Synopsis
He is a ghost-writer, a slave to litterature. He writes for someone else, a successful author called Jean Jeudi. One summer evening, as Jeudi pressures him to finish his next best-seller, the writer undergoes a strange transformation that impels him to seek his freedom.
Credits
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Actors (5)
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- Executive Producer : Amorce Films
Full credits (10)
- Screenwriters : François Lévy-Kuentz, Olivier Wahl
- Dialogue Writer : Stéphan Lévy-Kuentz
- Director of Photography : Olivier Raffet
- Music Composer : Jean-Jacques Lemêtre
- Editor : Nadine Tarbouriech
- Sound Recordist : Raoul Fruhauf
- Production Manager : Olivier Esmein
- Sound editor : Anne Thonus
- Production Designer : Renaud Rouveyre
- Sound Mixer : Éric Münch
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fantasy
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1998
- Runtime : 16 min 50 seconds
- Visa number : 93.582
- Visa issue date : 16/02/1998
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Mono
- Rating restrictions : None
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Awards (1)
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amorcefilms.free.fr/negre.htm
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