Synopsis
A theater director abandoned by his audience, hassled by his debtors, alone on stage, ponders suicide. Before putting an end to it all, he decides to undertake a final journey, to spend a last night with a prostitute. A disconcerting hypnotic encounter. During a night, this woman will make him re-experience the great questions of his life, his misunderstandings with women.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (4)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Piera Productions
Full credits (7)
- Executive Producers : Jean-Pierre Larcher, Tatiana Becquet Genel
- Screenwriters : Jean-Pierre Larcher, Pierre Jalet
- Director of Photography : Jean-Pierre Larcher
- Editor : Héléne Brochet
- Sound Recordist : Paulin Amato
- Camera operators : Jules Amiel, Tatiana Becquet Genel
- Sound Mixer : Éric Lesachet
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Legend
- Themes : Childhood, Theater, Death
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2016
- Runtime : 22 min
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)