Synopsis
Presented as if it were an archive from the beginning of the 20th century, like a Pathé newsreel, this film tells the story of Etienne-Jules Marey, the inventor of chronophotography, precursor of the cinematograph.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (14)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Lazennec & Associés
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producer : Adeline Lecallier
- Screenwriter : Cédric Klapisch
- Director of Photography : Dominique Colin
- Assistant Director : Jean-Bernard Marinot
- Sound Recordist : Julien Cloquet
- Production manager : Adeline Lecallier
- Continuity supervisor : Marie Vermillard
- Production Designer : Louis Soubrier
- Sound mixer : Elvire Lerner
- Location managers : Alain Monne, Jean-Pierre Rehm
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Historical, Portrait
- Themes : Inventions, Cinema
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1989
- Runtime : 23 min
- Visa number : 68.031
- Visa issue date : 03/04/1989
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color and Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
Selections (6)
Tübingen | Stuttgart International French-language Film Festival
Germany, 1999
Tribute to Cédric Klapish
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)