Synopsis
Seven people in their thirties find themselves in a forest in the middle of the night. They have not seen each other since the year they graduated from school. All have known exceptional, professional and personal success. They worked very hard for it. But they all also participated in an esoteric ceremony when they were seventeen. Glory in exchange of their soul.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (7)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : KG Productions
Full credits (15)
- Executive Producer : Alexandre Gavras
- Screenwriter : Maxime Chattam
- Director of photography : Nathalie Durand
- Music Composer : Alexis Pecharman
- Assistant Director : Martin Dinkov
- Editor : Thomas Glaser
- Sound Recordist : Virgile Van Ginneken
- Costume designer : Laurence Forgue-Lockhart
- Assistant Operator : Karine Arlot
- Production manager : Héloïse Claudé
- Sound Editor : Virgile Van Ginneken
- Continuity supervisor : Virginie Cheval
- Production Designer : Jérémie Sfez
- Special Effects : Basile Maffone
- Sound Mixer : Vincent Verdoux
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fantasy, Horror
- Themes : Youth, Fate
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2014
- Runtime : 15 min
- Visa number : 143.215
- Visa issue date : 14/12/2015
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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