Synopsis
Algeria 1993. Fifty-year-old Jean René, a French citizen living in Algiers, finds a threatening letter in his letterbox. Initially, he thinks it's a bad-taste joke, but he then notices prowlers lurking and becomes increasingly paranoid.
Credits
Actors (6)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Mica Films
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producer : Olivier Gagniard
- Screenwriters : Mohamed Zemaïch, Jean-Luc Ayach
- Director of Photography : Michaël Ayach
- Music Composer : Gérard Cohen-Tannugi
- Editor : Florian Paroz
- Sound Recordist : Stéphane Isidore
- Costume designer : Aurore Dumas
- Production designer : Aurore Dumas
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Religion, War
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2006
- Runtime : 13 min 46 seconds
- Visa number : 112.612
- Visa issue date : 12/12/2006
- Production formats : HDV
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
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