As a graduate of French and Philosophy, a choice 17 year old me thought was wise, I have been in the exact same situation and experienced similar feelings of despondency and hopelessness as befalls the fresh graduate in Alec Pronovost’s Pro Pool (Piscine Pro). Through a series of hilarious scenes depicting pointless tasks, infuriating colleagues and truly monotonous interactions with the jacuzzi buying public, the universal themes and authentic scenarios laid out by Pronovost could be transplanted to anyone, anywhere punching a time clock in a dead-end job and feel totally relatable. Pro Pool, shot in the exact same location from which Pronovost drew his real life inspiration, features the most fabulous ensemble of characters whose authenticity cements the absurd comedy of the daily interactions that our above it all newly minted graduate Charles-Olivier finds himself subject to. Dn invited Pronovost to speak to us about the lived situations that...
- 5/29/2024
- by Sarah Smith
- Directors Notes
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