Synopsis
Sylvain buys a reel of film at a flea market, consisting of a single shot of a very beautiful, silent and enigmatic young woman. He soon realizes that this film reel has something strange about it, which intensifies and evolves in a mysterious and disturbing way.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (4)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Sidonie Production
Full credits (10)
- Screenwriter : Robert Cappadoro
- Director of Photography : Robert Dianoux
- Music Composer : Michel Sardaby
- Assistant Director : Bertrand Jenny
- Editor : Monique Boumendil
- Sound Recordist : Michel Boudinet
- Line Producer : Dominique Laurent
- Assistant Operator : Stefan Zapasnik
- Camera Operator : Robert Dianoux
- Production Manager : Dominique Laurent
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fantasy
- Themes : Cinema, Death
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1979
- Runtime : 13 min
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.33
- Audio format : Mono
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
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About
Nominated for a César Award for Best Short Drama Film in 1980
Winner of the Short Film Prize at the Festival de Fantastique et de Science-Fiction in Paris in 1979
Winner of the Short Film Prize at the Rencontres Cinématographiques in Prades in 1979
Winner of the Golden Falcon Grand Prize at the Festival Con i Minuti Contati, Italy, in 2010
Broadcast on several television channels
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)