a film by Simon Balthazar
Rat King is a short dance film about a group of explorers stranded in an abandoned post-climate-disaster landscape, next to a strange green lake. They find an object which initially guides them but ultimately ensnares them. And why does it look so familiar?
Contact: simon@simonbalthazar.com
Directed and scored by
Simon Balthazar @goodluckbalthazar
Cast
Enrique Melgarejo @eseeselchiste
Pako Nava @pakologia
Patrick Trigoso @pat_trigos
Octavio Dagnino @ostrich.dagnino
Sabina Villagómez Guzmán @ma_petitte.cherie
Claudio Mansour @claudiomansour
Director of photography
Oliver Victoria @mercado.de.luz
Costume design
Tripartito @estudiotripartito
Styling
Manuel Veranes @veranes
Visual effects
The French Kiss Lab @thefrenchkisslab
Additional visual effects
Octavio Rivadeneyra @dethkat
Editing
Alina Philippova @abamaolabama
Still photography
Artemio Nadyozhin @bornmentall
Assistant director
Oscar Sotomayor @oscarsotom