Synopsis
During three Christmas Eves, Madeleine and her children, Eséra, Christophe and Marc, wait for the paternal. Between alcohol and religion the expectation is complicated, the unsaid and the habits load-up the relations. Until bursts out another truth.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (4)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : GREC - Groupe de Recherches et d'Essais Cinématographiques
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producer : Alice Beckmann
- Screenwriter : Benjamin Vitrol Vautier
- Director of Photography : Benoît Pain
- Music Composers : Benjamin Vitrol Vautier, Cédric De Sami
- Editor : Sourouche Bagherzadeh
- Sound Recordist : Virgile Van Ginneken
- Costume designers : Liza Winzelle, Laëtitia Carré
- Production Manager : Nicolas Corouge
- Sound Editor : Sylvain Vignolo
- Continuity supervisor : Églantine Cluzel
- Production Designer : Florian Augereau
- Sound Mixer : Sylvain Vignolo
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Family, Society
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2009
- Runtime : 17 min 40 seconds
- Production formats : Super 16
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.77
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)