Synopsis
Héliette, seventy-five years old, wakes up as every morning. It is nine o'clock. But today, it is a particular day. She's hardly opened her eyes and she's already thinking of the appointment that she has this evening. She has been waiting forty five years to see again Silvio, her youth love for whom she almost left everything. The last time she saw him he was thirty years old.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (4)
Full credits (12)
- Screenwriter : Karen Alyx
- Director of Photography : Romain Le Bonniec
- Music Composer : Samson Penot
- Editor : Jérémy Luc
- Sound recordists : Dominique Lacour, Simon Farkas, François Dubeaux
- Producer : Karen Alyx
- Voice-overs : Marion Game, Karen Alyx, Pascal Barbier
- Production manager : Claire Savinien
- Sound editor : Elsa Robichez Quay
- Continuity supervisor : Soizic Poënces
- Sound Mixer : Vincent Pateau
- Narrator : Marion Game
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Romantic comedy, Portrait
- Themes : Nostalgia, Ageing
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2009
- Runtime : 9 min 13 seconds
- Visa number : 123.354
- Visa issue date : 18/02/2010
- Production formats : HD-CAM
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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