A Banana Republic short film, sponsored by Vanity Fair, Film Independent, and NBC/Universal. A French New Wave-inspired transformation of a beautiful ingénue as she travels behind the scenes of a film set.
Ma cité, mon histoire (2009) Online
A beautiful French ingenue plays a game of seduction with a man in a lavish Parisian apartment and is inevitably subdued by his chauvinist charms. Suddenly off screen the director yells 'cut!' and the scene is revealed to be on a professional film set, and as Katherine, the young actress, travels through her behind the scenes world, layers of the naive character she portrayed are elegantly - and literally -stripped away as she interacts with a diverse array of cast and crew. As she confidently steps in front of a second camera for a photo shoot, she is revealed to be a wholly transformed woman: thoroughly modern and in control, yet still undeniably sexy.
| Cast overview: | |||
 | Mariah Bonner | - | Katherine (as Maria Bonner) |
 | Michael Teh | - | Jack |
 | Bru Muller | - | Michael |
 | Junes Zahdi | - | Aidan (as Junes B. Zahdi) |
 | Anna Halberg | - | Sofia |
 | Isidora Goreshter | - | Margie |
| Shyla Huber | - | Shiloh |
 | Grace Su | - | Rachel |
| Sam Miller-Christiansen | - | Felix |
| Julie Rea | - | June |
 | Camilla More | - | The Hair Assistant |
| Melissa M. Lee | - | The Assistant Director |