Synopsis
The Scream of the hourglass tells the story of the life of Chloé who witnessed the murder of her mother by her father when she was ten years old. We thus follow her on three decades of her life, revealing episodes of the story, like learning to read at school, the drama, her arrival in her new family, her life as an independent young lady and to finish, with her future, writing.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (8)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Al Dente Films
Full credits (14)
- Executive Producers : Clément Pignal, Renaud Coulon
- Screenwriter : Renaud Coulon
- Director of Photography : Thomas Jacquet
- Music Composer : Fabrice Viel
- Editor : Thomas Bourva
- Sound Recordist : Élie Mittelmann
- Costume designer : Anne Billette
- Author of original work : Chloé Delaume
- Production manager : Marie Cheret
- Sound Editor : Zacharie Naciri
- Continuity supervisor : Caroline Mathieu
- Production Designer : Céline Olaso
- Special Effects : Gregg Langlois
- Sound Mixer : Dorian Darcourt
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Portrait
- Themes : Freedom, Misogyny, Prostitution, Solitude/loneliness
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2009
- Runtime : 13 min 5 seconds
- Visa number : 120.452
- Visa issue date : 04/06/2009
- Production formats : Super 16 - 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Dolby e
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)