Synopsis
A young woman from the provinces wins a typing competition in the Limousin, and comes to work in Paris. Despite warnings from her sensible fiancé and her older sister, she is drawn to the pulsating beat of the capital and Parisian nightlife. But then everything goes disastrously wrong....
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (8)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Les Films de la Pléiade
- Film exports/foreign sales : Les Films du Jeudi
- Foreign distributor (short film) : L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (11)
- Executive Producer : Pierre Braunberger
- Screenwriters : Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Michel Fermaud, François Truffaut
- Dialogue Writer : François Truffaut
- Director of Photography : Jacques Letellier
- Music Composer : Georges Delerue
- Assistant directors : Michel Fermaud, Jean-José Richer
- Editors : Marinette Cadix, Albert Jurgenson
- Assistant Operator : Jean-Jacques Rochut
- Production Manager : Roger Fleytoux
- Assistant editor : Claudine Merlin
- Narrator : Monique Chaumette
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production language : French
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French
- Production year : 1957
- Runtime : 20 min
- Visa number : 20629
- Visa issue date : 31/12/1958
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)