Synopsis
Does the notion of mankind have any meaning? In other words, behind the beliefs, myths, and above all the multiplicity of mental structures, can we isolate a permanent given, valid through places, through history, upon which the notion of mankind can be founded?
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (2)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : andolfi
- Foreign production company : Belva GmbH
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producer : Arnaud Dommerc
- Screenwriter : Jean-Marie Straub
- Director of Photography : Christophe Clavert
- Music Composer : Joseph Haydn
- Editor : Christophe Clavert
- Sound Recordist : Dimitry Haulet
- Foreign producer : Barbara Ulrich
- Author of original work : André Malraux
- Camera Operator : Christophe Clavert
- Production Manager : Arnaud Dommerc
- Grader : Christophe Clavert
- Sound Mixer : Jean-Pierre Laforce
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Experimental
- Sub-genre : Literary adaptation , Fairy tale
- Themes : Regions, Sociology, History
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Switzerland
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Switzerland)
- Production year : 2015
- Runtime : 32 min
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.33
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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About
Based on The Walnut Trees of Altenburg by André Malraux.
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)