Synopsis
A man is woken in the middle of the night by toothache. He takes some pain-killers and goes back to bed. As the pain is unbearable, he finally pulls the tooth out himself. Later, he realizes that the pain is still there and getting worse.
Credits
Director (1)
Actor (1)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Cinéma Communication Company (CCC)
Full credits (4)
- Screenwriter : Christian Dor
- Director of Photography : Éric Peckre
- Editor : Natalie Perrey
- Sound Recordist : Pascal Marzolf
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Production language : Silent
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1990
- Runtime : 20 min
- Visa number : 74887
- Visa issue date : 08/02/1991
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Rating restrictions : Under 12
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