Synopsis
When the Big war started, the 2nd of August 1914, Louis is one of those first mobilized. He has to leave Marie and his village in Corsica for the plains of the Marne where the fights rage. On the front, he is a stretcher-bearer and crosses the battlefield, at night, in search of the wounded. One day, while the trench is sorely lacking water, he is chosen to go to a well situated halfway between the French and German territories in what they called "no-man's-land". There, he finds himelf in front of a German soldier who has also come too stock up.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (4)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Les Films de la Strada
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producer : François Rocha Da Mota
- Screenwriter : Gabriel Le Bomin
- Director of Photography : Pierre Cottereau
- Music Composer : Fabian Römer
- Editor : Bertrand Collard
- Sound Recordist : Benjamin Laurent
- Costume designer : Céline Guignard
- Continuity supervisor : Ariane Billy
- Production Designer : Nicolas De Boiscuillé
- Sound mixer : Anne Maisonhaute
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2001
- Runtime : 19 min
- Visa number : 101.646
- Visa issue date : 20/12/2001
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
Selections (11)
Awards (2)
Lutin Short Film Awards
France, 2002
Lutin Award for Best Costume Design : Céline Guignard
Lutin Award for Best Art Direction : Nicolas De Boiscuillé
Delegations (1)
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