The Man on the Moon
Synopsis
Leiden, Holland, in the 19th century. A young medical student catches a man in the strange act of coming down from the moon by a rope ladder. He follows him back to the moon, which turns out to be nothing but a large wooden ball inhabited by a strange family. It's the beginning of an incredible adventure that will finish tragically in the fire of Leiden.
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Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Les Films de l'Arlequin
- Co-production : Arte France Cinéma
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producer : Dora Benousilio
- Screenwriter : Serge Elissalde
- Music Composer : Olivier Daviaud
- Sound Recordist : Nicolas Delbart
- Voice-over : Guillaume Gallienne
- Sound Editor : Jean-Marc Lentretien
- Production Designer : Serge Elissalde
- Special Effects : Claire Mandel, Olivier Lavenant, Alain Amielet, Laurent Mathieu
- Sound mixers : Bruno Seznec, Sébastien Ariaux, Fabien Devillers
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film
- Sub-genre : Cartoon, Literary adaptation
- Themes : The absurd, Encounters
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2006
- Runtime : 17 min 30 seconds
- Visa number : 104.691
- Visa issue date : 10/07/2006
- Production formats : Digital video
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SRD
- Rating restrictions : None
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Adapted from Story of the Moon by Oscar Panizza.
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