Synopsis
Pierre watches daily over his brother Fred, dying and dark, in an existence chaotic and distracted in spite of the support of Steeve, his friend, and of Sofia, his wife. Soulvaye begins the mourning of her mother, accompanied towards death according to the Tibetan tradition, and receives Paco's teachings, his father, who dreads death as a continuity of life. Pierre meets Soulvaye, what is going to determine the safety of his brother and to change his look upon death.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (10)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Sevenblue Productions
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producer : Nathalie Calvet
- Screenwriters : Julien Allary, Estelle Vincent
- Director of Photography : Vincent Vieillard-Baron
- Music Composer : Cyril Morin
- Editor : Nicolas Pechitch
- Sound Recordist : Thomas Buet
- Costume designers : Aurore Pierre, Alice Cambournac
- Production manager : Laurène Ladoge
- Sound Editor : Christophe Etrillard
- Continuity supervisor : Charles Sire
- Production Designer : Julia Lemaire
- Sound Mixer : Toni Di Rocco
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Themes : Love, Death, Medicine, Spiritualité, Illness
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2011
- Runtime : 23 min 23 seconds
- Visa number : 129.384
- Visa issue date : 03/06/2011
- Production formats : HD 4K
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 2.35
- Audio format : DTS 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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