Synopsis
Every evening a cleaning woman of African descent makes sure her eight-year-old son, Kumbi, does his dictation correctly. But on this particular night, the dictation proves a heavy load for Kumbi.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (3)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : U Tum'si Création
- Foreign production company : Amo Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : U Tum'si Création
Full credits (9)
- Executive Producer : West Gomez
- Screenwriter : Meiji U Tum'Si
- Director of Photography : Hamoudi Laggoune
- Music Composer : Mondy B.
- Editors : Thierry Simonnet, Sophie Bellet
- Sound recordists : Grégory Chabasse, Vincent Defaye
- Costume designer : Nadine Gomez
- Foreign Producer : Olivier Makoumbou
- Production Designer : Omer Chidas
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Romantic comedy
- Themes : Education, Immigration
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Senegal
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Senegal)
- Production year : 2004
- Runtime : 9 min
- Visa number : 107.236
- Visa issue date : 05/02/2004
- Production formats : Digital video
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Mono
- Rating restrictions : None
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