The Joyless Economy
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- Director
- Marjorie Conrad
- Language
- English
- Released
- 2026-05-21
- Runtime
- 58m
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Short film selected for the Cannes Film Festival Directors’ Fortnight Lineup. A documentary that explores how a woman's movie collection triggers her infidelity. Created for one viewer—the woman whose confessions are revealed through hypnotic second-person narration. All events and artifacts are presented at a steady, soothing pace.
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