Essential
TITLE
Essential
DIRECTOR
Thierry Debroux
COUNTRY
Belgium, France
YEAR
2022
DURATION
14′
GENRE
Fiction
Essential
A man in his forties wakes up in an elevator, unaware of what he is doing there. Suddenly the intercom crackles. The man asks for help.A woman's voice answers him with a question: « ARE YOU ESSENTIAL? »
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Thierry Debroux
Thierry Debroux was born in Brussels , Januar y 16 th 1963 He trained as an actor at INSAS in Brussels. He acted in several movies and TV movies. He completed a Masters in screenp lay at La Fémis under the direction of Eve Deboise. He has been writing for television for ten years. He received the prize for Best Screenplay for Le Silence des Eglises (France 2, with Robin Renucci and Robinson Stévenin). Essenti a l , with Laurent Capelluto , is his first short film . He has written and directed many plays. In July 2022, he staged Romeo and Juliet at the Abbey of Villers - la - Ville an d direct his second short film Finding Juliet .
- Director Thierry Debroux
- Screenplay Thierry Debroux
- Cinematography Patrice Michaux
- Editing Laora Bardos
- Cast Laurent Capelluto
- Producer/s Jean-Philippe Laroche, Michel Feller
- Production Company Nota Bene, Mon Voisin Productions
- Distributor/s Nota Bene
- Project Title Essential
- Project Type Fiction
- Completion Date April, 2022
- Country of origin Belgium, France
- Country of filming Belgium, France
- Language French
- First-time Filmmaker Yes
- Student Project No
Thierry Debroux
Thierry Debroux was born in Brussels , Januar y 16 th 1963 He trained as an actor at INSAS in Brussels. He acted in several movies and TV movies. He completed a Masters in screenp lay at La Fémis under the direction of Eve Deboise. He has been writing for television for ten years. He received the prize for Best Screenplay for Le Silence des Eglises (France 2, with Robin Renucci and Robinson Stévenin). Essenti a l , with Laurent Capelluto , is his first short film . He has written and directed many plays. In July 2022, he staged Romeo and Juliet at the Abbey of Villers - la - Ville an d direct his second short film Finding Juliet .
Tirana International Film Festival
New World, Panorama Competition, 2022
