Zoom (2015)

A multi-dimensional interface between a comic book artist, a novelist, and a film director. Each lives in a separate reality but authors a story about one of the others.

Director:

Pedro Morelli

Writers:

Matt Hansen, Pedro Morelli (story)

Stars:

Tyler Labine, Alison Pill, Michael Eklund

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tyler Labine	...	Bob
Alison Pill	...	Emma
Michael Eklund	...	Moustache Guy
Mariana Ximenes	...	Michelle
J. Adam Brown	...	Photographer / Announcer
Gael García Bernal	...	Edward
Patrick Garrow	...	Norman
Jason Priestley	...	Dale
Charles Paraventi	...	Assistant Director
Don McKellar	...	Horowitz
Jennifer Irwin	...	Marissa
Moonlyn	...	Candi, The Receptionist (as Moonlyn Coumont)
Rick Roberts	...	Plastic Surgeon
Clé Bennett	...	Carl Stromway
Jorge Cerruti	...	Forró Man 1

Storyline

Emma works at a sex doll factory and in her spare time is writing/drawing a comic book. Edward is a famous movie director, working on his latest movie. Michelle is a model and is writing a novel. The three are connected: Edward and his world are found in the pages of Emma's comic book, Michelle's story is Edward's movie and Emma's story is Michelle's book.

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Plot Keywords:

film director | novelist | comic book artist | multiple realities | meta film | 

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Taglines:

Who's writing who?

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Brazil Canada

Language:

Portuguese English

Release Date:

2 September 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Zoom - Good Girl Gone Bad

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rhombus Media, O2 Filmes

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

D-Cinema 48kHz 5.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The animated segment used the rotoscoping technique. This was done frame by frame, using 12 frames per second, so the team had to draw more than 20.000 frames.

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Quotes

Michelle: [Writing her novel] Emma realizes that Karma has come back to haunt her. Shrinking Edward's penis may have caused her life to turn into the nightmare it has become.

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Connections

Featured in 2016 Canadian Screen Awards (2016)

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Soundtracks

"Lua Clara'
Written by Matheus von Krüger'
Sony / AVT
Performed by Trio Potiguá
Astral Music Record

User Reviews

Mr. Morelli's Wild Ride

You'd have to be crazy to like this movie.

I loved it.

Zoom has an original plot, great acting, and was just confusing enough to keep me guessing.

The international story line helped shine a light on the meme of Hollywood's usual containment of creativity. Art for the sake of art becomes representative of the interwoven lives of us all.

It would be easy to write this off as another experimental film but I predict it will become an iconic piece studied and used as a barometer for creative license.

Finally, it was just simple fun.

Highly recommended