Synopsis
One rainy night, David goes into an art gallery in a small, provincial town. He’s come to meet the gallery owner, Paul. In fact, the gallery is just a front. Paul is a forger, and his accomplice Florence touts for unscrupulous clients looking to make money on bogus insurance claims… David offers Paul a deal, but this time things will turn out in a way that Paul could never have imagined.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (4)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : FMR Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (7)
- Executive Producer : Daniel Jenny
- Screenwriter : Daniel Jenny
- Director of Photography : Gérald Thiaville
- Music Composer : Thierry Éliez
- Editors : Pascal Hainot, Françoise Vuillemin
- Sound Recordist : Philippe Arbez
- Production Designers : Alexandre Bancel, Michel Duveaux
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Crime/thriller
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2001
- Runtime : 18 min 30 seconds
- Visa number : 97.704
- Visa issue date : 25/01/2001
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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