Synopsis
A queen, lying on her deathbed, tells her eight children of her last wishes. Next to her, Jean, the youngest of her children, plays with a doll. Against all expectations, Jean is named king, in front of his astonished brothers and sisters. He will be the first deaf king! Jean finds himself locked up in a crate. Isolated, abandoned by everyone, the little king reinvents a world in his own image.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (4)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Acis Productions
- Co-production : Épicentre Films
Full credits (11)
- Executive Producers : Corentin Dong-Jin Sénéchal, Vanessa Ramonbordes
- Screenwriter : Jean-Philippe Labadie
- Director of photography : Marie Sorribas
- Music Composer : Baptiste Bouquin
- Editor : Thomas Marchand
- Costume designer : Vincent Dumas
- Co-producer : Daniel Chabannes De Sars
- Production manager : Vanessa Ramonbordes
- Sound Editor : Sébastien Cabour
- Production Designer : Franck Chevalier
- Sound Mixer : Sébastien Cabour
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Musical, Fairy tale
- Themes : Dance, Imagination
- Production language : No dialogue, Sign language
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2008
- Runtime : 19 min
- Visa number : 118.382
- Visa issue date : 18/12/2008
- Production formats : HD-CAM
- Color type : Color
- 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)