Synopsis
A lock keeper and his children live by a canal. Their lives are patterned by the rhythm of the barges that float through this landscape surrounded by trees, and whose sole link with the outside world seems to be the silent canal. But sometimes the water carries strange things on its current.
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- Executive Producer : Sylvie Brenet
- Screenwriter : Olivier Ciechelski
- Director of Photography : Frédéric Serve
- Music Composer : Pascal Zavaro
- Editor : Hélène Catuhe
- Sound recordist : Yolande Decarsin
- Costume designer : Fabienne Touzi Dit Terzi
- Sound Editor : Jean-Michel Collet
- Production Designer : Philippe Jacob
- Sound Mixer : Cédric Lionnet
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fairy tale
- Themes : Childhood, Death
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2006
- Runtime : 20 min
- Visa number : 112.731
- Visa issue date : 28/04/2006
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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