Synopsis
Sabrina, 20, lives in a partially restored old house with her former boyfriend and tries to make ends meet by doing small jobs here and there. She signs up for a course in the hope of going back to school and getting qualified one day, and at the same time takes a job as a stripper in a nightclub on the Old Port of Marseilles. Wanting to become an adult is neither a vain hope nor an easy task, and nobody can tell her that being twenty is the best time of life.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Les Films Grain de Sable
- Co-production : ARTE France
- Foreign production company : Eklektik Productions
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Belgium
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 2012
- Runtime : 55 min
- Production formats : HD-CAM
- Color type : Color
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
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Festivals and Awards
- Georges Foundation Prize at the Visions du Réel Nyon 2012
- Création Prize at the Traces de Vies Festival 2012
- Special Audience Prize and Special Jury Prize at the Filmer le Travail Festival 2013
- Special Jury Mention at the Brive Medium-Length Film Festival 2013
- Festival slections: SalinaDocFest, FIFF Namur 2012, DOcPOint Helsinski, Comptoir du Doc de Rennes, Film sur l’Éducation d’Evreux, Mujeres en Foco Argentine
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