Synopsis
During a seaside journey, a music composer in search of inspiration stops in a small village hotel, run by a young woman and her daughter Elena. After a few days, he realizes there's something magical about the whole place and the two women, and finds out he can’t leave.
Credits
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Actors (2)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Les Films d'Avalon
Full credits (11)
- Executive Producer : Philippe Braunstein
- Screenwriter : Olivier Bordes
- Director of Photography : Xavier Arias
- Music Composer : Olivier Bordes
- Assistant director : Delphine Daull
- Editor : Marie-Hélène Mora
- Sound Recordist : Alain Contrault
- Costume designer : Barbara Kraft
- Production Designer : Philippe Jacquier
- Art director : Véronique Grosperrin
- Sound Mixer : Thierry Sabatier
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Themes : Love
- Production language : French, Finnish
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2001
- Runtime : 27 min
- Visa number : 102.134
- Visa issue date : 09/11/2001
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Mono
- Rating restrictions : None
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