A man sits forlorn and alone in an empty bar. A mysterious woman approaches and tries to crack the shell of his sadness with an intimate physical act and the cathartic power of storytelling.

The short is based on a comic book that director Lorenzo Fonda wrote and illustrated a few years ago. It was published in a limited edition by the Italian publishing company Terracava.

The animated section created by director Lorenzo Fonda employs an experimental technique that was fully done inside a VR headset using the drawing software Tiltbrush.

Below is a 360 fly-through video of one of the scenes- feel free to play it on your browser or explore it inside a VR cardboard/headset.

Written and directed by
LORENZO FONDA
Produced by
ELIZABETH MACKENZIE
LORENZO FONDA
Cecile
CHRISTIE ESCOBAR
Nicolas
PHIL BURKE
Director of photography
TAYLOR MCINTOSH
Editor
BRAD HASSE
LORENZO FONDA
VR Drawings
LORENZO FONDA
Visual effects
FONS SCHIEDON
STEFANO VILLANI
Original score
DANIELE CARMOSINO
Sound design
ARIS LOUZIOTIS
ALEXANDROS SIDIROPOULOS
Mix
ARIS LOUZIOTIS
Audio post-production studio
MILK AUDIO
Costumes
ORNELLA CHIOSSONE
JOANA CHAVES
Production manager
CAITLIN CLARKE
Assistant director
LACY WHITTMAN
Production designer
STEVEN GRISÉ
Assistant production designer
TAYBRA MARCHESE
Assistant camera
BRANDON REGINA
Swing
KEVIN DYNIA
2nd unit director of photography
DANIELE SARTI
On-set recording
VANESSA HUPSON-HARPER
Hair and make-up artist
JESSE GENAO
Colorist
CARLOS FLORES
Extras
LARRY GEVIRTZ
THOMAS WOODROW
Production assistants
OKSANA KOROL
JASON BOIT
WILL HALLETT
VIVIANI RAOLA
TRAVIS HOOD
Thanks to
THOMAS WOODROW
GHOST ROBOT
HENRY HARGREAVES
EUGENIO GATTO / RAGTAG
ST. MAZIE’S
NICO CASAVECCHIA
MATHERY STUDIO
FULVIO GHEMASI / TERRACAVA
LORENZO FANTON
MAYA MEISSNER
MARCO ROSELLA
LORENZO MAGNAGHI / THE TUNE
ELENA XAUSA
FONDA FAMILY

Lorenzo Fonda is an award-winning filmmaker and artist working in multiple disciplines such as film, animation, illustration, comics, installations, murals, writing and others. His first feature documentary Megunica about the work of mural artist and animator Blu was screened at festivals around the world and won multiple awards. He is currently finishing his new graphic novel The Uncanny and working on a new documentary titled Archaeology of the Future. He lives in NYC.
Find more of his work at www.cerberoleso.it

Contact: cembro (at) cerberoleso.it