The cryogenic capsule is a character in its own right in the film Oxygen. In cinema, science fiction is often synonymous with grandiose settings. For the Production Designer, Jean Rabasse, the difficulty was to deal with a tiny space where every inch was important. "We were all glued to each other to design this pod to last an hour and a half on the screen."

 

Two capsules were used for the film. "There is the pod which receives the shroud (the opening scene) which needs to have 100% access from below and the other which needs to lean 45% to be able to film the back of Mélanie Laurent." Both capsules are part of the ScienceFictionArchives.com collections.