Synopsis
They sort out, wash, hang, iron, perfume, fold, tidy up and when it is finished, they begin again. All do the washing for their son's in prison since years. I look at the body in hollow of the son, the body full of the mother, the sweetness and the violence which passes between both.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Les Films d'Ici
- Foreign production company : Elefant Films
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producer : Richard Copans
- Screenwriter : Yamina Zoutat
- Director of photography : Yamina Zoutat
- Editor : Marie-Pomme Carteret
- Foreign Producer : Alexandre Iordachescu
- Production manager : Aurélie Bardet
- Sound Editor : Nicolas Van Deth
- Sound Mixer : Nicolas Van Deth
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Auteur documentary, Research - Experimental
- Themes : Motherhood, Justice
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Switzerland
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Switzerland)
- Production year : 2010
- Runtime : 45 min
- Visa number : 125.892
- Visa issue date : 17/11/2010
- Production formats : DV
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 4/3
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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