Synopsis
For a little while now Gérard Donnadieu, a master butcher, has lost all desire for living. He's convinced that he is suffering from a terminal illness, Creutzfeldt-Jakob syndrome, more commonoly known as mad cow disease.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (4)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Solimane Productions
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producers : Bruno Daniault, Morteza Mohammadi
- Screenwriters : Radha-Rajen Jaganathen, Pascal Vimenet
- Director of photography : Myriam Vinocour
- Music Composer : Lisa Deluxe
- Editor : Morteza Mohammadi
- Sound recordists : Philippe Grivel, Julien Cloquet
- Costume designer : Laurence Gousset
- Production Designer : Philippe Vettorel
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy
- Themes : The absurd, Insanity
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1999
- Runtime : 13 min
- Visa number : 92.368
- Visa issue date : 13/01/1999
- Production formats : Super 16
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby DTS
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)