Ashes
A Short film of
Production year2008
Runtime
23m
Synopsis
Max is a forty-year-old Parisian cab driver. Naoko is a young Japanese pianist. One fall evening, Max is driving along the beltway, haunted by the recent death of a relative. He ends up picking up a fare: Naoko.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (2)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : GREC - Groupe de Recherches et d'Essais Cinématographiques
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producer : Alice Beckmann
- Screenwriters : Paul Costes, Gabriel Costes, Mahmoud Chokrollahi
- Director of Photography : Nessim Saheb Ettaba
- Editors : Anaïs Enshaian, Paul Costes
- Sound Recordist : Olivier Roux
- Costume designer : Pauline Kieffer
- Voice-over : Bernard Blancan
- Production manager : Sabine Beulin
- Sound Editor : Rémi Sampic
- Continuity supervisor : Cécile Rodolakis
- Production Designer : Martin Tronquart
- Sound Mixer : Vincent Villa
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Literary adaptation , Drama, Legend, Burlesque comedy, Film noir
- Themes : Encounters, Death
- Production language : French, Japanese
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2008
- Runtime : 23 min 14 seconds
- Visa number : 119.719
- Visa issue date : 05/11/2009
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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