Synopsis
A forty-five-year-old woman, distressed by the idea that she may lose her child presently in a coma, paces about in her home, paralyzed by her desperation and powerlessness. She is totally preoccuped by this small inner voice that continues to repeat the same words of love to her sleeping child, and the obsession with her guilt at not having prevented the fatal fall. There is, however, something that doesn't quite ring true about all this desperation.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (7)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Local Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producer : Nicolas Brevière
- Screenwriters : Blandine Lenoir, Nanou Garcia
- Director of Photography : Alexis Kavyrchine
- Music Composer : Bertrand Belin
- Editor : Frédéric Noël
- Sound Recordist : Olivier Busson
- Costume designer : Mathilde Fontaine
- Sound Editor : Olivier Busson
- Music Performer : Bertrand Belin
- Sound Mixer : Emmanuel Croset
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy
- Themes : Love, Cinema
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2006
- Runtime : 12 min
- Visa number : 116.860
- Visa issue date : 27/03/2007
- Production formats : Super 16
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)