Synopsis
In a city where everything is built around the letter R, we speak and we think only R. At the school, a child learns with difficulty to write. From his awkward scrawls are born strange signs.
Credits
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : GREC - Groupe de Recherches et d'Essais Cinématographiques
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (9)
- Executive Producer : Alice Beckmann
- Screenwriter : Nicolas Bianco-Levrin
- Directors of Photography : Nicolas Bianco-Levrin, Julie Rembauville
- Editors : Nicolas Bianco-Levrin, Julie Rembauville
- Sound recordists : Pierre-Naïm Fievet, Flavien Van Haezevelde
- Voice-over : David Olivier Fischer
- Sound editors : Pierre-Naïm Fievet, Flavien Van Haezevelde
- Production Designer : Nicolas Bianco-Levrin
- Sound mixers : Pierre-Naïm Fievet, Flavien Van Haezevelde
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film
- Sub-genre : Paper cut-outs, Fairy tale
- Themes : Communication, Education, Politics, Freedom
- Production language : No dialogue
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2011
- Runtime : 12 min 41 seconds
- Visa number : 128.491
- Visa issue date : 21/10/2011
- Production formats : Digital photography
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
Selections (4)
Festival international du film pour l'enfance et la jeunesse de Giffoni
Italy, 2011
International Competition
Awards (1)
Festival international du film pour l'enfance et la jeunesse de Giffoni
Italy, 2011
Special Mention from Amnesty International
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