Troubled Waters
Synopsis
1910. Seventeen-year-old Louis comes to a wealthy stranger's assistance: forty-year-old Théodora's husband has gone missing in a shipwreck. Louis takes Théodora in his frail craft to find her husband's body. They set out as the sun goes down; their morbid quest will take until dawn.
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- Executive Producer : Why Not Productions
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- Executive Producer : David Frenkel
- Screenwriter : Charlotte Erlih
- Director of Photography : Denis Gaubert
- Music Composer : Éric Neveux
- Assistant Director : Nicolas Smlynarczyk
- Editor : Isabelle Manquillet
- Sound Recordist : Mitia Wexler
- Costume designer : Isabelle Deffin
- Author of original work : Maylis De Kerangal
- Sound Editor : Julien Ngo-Trong
- Production Designer : Stéphanie Guitard
- Music Performer : Éric Neveux
- Sound mixer : Mélissa Petitjean-Hèche
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Literary adaptation , Psychological drama
- Themes : Ocean, Death
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2008
- Runtime : 20 min
- Visa number : 119.468
- Visa issue date : 08/10/2008
- Production formats : Super 16
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby SRD
- Rating restrictions : None
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