Synopsis
Franck, a european botanist working in Africa for an international organization, falls deeply in love with a young and beautiful native, even as his wife and baby daughter are packing up back to Europe, expecting him to return as well. He tries to tell his wife, over the phone, that he wishes to stay.
Credits
Actors (5)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Les Films d'Avalon
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producer : Philippe Braunstein
- Screenwriters : Luis Marquès, Claude Gnakouri
- Director of Photography : Pascal Baillargeau
- Music Composers : Dimitri Artemenko, Yvan Kazan, Ali Wagué, Djeli Madi Kouyaté
- Assistant Director : Marc Amblard
- Editor : Bertrand Boutillier
- Sound Recordist : Michel Guiffan
- Production Manager : Vincent Bordes
- Production Designer : Philippe Jacquier
- Sound Mixer : Christian Fontaine
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Themes : Love
- Production language : African dialect
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2000
- Runtime : 6 min
- Visa number : 99.031
- Visa issue date : 01/08/2000
- Production formats : 35mm
- 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)