Synopsis
Leila, a young North African nurse, has commited an act for which she can't forgive herself. She has unplugged the life support machine of one of her patients. On the way home, her conscience constantly nags her and, from accidents to fantasy encounters, she is driven to question her act. Way did she do something forbidden by her religion, what kind of woman is she turning in to, in short, why did she kill her father?
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : La fémis
Full credits (6)
- Screenwriter : Thimothée Chaîne
- Director of Photography : Benjamin Rufi
- Assistant Director : Nicolas Smlynarczyk
- Editor : Isabelle Manquillet
- Production Manager : Charles Redon
- Sound Editor : Julien Ngo-Trong
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Fate, Death
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2008
- Runtime : 13 min 20 seconds
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : DTS SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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