Play the Game

A Short film of

Stéphane Barbato

Produced by

Homemade Productions

Production year2005

Runtime18 min

Synopsis

On the 1st of July 1916. Battle of the Somme. The attack is imminent. Captain W.P. Nevill leads his men into a football game. Inspired by a true story taken from the First World War.

Credits

Director (1)

Stéphane Barbato
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Actors (2)

Production and distribution (3)

Executive Producer : Homemade Productions

Co-production : MPC Paris (ex-Mikros Image)

Film exports/foreign sales : Premium Films

Full credits (10)

Executive Producers : Romain Coche, Patrice Masini

Screenwriters : Stéphane Barbato, Kamel Miloudi

Director of Photography : Jean-Marc Selva

Music Composer : Ennio Morricone

Editors : Stéphane Elmadjian, Thierry Simonnet

Sound recordists : Joël Thomas, François Fayard, François Groult

Costume designer : Robert D'Élia

Co-producer : Maurice Prost

Continuity supervisor : Caroline Leloup

Production Designer : Rob Whittle

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Technical details

Type : Short film
Genres : Fiction
Sub-genre : Drama
Themes : War, History
Production language : English
Production country : France
Original French-language productions : Unspecified
Nationality : 100% French (France)
Production year : 2005
Runtime : 18 min 20 seconds
Visa number : 107.921
Visa issue date : 11/07/2005
Production formats : 35mm
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
Audio format : Dolby SRD
Rating restrictions : None

News & awards

News (1)

USA: City of Lights, City of Angels (COL COA)

09 MARCH 2006

Festivals & events

Selections (9)

Hong Kong French Film Festival
Hong Kong, 2009
Programme court-métrage
The American French Film Festival (ex-COLCOA)
United States, 2006
Short Film Program
Larissa Mediterranean Festival of New Directors
Greece, 2006
Mediterranean Competition
Vienna Francophone Film Festival
Austria, 2006
Nuit du court-métrage

Delegations (1)

Istanbul International Short Film Festival
Turkey , 2005
Director : Stéphane Barbato

Resources

Website(1)

www.everybody-playthegame.com/site.html

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