Synopsis
Christmas Eve in a shopping center. A young woman, little girl and star talk-show host suddenly find themselves at odds with their lives. Three characters with nothing in common will go through a similar experience that will lead them to briefly encounter each other in a moment of grace and communion.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (7)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Pavillon Rouge
- Foreign production company : fieber.film
- Film exports/foreign sales : Pavillon Rouge
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producers : Iana Dontcheva, Stéphanie Combot, Cédric Sineux
- Screenwriter : Alix Barbey
- Director of Photography : Pascal Lagriffoul
- Music Composer : After in Paris (Groupe)
- Editor : Rodolphe Molla
- Sound Recordist : Julien Brossier
- Costume designer : Charlotte Bonnet
- Foreign Producer : Mario Stefan
- Sound editors : Florence Hermitte, André Bendocchi-Alves
- Production Designers : Nicolas Lefèbvre, Émilie Ferrenq, François Sacré
- Sales agent : Iana Dontcheva
- Sound Mixer : Hubertus Rath
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Portrait
- Themes : Consumerism, Family
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Germany
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Germany)
- Production year : 2006
- Runtime : 37 min
- Visa number : 112.775
- Visa issue date : 04/12/2006
- Production formats : Super 16
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby SR
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