Synopsis
The last day in the lives of a retired couple from the mining industry, who have set out to locate and decorate their future gravesite with flowers. A story in the form of a fable that is also a parable about the fast-disappearing world of the mining industry.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (2)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : GREC - Groupe de Recherches et d'Essais Cinématographiques
- Co-production : Pictanovo
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producers : François Barat, Alice Beckmann
- Screenwriter : Arnaud Dauphin
- Director of Photography : Jean-Pierre Méchin
- Music Composers : Joseph Haydn, Fréhel
- Editor : Françoise Lannoy
- Sound Recordist : Alexandre Vraux
- Co-producer : Christian Lamarche
- Production Designer : Michel Malbesin
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Legend
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2001
- Runtime : 12 min
- Production formats : Super 16
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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