Synopsis
The D-Day of the emancipation of a bourgeois woman from her ungrateful family. Hélène has everything. She has dedicated her life to her perfect house, her children, her husband, her flowers... It's her birthday, but tonight she'll celebrate in a way her family will never forget!
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (5)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Local Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Premium Films
Full credits (13)
- Executive Producer : Nicolas Brevière
- Screenwriters : Anna Margarita Albelo, Patrick Thévenin
- Director of Photography : Jean-Marc Selva
- Music Composer : Marc Tassell
- Editor : Jean-Gabriel Périot
- Sound recordist : Yolande Decarsin
- Costume designer : Teresa Kurys
- Voice-over : Raphaëlle Valenti
- Sound Editor : Xavier Thibault
- Assistant editor : Mona-Lise Lanfant
- Production Designer : Pierre Pell
- Sound mixer : Laure Arto
- Additional Music : Chloé Thévenin
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy, Burlesque comedy
- Themes : Family, Solitude/loneliness
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2008
- Runtime : 10 min 20 seconds
- Visa number : 119.577
- Visa issue date : 31/03/2008
- Production formats : 35mm
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)