Synopsis
Ali, a former illegal immigrant who is now an integrated family man, finds his everyday life turned upside down when two undocumented immigrants take refuge in the building opposite his. Psychologically fragile, Ali quickly becomes obsessed with these two inoffensive young men until paranoia leads him to consider them a threat to his family.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (5)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : FullDawa Films
Full credits (15)
- Executive Producers : Gaël Cabouat, Boris Mendza, David Atrakchi
- Screenwriter : Jérémie Guez
- Director of Photography : Lubomir Bakchev
- Music Composer : Mathieu Lamboley
- Assistant directors : Coline Morand, Martin Jérôme
- Editor : Fred Grivois
- Sound Recordist : Jérémie Vernerey
- Costume designer : Angèle Gaspar
- Assistant Operator : Nicolas Pfaff
- Production Manager : Jonathan Schall
- Sound Editor : Kinane Moualla
- Continuity supervisor : Anissa Toumi
- Production Designer : Antonin Bouvet
- Casting : Léa Triboulet
- Make-up Artist : Camille Bouvet
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Crime/thriller
- Themes : Immigration, Marginality, Society
- Production language : French, Arabic
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2016
- Runtime : 16 min
- Visa number : 144.829
- Visa issue date : 03/02/2017
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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