À contre-jour
Synopsis
Mathieu, nine years old, is alone at home with his mother, Marie. She is very tense, shows herself particularly harsh with him. She does not stop getting excited, shouting while doing the housework. Her excessive furie masks a profound confusion that she sometimes lets show through. Mathieu, silently watches her struggling with her feelings. The behavior of his mother eventually upsets him, nevertheless.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (2)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : O2B Films
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producer : Olivier De Bannes
- Screenwriters : Chloé Guerber-Cahuzac, Michel Meyer
- Director of Photography : Benoît Feller
- Music Composer : Toumani Diabaté
- Editor : Svetlana Vaynblat
- Sound Recordist : Benoît Chabert D'Hières
- Costume designer : Bach Hoa Lien Pham
- Production Manager : Benoît Auriol
- Sound Editor : Benoît Chabert D'Hières
- Continuity supervisor : Caroline Roucoux
- Production Designer : David Sanchez
- Sound Mixer : Benoît Chabert D'Hières
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama, Portrait
- Themes : Childhood, Motherhood
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2008
- Runtime : 12 min 40 seconds
- Visa number : 116.603
- Visa issue date : 18/09/2008
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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