Synopsis
A disturbing man cleans rifles while constantly chanting a speech advocating the abolition of the death penalty in France. The man then takes on the role of a lawyer, enters the Paris law courts and is ready to let off a few rounds if his pacifist and humanist ideas are not adopted by his colleagues.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (7)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : JDM Productions
- Co-production : Totem Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : MatisseFilms
Full credits (9)
- Screenwriter : Stéphane Guénin
- Director of Photography : Michel Galtier
- Music Composer : Pascal Estève
- Editor : Anne Argouse
- Sound Recordist : Jérôme Robinet
- Sound Editor : Jérôme Robinet
- Production Designer : Guillaume Amossé
- Music Performer : Pascal Estève
- Sound Mixer : Jérôme Robinet
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Themes : Politics
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2001
- Runtime : 4 min 31 seconds
- Visa number : 104.289
- Production formats : DV-CAM
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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