* Seattle Premiere *
The Astronaut on the Roof
Year: 2010
Director: Sergi Portabella
Genre: Fantasy
Category: Short
Runtime: 13 min
Country: Germany
Language: English
A comical road movie about two scriptwriters who write a film about two scriptwriters who write a film about a teenage couple who become bank robbers.
Synopsis: Two young filmmakers wish to write the script that will make them famous. As Godard said: “All you need to make a film is a girl and a gun“. So, they start with a girl and a gun. And then a boy, a car, a robbery, an astronaut, a bloody human finger in a trash can, a character called Mr. Mystery Man, a motel room and explicit sex and ninjas and... Wait a second: What’s this film about?