Synopsis
Julia, a woman in her sixties, prepares to leave her city, Istanbul, to join her family and her grand-daughter Aviva in Tel-Aviv. Aviva, 8-years-old, spends her last summer with her grand-mother in Istanbul. She witnesses the difficulties Julia encounters while leaving her house, her city, her things. Among the things, which Julia is trying to get rid of, there is an oil-painting, divided into pieces, and of which Julia has only one part. Unable to abandon her past, Julia goes to search for the other part of the painting. Aviva, intrigued by a little hole on the painting, finally brings life to it.
Credits
Director (1)
Actresses (3)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Les Films du Poisson
Full credits (6)
- Executive producers : Yaël Fogiel, Laetitia Gonzalez
- Screenwriter : Ilana Navaro
- Director of Photography : Mario Amura
- Editor : Catherine Zins
- Sound Recordist : Yunus Acar
- French press agent : Laetitia Gonzalez
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production language : Turkish, French, Hebrew
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2001
- Runtime : 20 min
- Visa number : 100.700
- Visa issue date : 09/03/2001
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby DTS
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
Selections (5)
Tübingen | Stuttgart International French-language Film Festival
Germany, 2002
Compétition internationale
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