Synopsis
In a small fishing port, a woman lives with her two sons, Daniel and Samuel. Ten years earlier, when she was pregnant with the youngest, her husband left one morning at dawn, supposedly on a fishing boat, and never came back. A boat did, in fact, disappear that particular day, but as no trace of a shipwreck or of the crew has ever turned up, the family keeps hoping that the father will one day return. As a sign, the woman lights a candle in front of the window each night. One day, the oldest son encounters a strange man who perhaps knew his father.
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- Executive Producer : No Film
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- Executive Producers : François Magal, Olivier Broche
- Screenwriter : Eugène Green
- Director of Photography : Raphaël O'Byrne
- Music Composer : Marin Marais
- Editor : Jean-François Elie
- Sound Recordist : Frédéric De Ravignan
- Costume designer : Agnès Noden
- Sound Editor : Olivier Laurent
- Production Designer : Anne-Marie Pihouée
- Sound Mixer : Stéphane Thiébaut
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Encounters, Memories
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2006
- Runtime : 33 min
- Visa number : 113.897
- Visa issue date : 06/11/2006
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SRD
- Rating restrictions : None
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