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The Sorter

Laurent BRADENBOURGER / Phillippe BOON

Belgium1993 11min 35mm color

Synopsis

The Sorter draws us into the compulsive life of an assembly line worker whose primary responsibility is to check all the canned beans before they are shipped out of the factory. His daily life is mundane, but he always follows a strict guidelime on how to live. Everyday he has to eat his balanced meal divided in equal proportions, live a clean stable life with no signs of disorder, and adhere to the law like a good samaritan. His life is always in order until one day he commits a serious blunder of failing to pick up a red carrot from a can of beans. His life begins to fall into disarray. The Sorter must act fast before his orderly lifestyle gets entangled. (Na Ho-Won)

Diretor

Laurent BRADENBOURGER

Born in Belgium, 1967. He has been intereted in film production since childhood, but redecided to become a tramdriver. Due to his failure to becoming a tramdriver, he made a film in 1986. He is now planning to make three or four short films with Phillippe Boon.

Phillippe BOON