Synopsis
Benoît wants to give himself to a good cause by joining the Old Folks Without Christmas campaign. He must spend Christmas Eve with an old woman who lives alone. The operation’s organizer has been very clear: be kind, polite, efficient, but there’s no point getting too involved. Except that the old lady Benoît has been assigned is Béa.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Bizibi
Full credits (6)
- Executive Producers : Emmanuel Agneray, Jérôme Bleitrach
- Screenwriters : Romuald Beugnon, Hélène Abram
- Director of Photography : Laurent Brunet
- Editor : Erika Haglund
- Sound Recordist : François Guillaume
- Production Designer : Emmanuelle Cuillery
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Encounters, Solitude/loneliness
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2005
- Runtime : 28 min
- Visa number : 110.018
- Visa issue date : 05/04/2005
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SRD
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
Selections (4)
Awards (1)
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
France, 2006
Award for Best First Fiction Film
Mention spéciale du jury jeune national
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