Synopsis
When someone dies on the set of a low-budget remake of Citizen Kane, threatening to halt the production, its unscrupulous producer is faced with a dilemma: should he shut down the shoot and accept massive financial losses, or should he continue at any price, including making a dead actor play his role?
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Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Why Us
- Film exports/foreign sales : Première Heure, L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producer : Christophe Starkman
- Screenwriters : Shaun Severi, Michel Moniot
- Director of Photography : Arnaud Potier
- Music Composer : Erwann Kermorvant
- Editor : Frédéric Thoraval
- Sound Recordist : Mathieu Bédaride
- Costume designer : Hélène Busuttil
- Production Manager : Gilles Vatinet
- Sound editor : Maud Lombart
- Continuity supervisor : Safia Hadjhadjeba
- Production Designer : Katia Wyszkop
- Sound Mixer : Christophe Leroy
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy, Drama
- Themes : Cinema
- Production language : English
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2008
- Runtime : 18 min 10 seconds
- Visa number : 121.700
- Visa issue date : 19/02/2009
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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It was nominated for the 2015 César for Best Animated Short Film.
