Synopsis
Marie lives alone, with her cat, in a house in the suburbs of Paris. Away from the agitation of the city, she is cloistered in her universe which reassures her. In the autumn of her life, she seems to be waiting for nothing more until her doorbell rings. Will she let this mysterious stranger who is, maybe, the beginning of a revival for her?
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Director (1)
Actors (2)
Full credits (16)
- Screenwriter : Steve Catieau
- Director of photography : Néwine Behi
- Music Composer : Léonard Lasry
- Assistant Director : Louis-Virgile Grilliot
- Editor : Amélie Bouillon
- Sound recordists : Eliot Just, Yves Selier
- Line Producer : Steve Catieau
- Assistant Operators : Antoine Margot, Tom Duret
- Sound Editor : Eliot Just
- Continuity supervisor : Sandra Di Pasquale
- Production designers : Roland Toupet, Agnès Conan
- Chief Lighting Technicians : Érick Meurice, Julien Jauffret
- Visual effects : Laurence Duflos
- Grader : Gregory Arvanitis
- Make-up Artist : Sandra Loock
- Sound Mixer : Eliot Just
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Psychological drama
- Themes : Encounters, Solitude/loneliness, Family
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2015
- Runtime : 21 min 45 seconds
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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A Town Called Panic: The Christmas Log (2013), by Vincent Patar & Stéphane Aubier
The year’s end celebrations are coming. Christmas : the tree, the dinner, the presents. Indian and Cowboy are expecting their presents eagerly. Overexcited by the organisation of the celebration, they fight and destroy the Yule log on which Horse was putting the last touch. Horse is livid and cancels the gifts from Santa Claus. How will they win back the favours of Horse and The Old Bearded Man? How will they retrieve their gifts ? For Indian and Cowboy begins a long, very long Christmas Eve.
🎄🎁 This new episode of cult animated series ‘A Town Called Panic’ was selected for festivals around the world, and notable gathered the Audience First Prize at the Bologna
Future Film Festival in Bologna.
It was nominated for the 2015 César for Best Animated Short Film.
