The Plumber
Tom, a Flemish comedian used to make cartoons character’s voices, replaces offhand a friend doubler. He finds himself in the studio of a pornographic frenchspeaking film. Catherine, an experienced actress, will be his partner. Tom will play the plumber.
- Belgium
- 2016, 13 min
- Director: Xavier Seron, Méryl Fortunat-Rossi
- Director of photography: Mathieu Cauville
- Editor: Julie Naas
- Screenplay: Xavier Seron, Méryl Fortunat Rossi
- Music: Thomas Barrière
- Cast: Tom Audenaert, Catherine Salée, Jean-Benoît Ugeux, Philippe Grand’henry, François Ebouélé, Delphine Théodore
- Contacts: Hélicotronc
- Producer: Anthony Rey
- Production: Hélicotronc
Xavier Seron, Méryl Fortunat-Rossi
Xavier Seron (Belgium) is a director and writer. After studying law he entered the Institute of Broadcast Arts and graduated in 2005 with "Rien d’insoluble" (Nothing Unsolvable), which won several awards at many festivals around the world, including the Venice Film Festival. His previous film Black Bear (L’ours noir, 2015) screened at over a hundred film festivals and won several awards, including the Belgian Oscar. In 2016, Xavier finished his feature film Death by death (Je me tue à te le dire), which was awarded the New Voices/New Visions Award at the Palm Springs Film Festival.
Méryl Fortunat-Rossi (France, 1979) first worked as a photographer and amateur filmmaker. In 2001 he moved to Belgium and entered the Institute des Arts de Diffusion. In 2011 he worked with Xavier Seron on a documentary drama Bad Moon (Mauvaise lune), a film that won many awards at festivals around the globe and was nominated for the Belgian Oskar, the Magritte Award. He made several documentary films and joined forces with Xavier Seron in 2015 to make Black Bear (L’ours noir, 2015), a film that was screened at more than a hundred film festivals and won several awards, including the Magritte Award for the Best Short Film.