Synopsis
Haunted by the ghost of her mother, and living desperately alone and out of sync with the world around her, a young woman purchases a geisha’s attire and slowly drifts into a fantasy world with Japanese overtones.
Credits
Director (1)
Actresses (3)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Tobago Films
- Co-production : Pyramide Productions
Full credits (11)
- Executive Producer : Michèle Arnould
- Screenwriters : Anne Gilles, Frédéric Niolle
- Director of photography : Nathalie Durand
- Music Composers : Eitetsu Hayashi, Gianni D'Argenzio, Jôshû Yatsuhashi
- Editor : Marie-Pierre Renaud
- Sound Recordist : Ivan Dumas
- Costume designer : Agathe Gudefin
- Executive Producer : Emmanuelle Balestrieri
- Co-producers : Laurent Champoussin, Fabienne Vonier
- Sound Editor : Guillaume Valeix
- Production Designer : Françoise Dupertuis
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Death, Solitude/loneliness
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2005
- Runtime : 15 min 10 seconds
- Visa number : 111.108
- Visa issue date : 22/04/2005
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby DTS
- Rating restrictions : None
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Awards (1)
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