French Guiana
Synopsis
A Hmong village in Cacao, in French Guiana. When his grandmother falls ill, ten-year-old Ying has to go to Cayenne to get medicine. By the time he decides to return home, night has already fallen. Along the way, an extraordinary event takes place.
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Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Les Films du Requin
- Co-production : Petit Film
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producer : Marie Dubas
- Screenwriter : Imanou Petit
- Director of Photography : Nicolas Roche
- Music Composer : Gabriel Des Forêts
- Editor : Serge Turquier
- Sound Recordist : Antoine Brochu
- Co-producer : Jean Des Forêts
- Production Manager : Olivier Flambeau
- Sound Editor : Yohann Bernard
- Continuity supervisors : Imanou Petit, Natasha Gomes De Almeida
- Special Effects : David Walterspelger
- Sound Mixer : Xavier Marsais
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Legend
- Themes : Childhood, Imagination
- Production language : Hmong , French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2008
- Runtime : 12 min 50 seconds
- Visa number : 116.234
- Visa issue date : 18/12/2008
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby DTS
- Rating restrictions : None
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Selections (4)
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
France, 2009
National Competition
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