Synopsis
It’s Christmas Eve and Max couldn’t give a damn. For 15 days now, he’s been working day and night on his medical thesis and now dreams of only one thing: to sleep before the Christmas Eve celebrations hosted by his brother-in-law, Yvan. Unfortunately for Max, Yvan, his pregnant wife and his in-laws have got a different idea. It’s going to be a long time before Max will get to bed.
Credits
Actors (9)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Nostra Productions
Full credits (11)
- Executive Producer : Nicolas Spanoudis
- Screenwriter : Nicolas Spanoudis
- Director of Photography : Jean-François Barthod
- Music Composers : Corinne Rocca, David Bertaud
- Editors : Nicolas Spanoudis, Nicolas Balma
- Sound Recordist : Rany Benouazzou
- Sound editors : Nicolas Spanoudis, Nicolas Balma
- Production Designer : Aude Corai Lopez
- Special Effects : Nicolas Spanoudis
- Music performer : Corinne Rocca
- Sound Mixer : Julien Gola
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy, Portrait
- Themes : Motherhood, Family
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2007
- Runtime : 25 min 24 seconds
- Visa number : 116.693
- Visa issue date : 16/04/2007
- Production formats : DVCPRO-HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)