No summer camp this year for 13-year-old Vivian and Max because of the imminent closure of the factory where their parents are working. But Vivian has a plan to make money and allow them to go to the camp anyway. Accompanied by Tom, their childhood friend, they will run into a race against time.
Acting
The three leads feel like actual siblings, not child actors.
Direction
Dichter squeezes a feature's worth of tension into 23 minutes.
Writing
Dialogue that actually sounds like kids, not precocious screenwriters.
Director
Michaël Dichter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The factory in the film was an actual closing plant in northern France; Dichter cast local workers' children.
Pollux premiered at Clermont-Ferrand, the world's largest short film festival, where economic anxiety narratives dominated the 2018 competition slate.
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