Synopsis
We’re not sure of the period or place. A child emerges from white fog to walk across desolate countryside that has a post-apocalyptic appearance. He crosses paths with a taller child dressed in the same clothes as he’s wearing. This encounter has something very threatening about it.
Credits
Director (1)
Actresses (2)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Aurora Films
Full credits (7)
- Executive Producer : Jean-Christophe Reymond
- Screenwriter : Arnaud Gautier
- Director of Photography : Rémi Mazet
- Editor : Anne-Catherine Mailles
- Sound recordists : Arnaud Gautier, Sébastien Noiré
- Costume designers : Citronelle Dufay, Alice Puech
- Production designers : Citronelle Dufay, Alice Puech
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fairy tale, Bizarre
- Themes : Childhood, War
- Production language : No dialogue
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2005
- Runtime : 10 min 51 seconds
- Visa number : 111.403
- Visa issue date : 12/09/2005
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)