Synopsis
Marie meets up with Eric, her boyfriend, and Merlin, their young handicapped child, at the town swimming pool. Eric, who is having trouble dealing with their son's affliction, has decided to leave Marie. Determined to get an explanantion from him, Marie comes up against his stony silence and is obliged to face up to her own contradictions.
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Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Les Films Sauvages
Full credits (9)
- Executive Producer : Jean-Christophe Soulageon
- Screenwriter : Nicolas Miard
- Director of Photography : Stéfan Garcia De La Chica
- Music Composer : Yassine Dhabi
- Editor : Alexandra Strauss
- Sound recordists : François Guillaume, Fabrice Gerardi
- Production Manager : Simon Chancerel
- Production Designer : Johann G. Louis
- Sound Mixer : Cédric Lionnet
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Themes : Family, Handicap
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2004
- Runtime : 28 min
- Visa number : 105.429
- Visa issue date : 22/01/2004
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby DTS
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)