STRESSLAND: Status Quo of Liberty

In this canceled 1970s film, Nathalie Grantstein is forced to immigrate to the United States to escape the attacks on her village. In doing so, she risks being found by her abusive husband, who had left several years earlier to join the New York mafia during Prohibition. At the last moment, she devises a clever scheme to escape him for good, even if it means going against all of her religious beliefs. (Short film created for Eric André's competition: making a film inspired by his album "Film Scores for Films That Don't Exist".)

Cast

Anais Seneclauze Bertolo

as Nathalie Grantstein/Barbara Stressant

Elina Raccah

as Nathalie Grantstein/ voice for the cine-concert

Charlie Trecourt

as The villager 1

Tomeo Klein

as The villager 2

Antoine Harel

as Lucky Joe Luciano the mobster

Tom Ferreira Cruz

as Little cousin

Renée Lascar

as Rav Moushky Mouse

Benjamin Ledoux

as The "America! America!" guy

Luca Ferreira Cruz

as Extra

Clovis Raulet

as Extra

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