In the Dark of Night
Synopsis
One last time during his final night, oscillating between sleep and death, an old man remembers a massacre he once witnessed and which has haunted him ever since.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Capharnaüm Production
- Film exports/foreign sales : Capharnaüm Production
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producers : Lisa Cleard, Thierry Villeneuve
- Screenwriter : Gilles Perru
- Director of photography : Emmanuelle Le Fur
- Music Composer : Vincent Courtois
- Editor : Ève Barreire
- Sound Recordist : Yves Coméliau
- Author of original work : Jean Genet
- Production Designer : Fabrice Deperrois
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Literary adaptation , Research - Experimental
- Themes : Human nature , War
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2005
- Runtime : 15 min
- Visa number : 111.702
- Visa issue date : 26/01/2005
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby DTS
- Rating restrictions : None
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Based on "Quatre heures à Chatila" by Jean Genet.
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