Synopsis
In a retirement home, a few old people wander in the corridors, while others drift off to sleep in the lounge. Some of the residents talk aloud, as though to themselves.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Les Films Hatari
- Co-production : Le Deuxième Souffle
Full credits (7)
- Executive Producers : Michel Klein, Jérôme Larcher
- Screenwriter : S. Louis
- Director of Photography : Alexis Kavyrchine
- Music Composer : Robert Wyatt
- Editor : Jean-Damien Ratel
- Sound Recordist : Frédéric Heinrich
- Co-producer : Franck Vialle
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Auteur documentary
- Themes : Ageing
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2004
- Runtime : 17 min
- Visa number : 111.733
- Visa issue date : 21/12/2004
- Production formats : Super 16
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.77
- Audio format : Dolby DTS
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)