The Cock and the Swallow
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Production year2008
Runtime7 min
Synopsis
From fragments of everyday life, a song, the envy and the questions, this film proposes a poetic variation around two symbolic birds of the district, the cock and the swallow. A film at childs level which speaks of leaving or of staying, of absurd and reality.
Credits
Directors (3)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Peuple et Culture Marseille
Full credits (7)
- Screenwriter : Collectif d'enfants de Marseille
- Editors : Pilar Arcila, Jean-Marc Lamoure
- Producer : Jean-Marc Lamoure
- Co-producer : Marion Blanchaud
- Production manager : Marion Blanchaud
- Sound editors : Pilar Arcila, Jean-Marc Lamoure
- Sound mixers : Jean-Marc Lamoure, Pilar Arcila
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Auteur documentary, Legend, Research - Experimental
- Themes : Identity
- Production language : French, Spanish
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2008
- Runtime : 7 min
- Production formats : Super 8
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 4/3
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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A fable without morality realized by the children of a gypsy district in Marseille.
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