Synopsis
Ada, age eight, dreamy and unruly, is persuaded that she possesses a super power. After school, delivered to herself, she tests her capacities. In vain. Until the day when, by trying to cross a wall, Ada reopens a fancient crack in the wall which separates iher room from the psychoanalyst's office of her mother. Hidden behind the crack, Ada spies. Touched by the distress of the patients and shocked by the neutrality of her mother, she discovers a fascinating universe. And an opportunity to realize her dream.
Credits
Actors (5)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Dharamsala
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producer : Isabelle Madelaine
- Screenwriter : Juliette Sales
- Director of Photography : Gordon Spooner
- Assistant director : Cécile Chaspoul
- Editor : Claire Evesdri
- Sound Recordist : Pierre André
- Costume designer : Charlotte Vaysse
- Voice-over : Germain Garziano
- Production Manager : Marc Brégain
- Sound Editor : Pierre André
- Continuity supervisor : Florence Mettler
- Production Designer : Samuel Teisseire
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy
- Themes : Childhood, Imagination, Psychology/psychoanalysis
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2010
- Runtime : 15 min 16 seconds
- Visa number : 123.518
- Visa issue date : 15/10/2010
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)