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Next Floor

2008

Comedy

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 84%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 84% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.4/10 10 7132 7.1K

ritual gastronomy short film

Plot summary

During an opulent and luxurious banquet, complete with hordes of servers and valets, eleven pampered guests participate in what appears to be a ritualistic gastronomic carnage. In this absurd and grotesque universe, an unexpected sequence of events destabilizes the endless symphony of abundance.

Director

Denis Villeneuve Photo
Denis Villeneuve

Top cast

Luc-Martial Dagenais Photo
Luc-Martial Dagenais as Violinist
Mathieu Handfield Photo
Mathieu Handfield as Server
Ariel Ifergan Photo
Ariel Ifergan as Guest
Simone Chevalot Photo
Simone Chevalot as Guest
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103.71 MB
1280*682
English 2.0
NR
us  
25 fps
12 hr 11 min
Seeds 10
192.41 MB
1530*816
English 2.0
NR
us  
25 fps
12 hr 11 min
Seeds 29

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by MutterCourage 8 / 10

Beautifully crafted

I just saw this great short at the Stockholm Film Festival. Kudos to the director and team for creating a spectacular little film.I was so impressed with the tone and ambiance. It had a very special quality. It reminded me of the works of Jeunet, Greenaway and such. But that's OK - it was a very personal short film.The production was equally great. The sets, costumes, styling etc was remarkable. And the food was brilliant.The cinematography was superb.The style of comedy was excellent. Bravo to you all!I look forward to your next work.
Reviewed by ReganRebecca 8 / 10

Disturbing, opulent, wonderful

A group of well-dressed wealthy people consume and consume in this absurd and brilliant short by director Denis Villeneuve. Their gluttony knows no end and despite the fact that the sheer weight of their banquet is enough to break through the floor and land them on the next lowest floor they cannot stop consuming, consuming, consuming. A brilliant parable on greed and also on our natural resources (this really feels like a poignant statement on climate change, even though we know it will literally kill us it seems like humans can't get it together to stop hurting the planet), this is an incredibly well made short that shows what a genius Villeneuve is and hints at the masterworks in his future.
Reviewed by byrniebyrneeub 7 / 10

The Dark comedy predecessor of the depressing and disturbing film "The Platform".

I actually found out about this short film through a review for The Platform, and how the concept was "stolen" from this short. I was intrigued to find it and check it out.I honestly really enjoyed Next Floor, compared to The Platform, which honestly just upset and disturbed me rather than entertaining me and sending some important message.I'm absolutely not bashing anyone who enjoyed The Platform, but I genuinely couldn't stomach it, and so having an alternative like Next Floor, which is a lot less disturbing and depressing, while being more comedic, was definitely for me.Anyway, this film was really good and well produced, not to mention being a lot shorter than a full-length movie (although I feel like a full movie of this wouldn't be all that bad)
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