Synopsis
Margaret must convince her daughter Louise to take responsibility after the death of her father, whilst keeping up appearances with a 'family portrait'. This means Louise must give up her freedom, but will she do what is right for her family or run?
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Actors (9)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Arts Premiers
- Foreign production company : Cup of Gold
Full credits (17)
- Executive Producer : Charles Paviot
- Screenwriter : Nils Gustenhofen
- Director of Photography : Alan Mclaughlin
- Music Composer : Éric Pilavian
- Assistant Director : Remo Catani
- Editor : Ben Mills
- Sound Recordist : Kyle Allan
- Costume designer : Gwendolyn Basala
- Foreign producers : David Brown, Kelly Holmes
- Assistant Operator : Kevin Grossett
- Production manager : Lucia Balestrieri
- Sound Editor : Ali Murray
- Continuity supervisor : Lucy Joan Barnes
- Production Designer : Lindi Wright
- Visual effects : Hamish Allison
- Make-up Artist : Madeleine Drewell
- Sound Mixer : Lionel Guenoun
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Themes : Death, Family, Sociology
- Production language : English
- Coproducer countries : France, Great Britain
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 50% French (France, Great Britain)
- Production year : 2016
- Runtime : 14 min 27 seconds
- Visa number : 144.398
- Visa issue date : 23/08/2016
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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