Synopsis
In a village somewhere in provincial France, Bertrand, a young man of nineteen, sets off for his first day at work. He has to help Herman, a forester, and Charles, an obscur mystic, to fell trees in the forest. Everything goes well until Hermen tries to teach Bertrand the art of tree-felling. The chainsaws are turning and so is the wind.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (3)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Les Films de Mai
- Foreign production company : Artémis Productions
Full credits (7)
- Executive Producer : Serge Zeitoun
- Screenwriter : Joël Warnant
- Director of photography : Glynn Speeckaert
- Music Composer : Alexander Mullenbach
- Editor : Yves Dorme
- Sound recordist : Yolande Decarsin
- Foreign Producer : Patrick Quinet
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Belgium
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Belgium)
- Production year : 1997
- Runtime : 19 min
- Visa number : 91.079
- Visa issue date : 07/01/1997
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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