Serge and his four colleagues work in a small company that has just been brought out by a large corporation. As a welcoming gift, they are invited by their new employer to spend a day of relaxation at a spa.
Direction
Bierry squeezes maximum discomfort from 21 tight minutes.
Acting
Willaert's nervous energy carries every excruciating second.
Director
François Bierry
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The vihta (birch branch) is a traditional Finnish sauna tool for circulation—here weaponized as corporate torture.
Bierry based the short on real post-acquisition 'integration' rituals he witnessed in Belgian corporate culture.