Argentina's ESMA prison and Canada's own forgotten political prisoners as direct inspiration for the film's 'architecture of disappearance.'
The film's original cut featured a 12-minute uninterrupted shot of an empty cell that distributors forced Lavoie to trim; the full version exists only in festival prints.
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