Synopsis
Diego, age ten, lives out of step from his community. To the great displeasure of his mother, he spends his days sleeping, whereas at night, he secretly paints. One night, Diego ventures alone into the forest, in search of pigments. He then meets the "Chulla Chaqui", an evil spirit of the jungle who will take him on a journey through the valley from which the shy artist is going to come back transformed.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (6)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Buffalo Corp
- Film exports/foreign sales : Premium Films
Full credits (4)
- Executive Producer : Mathieu Lalande
- Screenwriter : Cisko K.
- Director of Photography : Benjamin Groussain
- Music Composer : Étienne Forget
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fairy tale
- Themes : Childhood, Nature, Legends
- Production language : Spanish
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2011
- Runtime : 17 min 40 seconds
- Visa number : 130.863
- Visa issue date : 13/12/2011
- Production formats : HD 4K
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)