Synopsis
The director Philippe Lacôte was in the Ivory Coast, September, 2002 when the war burst out. He filmed his district during the first two weeks of the curfew. From these images, he built a subjective portrait of his childhood and his country, between the autobiographical film and an essay.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : GREC - Groupe de Recherches et d'Essais Cinématographiques
- Foreign production company : Wassakara Productions
Full credits (9)
- Executive Producer : Alice Beckmann
- Screenwriter : Philippe Lacôte
- Director of Photography : Philippe Lacôte
- Editor : Delphine Jaquet
- Sound Recordist : Philippe Lacôte
- Foreign Producer : Sami Tioye
- Voice-over : Philippe Lacôte
- Sound editor : Josefina Rodriguez
- Sound Mixer : Emmanuel Croset
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Portrait, Research - Experimental, Auteur documentary
- Themes : Countries, Politics
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Ivory Coast
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 50% French (France, Ivory Coast)
- Production year : 2008
- Runtime : 50 min
- Visa number : 116.340
- Visa issue date : 30/06/2009
- Production formats : Digital video
- Color type : Color and Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 4/3
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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