Synopsis
Upon returning from a three-month trip to Africa, I learned that I’d caught hepatitis C. More than a year of intensive treatment lay ahead of me. How was I going to live through the months ahead? Right from the first day of my dual therapy, I started keeping a diary. I took photos. Then, one day, I got hold of a camera. Filming was a practical response to my state of fatigue and feeling of imprisonment. I felt that shooting a film would help me to endure the treatment. There was a desire to keep on living. And then, a camera would take me outside to capture other images. It was an opportunity to have a third therapy within my reach.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Leitmotiv Production
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producer : Jérôme Amimer
- Screenwriter : Martine Lancelot
- Director of photography : Martine Lancelot
- Editor : Laure Budin
- Sound recordist : Josefina Rodriguez
- Voice-over : Martine Lancelot
- Sound editor : Laure Budin
- Sound Mixer : Patrick Raymond
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Themes : Medicine, Identity
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2006
- Runtime : 52 min
- Visa number : 117.221
- Visa issue date : 15/05/2007
- Production formats : Mini DV
- Aspect ratio : 4/3
- Audio format : Mono
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)