Les Après-midi de Laura

A Short film of

Paolo Trotta

Produced by

Les Films du Poisson

Production year2000

Runtime19 min

Synopsis

Every afternoon after work Laura, fifty-something, visits her lover's grave. She sits on a chair and talks to him, trying to keep their love story alive. One day, she decides that she's taking it too far, and resolves never to return... The following day is All Soul's Day, and another woman of the same age as Laura comes to meditate at the grave, surrounded by her family. Days go by, and no one comes. And then, one day, Laura returns...

Credits

Director (1)

Paolo Trotta
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Actors (7)

Catherine Hiegel

Stéphane Touitou

Catherine Ferran

Bruno Guillot

Emmanuel Finkiel

Max Finkiel

Stéphanie Andriot

Production and distribution (1)

Executive Producer : Les Films du Poisson

Full credits (17)

Executive producers : Laetitia Gonzalez, Yaël Fogiel

Screenwriter : Paolo Trotta

Director of photography : Sabine Lancelin

Assistant director : Sylvie Peyre

Editor : Saskia Berthod

Sound Recordist : Jérôme Thiault

Costume designer : Claire Fraïssé

Sound assistants : Guillaume Le Braz, Guillaume Valeix

Assistant Operator : Connie Ott

Camera Operator : Fabrice Moindrot

Sound editors : Amaury De Nexon, Pierre André, Armelle Mahé, Jérôme Thiault

Assistant editor : Delphine Illouz

Continuity supervisor : Krystel Rende

Production Designer : Stéphane Taillasson

Sales Agent : René Gonzalez

Sound Mixer : Amaury De Nexon

Unit Production Manager : Éléonore Gachet

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Technical details

Type : Short film
Genres : Fiction
Themes : Love
Production language : French
Production country : France
Original French-language productions : Unspecified
Nationality : 100% French (France)
Production year : 2000
Runtime : 19 min
Visa number : 97.713
Visa issue date : 26/12/2000
Production formats : Super 16
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 1.66
Audio format : Dolby SR
Rating restrictions : None

News & awards

Selections (1)

Troia International Film Festival
Portugal, 2001
Compétition l'homme et son environnement

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