Synopsis
September, 1958. A soldier Pierre-Émile Delorme, gravely injured in Algeria, is forced to return to live with his parents. Between a hugely ambitious father and a self-effacing mother, in a world of words, unspoken and full of pretence, he gives in to his elder brother, Alban, and confides in him, shares his memoir with him. A memoir, noted down on paper over several months, about an absurd war. A troublesome memoir in many respects.
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Director (1)
Actors (7)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Pàle Films (Pirates à l'Écran)
- Co-productions : Les Films du Cygne, Sofar Productions
- Foreign production company : Image and Sound District srl
Full credits (14)
- Executive Producer : François Rocha Da Mota
- Screenwriter : Julien Darras
- Director of Photography : Cédric Ascencio
- Music Composer : Attila Favarelli
- Editor : Frédéric Planchenault
- Sound Recordist : Ludovic Élias
- Costume designers : Dorothée Tarel, Julie Allard
- Foreign Producer : Gianfranco Isernia
- Co-producers : Alexandre Charlet, Jonathan Hazan, Loïc Darras
- Production manager : Fanny Saadi
- Sound Editor : Olivier Touche
- Continuity supervisor : Aurélie Vallée
- Production Designer : Gwendoline Descamps
- Sound Mixer : Xavier Marsais
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Italy
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Italy)
- Production year : 2009
- Runtime : 39 min 20 seconds
- Visa number : 118.036
- Visa issue date : 27/11/2009
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 2.35
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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