An Optimist in Andalusia

Written, directed and filmed by Jacques Lœuille

Production: 2011

Genre: Essay

Duration: 20 min

Production: Catch twenty-two (Ariane Metais), DRAC Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Beaux-arts de Lyon

L. is preparing to face a solar cataclysm that will destroy the world as we know it. To do this, he moves into a cave house on the side of a mountain, safe from earthquakes, tsunamis, and as far away as possible from the nuclear reactors that will all melt down during the event.

“How to survive?” Every seemingly insignificant choice in daily life has universal consequences here, for posterity.