Synopsis
Madeleine is a kindergarten teacher close to retirement. Walking by a wasteland, she notices a child playing alone. As she calls him out, he runs away. Madeleine returns home and falls asleep. The whistling of the wind awakes her. She’s terrified. All of a sudden she remembers the child.
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Director (1)
Actors (3)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : La fémis
Full credits (11)
- Screenwriters : Tommaso Usberti, Marie-Stéphane Imbert, Marlène Poste
- Director of photography : Juliette Barrat
- Assistant director : Juliette Bonnaud
- Editor : Louis Richard
- Sound Recordist : Corvo Lepesant-Lamari
- Producer : Marie-Mars Prieur
- Camera Operator : Mathieu Kauffmann
- Sound editor : Louise Abbou
- Continuity supervisor : Léa Mothet
- Production Designer : Charlotte Martin-Favier
- Sound Mixer : Léonard Accorsi
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2016
- Runtime : 16 min 27 seconds
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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