The Whale Room
In a Dakar building doomed for demolition, an acoustician discovers a room where whale skeletons sing.
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The story
Ariane returns to appraise an old colonial building before its destruction. Behind a wall, she finds a room filled with suspended whale bones that respond to human voices. Each song reveals a maritime memory the city tried to forget.
- Original title
- La Chambre des Baleines
- Country / region
- France · Senegal
- Genres
- Science fiction
- Language
- French
- Year
- 2026
- Runtime
- 93:05
- Director
- Claire Montreuil
Creative process
Director, editor, poster art director, rights reviewer, language reviewer, and producer approve creative, legal, and cultural outputs.
Human-led story development, screenplay polish, casting bible, rights review, AI-generated key art and motion tests, human edit, grade, sound, language review, and C2PA export.
- AI participation (source-declared)
- 75%
- Creative method
- Generative narrative
- Format
- Feature film
- Resolution
- 4K
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39:1
- Frame rate
- 24 fps
- Delivery format
- 4K DCP; ProRes 4444 XQ master; H.265 review screener.
- Subtitles
- English · Korean · Japanese · Thai · French