Synopsis
65-year-old, Agathe Le Du refuses to grow old alone. That's why she makes a daily journey to the cemetery in honour of the memory of her husband and son, two Breton sailors who were lost at sea five years ago. She speaks to them as she knits feverishly. But who is Agathe Knitting for ?
Credits
Director (1)
Actresses (2)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Scilly
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producer : Christian Jean
- Adaptation : Olivier Douyère, Catherine Lecoq
- Screenwriter : Olivier Douyère
- Director of Photography : Philippe Elusse
- Music Composer : André Serre-Milan
- Editors : Frédéric Delesques, Aïlo Auguste
- Sound Recordist : Guillaume Sciama
- Costume designers : Hélène Grimault, Ève Le Trévédic
- Production Designer : Guy-Claude François
- Art director : Gaëlle Ruwet
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1998
- Runtime : 21 min
- Visa number : 93.542
- Visa issue date : 25/11/1998
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby SRD
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)