Synopsis
French Guyana - the Kourou Base. The countdown has started on the launch-pad. In a nearby hotel room, a man takes sleeping-pills. Just as he feels death closing in on him, a spider enters his room. Terror snatches the man from the pills' hold for an instant.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (2)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Corto Pacific
Full credits (6)
- Executive Producer : Georges Bourély
- Screenwriter : Dominique Defert
- Director of photography : Dominique Déhan
- Music Composer : Dominique Defert
- Editor : Dominique Roy
- Sound recordists : Xavier Piroelle, Éric Lesachet
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fantasy
- Production language : French
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French
- Production year : 1995
- Runtime : 18 min
- Visa number : 86.412
- Visa issue date : 26/10/1995
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)