Synopsis
Forty five years old, Pierre, head of family, falls in love with his new young assistant, Valérie. After some months, stricken with remorse, he decides to put an end to their affair. Upset, Valérie disappears. Later, he discovers that his transplanted heart belonged to the husband-to-be of Valérie killed in a car accident while she was driving.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (8)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Alacarte Films
- Co-production : Fisheye Film
Full credits (14)
- Executive Producer : Céline Tanaka
- Screenwriter : Masato Shinada
- Director of Photography : Nicolas Coulon
- Music Composer : Christophe Soret
- Editor : Sylvain Connat
- Sound Recordist : Miguel Dias
- Costume designer : Daphné Girault-Feat
- Voice-overs : Jean-Marie Juan, Julie Delaurenti
- Co-producer : Claude Médori
- Sound Editor : Thomas Civade
- Production Designer : Fabrice Messy
- Special Effects : Benoît Mannequin
- Music performers : Christophe Soret, Julie Delaurenti
- Sound Mixer : Thomas Civade
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Love, Medicine
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2007
- Runtime : 21 min 20 seconds
- Visa number : 115.173
- Visa issue date : 06/12/2007
- Production formats : Super 16
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby DTS
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)