Synopsis
Refused the entrance to a nightclub, three girls of African origin are in the grip of resignation or of anger.Punished for appearance-based prejudice, they do not understand this stigmatization and express the way they feel. The Frenchness and the Africaness are in confrontation, gauge, compare. Through their words, each gives the vision of a timeof identical mixtures.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (5)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Madibah Productions
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producer : Éva Hendrickx
- Screenwriter : Aïcha Ouattara
- Director of Photography : Michaël Guichard
- Music Composers : Ismaël Lo, Gunman Xuman
- Editor : Photine Carpentier
- Sound Recordist : Guillaume Pougnand
- Costume designer : Lassana Samassa
- Production manager : Éva Hendrickx
- Sound Editor : Éric Rey
- Continuity supervisor : Florence Bachelier
- Production Designer : Adrien Ballif
- Sound Mixer : Éric Rey
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Black comedy
- Themes : Minorities, Identity, Immigration
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2010
- Runtime : 7 min 30 seconds
- Visa number : 127.959
- Visa issue date : 22/04/2011
- Production formats : HD-CAM - HD
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Dolby Digital
- Rating restrictions : None
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