Synopsis
Ernesto, age twelve, announces to his mother that he will not return to school. Because at school, they teach him things that he does not know. Whereas the enigma of this sentence resounds around him, Ernesto is plunged into the knowledge thanks to the discovery of the book the Ecclesiastes. For their part, a primary school teacher and a journalist lose their certainties in front of the radical and disarming sweetness of this child and his family.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (5)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Red Star Cinéma
- Co-production : Espal
Full credits (7)
- Executive Producer : Gaëlle Jones
- Screenwriters : Céline Finidori, Pascale Nandillon
- Directors of Photography : Kamel Belaid, Guillaume Bureau
- Editor : Cédric Putaggio
- Sound Recordist : Jean-Paul Bernard
- Sound Editor : Florent Klockenbring
- Sound Mixer : Gilles Bénardeau
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Literary adaptation , Research - Experimental
- Themes : Suburbia, Childhood
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2009
- Runtime : 59 min
- Visa number : 124.618
- Visa issue date : 14/01/2010
- Production formats : HD-CAM
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
About
Adaptation around the texts The summer Rain by Marguerite Duras and The Ecclesiastes translated by Henri Meschonnic.
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)