Synopsis
Everywhere in the kingdom, they had run up to prostrate in front of him. For each, the child who had been born was at the same time this son and this master so loved. Icon among icons, every birth symbolized perfectly this hope of an unchanging future. One day, the cycle of things brutally came to an end. The child who had to be born will not be. And it became for all the profane majesty.
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Director (1)
Actress (1)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Mazeto Square
Full credits (6)
- Executive Producer : Charles Borrett
- Screenwriter : Charles Borrett
- Director of Photography : Charles Borrett
- Music Composers : Gilles Dalbis, Pierre Diaz
- Editor : Charles Borrett
- Sound Mixer : Alexandre Ollivier
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Experimental
- Sub-genre : Research - Experimental
- Themes : Science fiction/Futuristic, Motherhood, Society, Utopie
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2012
- Runtime : 7 min 58 seconds
- Visa number : 134.043
- Visa issue date : 27/11/2012
- Production formats : Super 8
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 4/3
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : Suitable for all viewers, with warnings
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In the maternity ward, Céline awaits the arrival of her first child. It is Jeanne, her partner, who will bring her into the world. At night, in the entrance hall of the hospital, she meets men who are waiting, like herself.
🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)