Synopsis
A day in the life of John, an American jazz drummer, while waiting to perform in a concert on the night of November 2 in Paris. If a tree falls in a forest and no-one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (4)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : La fémis
Full credits (8)
- Screenwriter : David H. Pickering
- Music Composer : Vincent Govindin
- Editor : Laurence Manheimer
- Sound Recordist : Luc Meilland
- Production Manager : Florian Môle
- Sound Editor : Philippe Deschamps
- Continuity supervisor : Julie Perriollat
- Artistic Director : Julien Vray
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Portrait
- Themes : Music
- Production language : English, French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2005
- Runtime : 13 min
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : DTS SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)