Synopsis
Time is short for Jacob, an old American man who, knowing to be condemned by a disease, decides to return to the United States to find his daughter whom he abandoned years earlier. Jacob will have to implement everything to make this last journey, somehow or another, to find a redemption and maybe a reassurance. But this journey will not be the one that he believes.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (3)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Qualia Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (13)
- Executive Producer : Benjamin De Lajarte
- Screenwriter : Olivier Ciechelski
- Director of Photography : Frédéric Serve
- Music Composer : Stéphane Scharlé
- Assistant Director : Franck Frappa
- Editor : Cédric Putaggio
- Sound Recordist : Bruno Auzet
- Costume designer : Françoise Arnaud
- Assistant Operator : Mathieu Giombini
- Production manager : Valérie Menguy
- Sound editor : Julie Roué
- Production Designer : Françoise Arnaud
- Sound Mixer : Guillaume Leriche
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Themes : Death, Childhood, Travel
- Production language : French, English
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2012
- Runtime : 25 min
- Visa number : 132.921
- Visa issue date : 16/11/2012
- Production formats : HD 2K
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 2.35
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)