DEATH OF AN ACTOR
International Short Film Contest 53 ED. 2025

France 2025 22' Fiction Debut
Philippe Rebbot is announced dead by the media and social networks. The first problem: he is very much alive. The second problem: the rumor continues to grow, despite his efforts to deny it.

Ambroise Rateau
Born in Paris in 1995, Ambroise Rateau studied screenwriting at the Fémis. After several self-produced films, he directed his first short film Death of an Actor, starring Philippe Rebbot and Finnegan Oldfield. Winner of the France 2 Histoires courtes prize at the Paris Court Devant festival, Death of an Actor is a dark comedy about false information and the excesses of digital technology.
TECHNICAL DATA
DIRECTION:
Ambroise Rateau
SCRIPT:
Ambroise Rateau
PRODUCTION:
Punchline Cinéma
EDITING:
Clovis LVH
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Léo Schrepel
ORIGINAL MUSIC:
Victor Barancy
CAST:
Philippe Rebbot, Finnegan Oldfield, Marc Riso, Afrika Baso-Gohier
CONTACT:
andrea@manifest.pictures
