Swimming Away

A Short film of

Matthieu-David Cournot

Produced by

La fémis

Production year2006

Runtime11 min

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Sarah can’t cope with answering the telephone. She has lost her baby. Lying beside the empty cradle, she responds to nothing… But suddenly, when dipping her finger in a glass of water, she realizes that she can be transported into an unfamiliar undersea world. She is the only person to believe in her strange powers and decides to give herself over to them completely.

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Director (1)

Matthieu-David Cournot
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Actress (1)

Nouritza Emmanuelian

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Executive Producer : La fémis

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Screenwriter : Julia Lowy

Director of Photography : Matthieu-David Cournot

Music Composer : Oliver Probst

Editor : Svetlana Vaynblat

Sound recordists : Loïc Pommiès, Jean-Baptiste Haehl

Voice-overs : Philippe Noiret, Yamina Bachir-Chouikh

Sound Editor : Loïc Pommiès

Sound Mixer : Grégoire Bourdeuil

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Type : Short film
Genres : Fiction
Sub-genre : Psychological drama, Fantasy
Themes : Ocean, Solitude/loneliness
Production language : French
Production country : France

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News (1)

USA: VCU French Film Festival

22 MARCH 2007

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Selections (3)

Leeds International Film Festival
Great Britain, 2007
Programme spécial
Festival of Nations (Ebensee)
Austria, 2007
International Competition
Richmond French Film Festival
United States, 2007
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