Synopsis
Daka, Senegal. Ousmane is not even seven years old, but he's already earning his keep by begging in the center of the capital. He decides to write to Father Christmas.
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- Screenwriter : Rémi Mazet
- Director of Photography : Rémi Mazet
- Music Composer : Baptiste Bouquin
- Editor : Gwénaëlle Mallauran
- Sound Recordist : Alioune Mbow
- Foreign Producer : Éric Idriss Kanago
- Co-producers : Arnaud Dommerc, Dyana Gaye
- Sound Editor : Romain Le Bras
- Sound Mixer : Ludovic Escallier
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fairy tale
- Themes : Childhood, Imagination
- Production language : Wolof
- Coproducer countries : France, Senegal
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Awards (6)
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
France, 2007
Special Prize from the International Jury
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