Avant la chair
Synopsis
At an indetermined time and place, a society under military occupation and deprived of freedom, fervently awaits deliverance. Myriam, still a virgin, and betrothed to her fiance Youssef, is actually pregnant and doesn't know how to tell him the incredible truth. In a society where adultery is punishable by death, she fears for her life. She takes refuge at her cousin's house. Elisabeth is older than Myrian and is also expecting a child.Youssef enters a period of waiting, questioning and having to cope with unbearable doubts.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Les Films Sauvages
Full credits (7)
- Executive Producer : Jean-Christophe Soulageon
- Screenwriter : Frédéric Jouin
- Director of Photography : Fabien Benzaquen
- Music Composers : Anahit Simonian, Framix
- Editor : Éric Bortolotti
- Sound Recordist : David Maillard
- Production Designer : Marie-Noëlle Lacassin
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fairy tale
- Themes : Love, War
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2004
- Runtime : 17 min
- Visa number : 108.721
- Visa issue date : 11/05/2004
- Production formats : Super 16
- Color type : Color
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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