Synopsis
To escape loneliness, Ro, a Cyclops lighthouse keeper, invents a colony of wood and cork characters to which he gives voices and movement. The is Ro's life, until the day he finds a glodfish on the lighthouse platform.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : JPL Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producer : Jean-Pierre Lemouland
- Screenwriters : Philippe Jullien, Jean-Pierre Lemouland
- Director of Photography : Pierre Bouchon
- Music Composer : Yann Tiersen
- Editor : Anne Rennesson
- Sound Recordist : Thierry Gault
- Costume designer : Anne-Claire Quemener
- Production Designer : Jean-Marc Ogier
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film
- Sub-genre : Fairy tale
- Themes : Ocean
- Production language : No dialogue
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1998
- Runtime : 13 min
- Visa number : 92.129
- Visa issue date : 18/09/1998
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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