Coming Soon - Percival Bernard’s directorial debut ‘Wet Seal Cigarettes’
Pyramidal Productions is close to wrapping up post production on Percival Bernard’s directorial debut. Wet Seal Cigarettes is a highly anticipated genre-bending short that was filmed in Brooklyn, NY in the final leg of 2021. Deriving from French New Wave influences, the French New Wave captures dreams and emotions vividly. What makes the concept of the project unique is that it was produced by an independent African-American production company, Pyramidal Productions, a creative vehicle formed to tell unorthodox stories through the lens of under-represented individuals and artists.
Wet Seal Cigarettes blends and bends cinematic genres to create a world where consumerism is eating individualism alive. This short film takes every opportunity to inspire the individual to be more than what they consume, whether it be their environment, media, or even the illustrious Wet Seal Cigarette. The film stars Nicholas G. Sims as Nicholas Bordeaux and the French speaking Chloe Lexia Worthington as Darling.
In a series of genre-bending events,Wet Seal Cigarettes tells the story of Nicholas Bourdeaux, who has long realized that nothing belongs to him in this life. “A moth trying to find a light in a world on fire” is what he describes himself as. He has to fight to remain sane in a surrealistic New York as he resists a new world order and the temptation of the coveted "Wet Seal Cigarette" within this spunky French New Wave Short Film.
The cast also includes Brendan O'Leary, Devin Chandler, Danny Olabi, and Cedric Cannon. Look for the film to appear in upcoming film festivals.
