Synopsis
Malian women from Montreuil address in a filmed letter for one person of their choice, real or imaginary. Women from Mali are inspired by it to realize their filmed letter. Each was invited to speak about their work, each jumped at the opportunity to say what is important for her. All participated in the manufacturing of these short films in workshops for audiovisual creation. The group forms a movie which steps over the distances, makes reason with these voices which express the frustrations, the passions, the resistance of these women.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producer : Avril
- Co-production : Arcadi
- Foreign production company : Association Image au Féminin
- Film exports/foreign sales : Avril
- French distribution : Les Films du Paradoxe
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producer : Laurence Petit-Jouvet
- Directors of Photography : Claire Childéric, Issiaka Konaté
- Music Composers : Martin Wheeler, Tata Bambo Kouyaté
- Editor : Mathilde Grosjean
- Sound recordists : Pascal Ribier, Benoît Bruwier
- Production manager : Laurence Petit-Jouvet
- Sound Editor : Jean-Marc Schick
- Sound Mixer : Jean-Marc Schick
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Women
- Themes : Work, Immigration
- Production language : French, Bambara
- Coproducer countries : France, Mali
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Mali)
- Production year : 2010
- Runtime : 58 min
- Visa number : 127.024
- Visa issue date : 06/09/2010
- Production formats : DV-CAM
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)