Synopsis
Amin, young illegal worker, has just joined a camp in the forest. Every night is the occasion to try to gain the harbour zone and to embark under trucks. During his attempts, he discovers that between the forest and the men who go through it, occurs other groups, other faces, other spaces.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (3)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Kazak Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (13)
- Executive Producer : Jean-Christophe Reymond
- Screenwriter : Clément Cogitore
- Director of Photography : Sylvain Verdet
- Music Composers : Olivier Bombarda, Bruno Droux
- Editor : Isabelle Manquillet
- Sound Recordist : Antoine Corbin
- Costume designer : Élisa Ingrassia
- Production manager : Emy Porcellato
- Sound Editor : Julien Ngo-Trong
- Continuity supervisor : Julie Perriollat
- Production Designer : Frédérique Doublet
- Make-up Artist : Marie-Charlotte Sondaz
- Sound Mixer : Vincent Cosson
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Themes : Emigration, Immigration, Exile, Friendship, Poetry
- Production language : Arabic
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2011
- Runtime : 30 min
- Visa number : 124.212
- Visa issue date : 27/09/2011
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
Selections (3)
Delegations (1)
Vila do Conde International Short Film Festival
Portugal, 2011
Director of photography : Sylvain Verdet
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)