Synopsis
Pierre and Philippe, new recruits in a major bank's computer department, are confronted with the toxic atmosphere that reigns in the service. Pierre, the younger and less zealous of the two, manages to adapte but witnesses the mental degradation of Philippe, a particularly motivated, competent, and hard-working employee.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (7)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Rézina Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : Premium Films
Full credits (13)
- Executive Producers : Bernard Tanguy, Benoît Blanchard
- Screenwriter : Bernard Tanguy
- Director of Photography : Julien Poupard
- Music Composer : Bernard Tanguy
- Editor : Pascal Cuissot
- Sound Recordist : Gaël Simard
- Costume designer : Floriane Balay-Badey
- Voice-overs : Raphaèle Bouchard, Alain Pointier
- Production Manager : Laurent Merlin
- Continuity supervisor : Soizic Poënces
- Production Designer : Johanne Carpentier
- Make-up Artist : Alain Folgoas
- Sound Mixer : Fred Bielle
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Psychological drama
- Themes : The absurd, Work
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2008
- Runtime : 20 min
- Visa number : 120.366
- Visa issue date : 29/06/2009
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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Awards (1)
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