Synopsis
Twenty-three-year-old Johanna limits the time she spends visiting her mother and thirteen-year-old sister Laura live to the odd flying visit. Since her father left, her relationship with her family has gone downhill. Returning home after a tense weekend, she meets Lou, a lonely thirteen-year-old who has run away from home. Johanna decides to take Lou in for the night.
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- Executive Producer : Punchline Cinéma
- Foreign production company : Next Days Films
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- Screenwriter : Isabelle Schapira
- Director of Photography : Thomas Schira
- Assistant director : Sarah Hirtt
- Editor : Agathe Hervieu
- Sound Recordist : Quentin Paschal
- Costume designer : Marion Régnier
- Foreign producers : Maxime François, François-Xavier Willems
- Line Producers : Lucas Tothe, Sylvain Lagrillère
- Assistant Operator : Caroline Guimbal
- Production managers : Lucas Tothe, Maxime Feyers
- Sound Editor : Nicolas Kerjan
- Continuity supervisor : Amélie Navarro
- Production Designers : Matthias Jouvard, Gaëlle Ruwet
- Make-up Artist : Agathe Angeli
- Sound Mixer : Gilles Lacroix
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Adolescence, Conflict, Childhood
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : Belgium, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (Belgium, France)
- Production year : 2014
- Runtime : 23 min 28 seconds
- Visa number : 139.237
- Visa issue date : 02/07/2014
- Production formats : HD-CAM - HD 2K
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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