

The Joyless Economy
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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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- Released
- Budget
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- Box office
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- Language
- English
- infidelity
- self esteem
- woman director
- self reflection
- hypnotic
- cinephile
- narrated
Top billed cast
Behind the camera
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Release dates
FranceFR
- TheatricalCannes Directors' Fortnight21 May 2026
South KoreaKR
- Premiere19DMZ International Documentary Film Festival11 Sept 2026
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The Joyless Economy was released on 21 May 2026.
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