Synopsis
During a visit to the tomb of her recently deceased father, eight-year-old Inès has a strange encounter with a rat. Her mother quickly discovers the intruder’s presence in the house and tries to get rid of it. But the rat evades every trap, thanks to Inès who secretly protects it. For Inès there’s no doubt: this rat is her father.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (3)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : R!Stone Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producer : Rudolph Falaise
- Screenwriters : Bosilka Simonovitch, Sabine Hogrel
- Director of photography : Elin Kirschfink
- Music Composer : Maxence Cyrin
- Editor : Olivier Garouste
- Sound Recordist : Mathias Léone
- Costume designer : Agnès Falque
- Sound Editor : Mathias Léone
- Production Designers : Jackie Delevoye, Alain Le Mee
- Sound mixers : Guillaume Serpereau, Stéphane De Rocquigny
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fantasy
- Themes : Death, Childhood
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2005
- Runtime : 16 min
- Visa number : 113.402
- Visa issue date : 20/01/2006
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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