Synopsis
A worker is laid off work for some weeks. In seven sequences, one by each day of the week, the movie follows him in the daily activities during this unemployed period. Off, the voice of the worker evokes the way he feels this pause in his work. These few fragments of a common life seized by the crisis, give to see the real consequences of the economic depression.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Divine Productions
Full credits (6)
- Executive Producer : Pablo Mehler
- Screenwriter : Jonathan Desoindre
- Director of Photography : David Kremer
- Editor : Alexandre Basset-Chercot
- Sound recordist : Agnès Szabo
- Sound Editor : Antoine Dahan
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama, Portrait
- Themes : Unemployment, Family
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2009
- Runtime : 15 min 42 seconds
- Visa number : 125.691
- Visa issue date : 14/04/2010
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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