Synopsis
Volunteers of an association offer burial to abandoned dead people that they did not know when they were alive. On Stella-Plage's sea front, a phone box rings. A young couple approaches it and take the call. On the other end, a mother tries to speak with her daughter. Under the glance of her friend, Albane pushes the challenge farther by assuming the identity of this last one. The evening falls, the mother and the girl speak to each other.
Credits
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Actors (3)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Ecce Films
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producer : Emmanuel Chaumet
- Screenwriter : Shalimar Preuss
- Director of photography : Elin Kirschfink
- Editor : Antoine Scannapiego
- Sound Recordist : Olivier Touche
- Production manager : Alexandra Dufaux
- Sound Editor : Olivier Touche
- Sound Mixer : Frédéric Théry
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Themes : Death, Family, Solitude/loneliness
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2009
- Runtime : 18 min
- Visa number : 122.741
- Visa issue date : 20/10/2009
- Production formats : Super 16
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)