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Director Actors Synopsis Production and distribution Full credits Technical details Festival Selections (9)Delegations (2)

The Bed By the Window (2008)

Director

Michaël
Barocas

Actors


Michel Duchaussoy (Maurice)	Roger Dumas (Roger)	Philippe Laudenbach (Max)	Mélanie Baxter-Jones (L'infirmière)

Synopsis

In a hospital room, where three old persons live together their last moments, one of them has a privileged place: the bed near the window, the source of all desires.

Production and distribution

Associate production company : Une Hirondelle Productions

Full credits

Executive Producers : Laure Irrmann Carion, Christian Carion
Assistant Director : Carole Henry
Screenwriter : Michaël Barocas
Director of Photography : Christophe Larue
Sound Recordist : Pierre Mertens
Production Manager : Olivier Lambert
Editor : Rémi Hoffmann
Sound Editor : Thomas Desjonquères
Continuity supervisor : Caroline Steff
Production Designer : Samuel Capdeville
Music Composer : Philippe Rombi
Sound Mixer : Florent Lavallée

Technical details

Short film
Genres : Fiction
Sub-genre : Drama, Comedy
Themes : Death, Human nature
Production language : French
Nationality : 100% French (France)
Production year : 2008
Runtime : 12mn 4s
Visa number : 121.781
Visa issue date : 02/04/2009
Production formats : 35mm
Screening format : 35mm
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 1.85
Sound format : Dolby SRD

Festival Selections (9)

	French Cinema Today Festival in Russia - 2010 Nuit du court-métrage Type : Feature film festival Location : Russia
	French Cinema Today in Kazakhstan - 2010 Nuit du court-métrage Type : Unifrance festival Location : Kazakhstan
	City of Lights, City of Angels (Col-Coa) - Los Angeles - 2010 Sélection officielle Type : Feature film and short film festival Location : United States
	French Film Festival in China - 2010 Sélection courts-métrages Type : Unifrance festival Location : China
	Hong Kong French Cinepanorama - 2009 Programme premiers films Type : Feature film festival Location : Hong Kong
	Istanbul International Short Film Festival - 2009 Programme Unifrance Type : Short film festival Location : Turkey
	International Festival of Francophone Film & Video in Acadie of Moncton (Ficfa) - 2009 Sélection officielle (films éligibles pour le prix du public) Type : Feature film and short film festival Location : Canada
	World Film Festival (Montréal) - 2009 Regards sur les cinémas du monde Type : Feature film and short film festival Location : Canada
	Sacramento - French Film Festival - 2009 Sélection courts-métrages Type : Feature film and short film festival Location : United States

Delegations (2)

	City of Lights, City of Angels (Col-Coa) - Los Angeles - 2010 Director : Michaël Barocas Type : Feature film and short film festival Location : United States
	International Festival of Francophone Film & Video in Acadie of Moncton (Ficfa) - 2009 Director : Michaël Barocas Type : Feature film and short film festival Location : Canada