PLAYGROUND

Documentary / 10' / 2023

directed by célia caroubi
with anna caroubi
produced by Il varco
directed during the workshop nouvelle bug
distributed by gargantua distribution

Synopsis :

I play Roblox online with my sister Anna. She is 12 years old. Roblox is a multiplayer video game, mainly aimed at children and teenagers. While wandering, with our avatars, in a life simulation game we meet “Alex”, another player. He suggested we play Truth or Dare. The game quickly got out of hand. The challenges he gives us become insistent and ambiguous. We run away from this embarrassing situation. A virtual chase begins. The game is no longer a game. I worry, I tell my brother about it on Discord. Should I tell our parents? I ask my sister about other encounters she's had in this game. Are people weird on Roblox? She says yes. I want to know more about what she experienced, but she doesn't dare tell. She is embarrassed. She saw something in the chat, but she won't tell me more. Roblox is a game for children, my sister is playing it every day, but I don't know if she is safe in this virtual space anymore.