Synopsis
Wakefield goes on a business trip. At least this is what he tells his wife. Really, he settles down in a street from there and roams incognito around his home. The time passes by, Wakefield still does not return.
Credits
Actors (2)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Kinoko Films
- Co-production : L'Atelier d'Images
Full credits (15)
- Executive Producer : Sonia Voss
- Screenwriters : François Valla, Laurent Bébin
- Director of Photography : Nathanaël Louvet
- Music Composers : Benjamin Morando, Benoît De Villeneuve
- Assistant Director : Julien Triger
- Editor : Walter Mauriot
- Sound Recordist : Yvan Rabé
- Costume designer : Angie Astrom
- Co-producers : Hugues Peysson, Pierre Paga
- Production manager : Sonia Voss
- Sound Editor : Renaud Denis
- Continuity supervisor : Catherine Régol
- Production Designers : Anne Peyrard, Frédéric Bersani
- Sound Mixer : Christophe Henrotte
- Narrators : Michael Lonsdale, Jarvis Cocker
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Literary adaptation , Psychological drama
- Themes : Human nature , Relationships
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2009
- Runtime : 27 min
- Visa number : 121.900
- Visa issue date : 01/07/2010
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
Selections (2)
Awards (1)
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
France, 2010
Youth Jury Prize in the National Competition
About
Adapted from Wakefield ( 1885 ) by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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