Synopsis
Poland 1942 : every evening, after dinner, a family plays the strange "key game". Lives depend on it and a five-year-old child is playing.
Credits
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Actors (3)
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- Screenwriter : Michel Hassan
- Director of Photography : Dominique Delapierre
- Music Composer : Frédéric Château
- Editor : Jacques Terrien
- Sound Recordist : Thierry Blandin
- Author of original work : Ida Fink
- Casting : Marion Tenet
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Literary adaptation
- Themes : War
- Production language : French
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French
- Production year : 1995
- Runtime : 7 min
- Visa number : 87.490
- Visa issue date : 04/08/1995
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)