Synopsis
A fresco unfolds in front of our eyes to the sound of construction work, omnipresent but distant, being carried out. This painting represents a Mediterranean kind of landscape. We can make out, in particular, three objects: a cactus, cypress, and an olive tree. The camera sweeps in a curve over the animation bench, revealing the fresco, then freezes. Heaps of fallen rocks have strewn the route, although we haven’t really noticed them. But now we discover what caused these rocks to fall: an olive branch has broken through a wall. This wall is the one separating Israel and Palestine.
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- Executive Producer : Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains
Full credits (5)
- Screenwriter : Laurent Mareschal
- Directors of Photography : Laurent Mareschal, Tami Notsani
- Editor : Laurent Mareschal
- Sound Recordist : Yoni Mery
- Sound Editor : Ludovic Joncquiert
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film
- Sub-genre : Research - Experimental
- Themes : Poetry, Violence
- Production language : No dialogue
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2005
- Runtime : 4 min
- Production formats : Digital photography
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)