Synopsis
One July 14 on Bastille Day, Morad is alone at the counter of a small gas station lost in the middle of nowhere. In the middle of the night, he encounters Emma, a young ambulance driver who would have liked her to name to have been Melancholy.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (5)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producers : Mezzanine Films, Les films du clan
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producers : Mathieu Bompoint, Charles Philippe, Lucile Ric
- Screenwriter : Romain Laguna
- Director of Photography : Aurélien Marra
- Music Composer : Florent Paris
- Editor : Ronan Tronchot
- Sound Recordist : Jean-Barthélémy Velay
- Costume designer : Carole Pochard
- Production Manager : Julien Auer
- Sound editor : Juliette Bouilloux-Heintz
- Continuity supervisor : Emma Benestan
- Production Designer : Benjamin Roth
- Sound Mixer : Yohann Angelvy
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Romantic comedy
- Themes : Relationships, Love, Solitude/loneliness
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2014
- Runtime : 22 min 4 seconds
- Visa number : 138.758
- Visa issue date : 04/07/2014
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
Selections (6)
Tübingen | Stuttgart International French-language Film Festival
Germany, 2015
Compétition internationale
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