Synopsis
Douce is a nurse's aide in a service which takes care of patients in a deep coma. From day to day, she gets acquainted with her new colleagues and the patients. On the bedside table of a patient, a book draws her attention.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (4)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Red Star Cinéma
- Co-production : Les Protagonistes
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producer : Sébastien De Fonseca
- Screenwriter : Sébastien Bailly
- Director of Photography : Sylvain Verdet
- Music Composer : Laurent Levesque
- Editor : Cécile Frey
- Sound recordist : Marie-Clotilde Chéry
- Co-producer : Dorothée Lachaud
- Production manager : Emy Porcellato
- Sound editor : Claire-Anne Largeron
- Continuity supervisor : Soizic Poënces
- Production Designer : Léo Ponge
- Sound Mixer : Benjamin Viau
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Portrait
- Themes : Désir, Poetry, Illness
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2011
- Runtime : 28 min 36 seconds
- Visa number : 130.183
- Visa issue date : 13/10/2011
- Production formats : Super 16
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Digital DTS
- Rating restrictions : Suitable for all viewers, with warnings
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)