Synopsis
Seventy-eight-year-old René has just been released after a long stint in prison. He enters a hospice where he encounters ninety-year-old Maurice, a man who has lived a very ordered life. A friendship develops between them. René, deprived of freedom for such a long time, doesn't intend to remain inactive until the end of his days. Maurice will soon say that ninety years of a quiet life didn't make for much excitement. Why not live a little, right until the end?
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (5)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Dak Tirak Productions
Full credits (13)
- Executive Producer : Nicolas Marie
- Screenwriter : Vincent Plaidy
- Director of Photography : Philippe Vene
- Music Composer : Bruno Debona
- Editor : Victoria Chalk
- Sound Recordist : Jean-Luc Rault-Cheynet
- Costume designer : Yvette Ebengue
- Voice : Christophe Malavoy
- Production Manager : Quentin Henneguelle
- Sound Editor : Benoît Gargonne
- Continuity supervisor : Sophie Delahaye
- Production Designer : Frédéric Bersani
- Sound Mixer : Nicolas D'Halluin
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Portrait
- Themes : Friendship, Ageing
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2009
- Runtime : 23 min 40 seconds
- Visa number : 124.683
- Visa issue date : 31/12/2009
- Production formats : 35mm
- 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)