Fiction short films

UN NOMMÉ Z (A man named Z)

Albert PIERRU
1961
Version : French
Duration : 15'
Format : 35 mm. - 16 mm. - Béta SP
Black & white
Scriptwriter : Albert PIERRU
Producer : ARMOR Films - Fred ORAIN
Country France
With Jean JARETT, Pierre PODEVIN, récitant : Roger COGGIO
Music Robert CAMBIER
Picture Georges BOURDELON
Stage set Natural locations. Urban settings
Prize list Selected at VIII° Westdeutsche Kurzfilmtage - Oberhausen - 1962
Archive footage - Brazilian dancer in a cabaret,
- An Isetta car arrives and two men jump out.

Z is a poor man who has never been able to hold down a job. An implacable fate has always plagued him, placing him in a series of improbable situations. His last job as a sales representative came to an end as quickly as it was catastrophic. Starving and penniless, Z meets a stranger who takes him to a shady nightclub. There, a character hires him as a chauffeur. Unfortunately, Z is a little late in discovering his boss’s sad profession. But he manages to put a gang of gangsters out of business. A slapstick comedy shot on location, this film is in the “modern” tradition of Mack Sennett.