Synopsis
Amina, a little girl aged ten or so, is hired as a servant for two sisters who live alone in an old bourgeois house. One of them is ill. Amina soon discovers that her fits are just a pretext, a cry for help to bring a man to the house : the doctor.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (4)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Rougemarine
Full credits (7)
- Executive Producer : Sahbi Aloui
- Screenwriter : Raja Amari
- Director of Photography : Aurélien Devaux
- Editor : Isabelle Petrich
- Sound Recordist : Ludovic Escallier
- Costume designer : Magdalena Garcia Caniz
- Production Designer : Claude Bennys
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Production language : Arabic
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1998
- Runtime : 29 min
- Visa number : 94.255
- Visa issue date : 22/12/1998
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby DTS
- Rating restrictions : None
Box-office & releases
TV broadcasting
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News & awards
Selections (5)
Melbourne International Film Festival
Australia, 1999
International Competition
Awards (1)
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