Synopsis
Francis is released after forty years in prison, full of hope and illusions as he embarks on a new life in his mid-sixties. Lucie, the young lady in charge of his rehabilitation, waits for him at the exit. Offering a sympathetic ear to the disillusioned Francis, she acts as an intermediary to this new alienating environment in which he finds himself. He feels trapped in this town; he is running from his past, but he cannot hide from it. Lucie goes all out to help him, and finally, to let him go.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (3)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Quad Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producers : Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Raphaèle Tanneur
- Screenwriter : Bill Barluet
- Director of photography : Isabelle Dumas
- Music Composers : Beth Gibbons, Franz Schubert, Ludwig Van Beethoven
- Editor : Marie-Pierre Renaud
- Sound Recordist : Christophe Penchenat
- Costume designer : Véronique Périer
- Sound editor : Emmanuelle Segala
- Production Designer : Frédéric Lapierre
- Sound Mixer : Stéphane De Rocquigny
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Justice, Ageing
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2005
- Runtime : 19 min 30 seconds
- Visa number : 114.582
- Visa issue date : 13/04/2006
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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Awards (2)
Resources
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