Synopsis
It's Martin's fourteenth birthday. Whether they like it or not, his parents leave him the house, watched over by his older brother Olivier, so he can throw a party. The party condenses the rites of passage from childhood to adolescence: a bunch of cheeky friends, girls who are already more wild or fearful, alcohol and the experience of its first effects, a latent conflict with the older brother, who is both adored and envied.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (6)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Les Films Sauvages
- Film exports/foreign sales : La Luna Diffusion
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producer : Jean-Christophe Soulageon
- Screenwriter : Raphaël De Vellis
- Director of photography : Sophie Cadet
- Music Composer : Laurent Leclère
- Editor : Éric Bortolotti
- Sound recordists : Vincent Piponnier, Laurent Benaïm, Anne Maisonhaute
- Original idea : Pietro Antonio Izzo
- Production Manager : Simon Chancerel
- Production Designer : Franck Breuil
- Sound mixer : Anne Maisonhaute
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Romantic comedy
- Themes : Adolescence
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2003
- Runtime : 17 min
- Visa number : 107.573
- Visa issue date : 07/11/2003
- Production formats : Super 16
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
Selections (3)
Festival international du film pour l'enfance et la jeunesse de Giffoni
Italy, 2004
International Competition
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