The Night I Became a Doll

A Short film of

Alice Anderson

Produced by

Paris-Brest Productions

Production year2009

Runtime10 min

Synopsis

A mother loses her son. To overcome her immense grief, she replaces him with a doll. Life continues and the mother pays more attention to the doll-son than to his sister, who is still very much a live. The little girl finds this situation difficult and, so as to be loved by her mother, decides to also become a doll.

Credits

Director (1)

Alice Anderson
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Actors (3)

Corinne Boudelique

Chelsea Humphreys

Marcus Limbour

Production and distribution (2)

Executive Producer : Paris-Brest Productions

Co-production : Arte GEIE - Strasbourg

Full credits (14)

Executive Producer : Olivier Bourbeillon

Screenwriter : Alice Anderson

Director of photography : Virginie Surdej

Music Composer : Anouchka Grose

Assistant directors : Thierry Salvert, Magali Guillem

Editors : Alice Anderson, Emmanuelle Pencalet

Sound Recordist : Damien Mandouze

Costume designer : Céline Frécon

Assistant Operator : Vyara Stefanova

Production manager : Karine Charasse

Sound Editor : Damien Mandouze

Production Designer : Marcela Iriarte

Make-up Artist : Zoë Van Der Waal

Sound Mixer : Elory Humez

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Technical details

Type : Short film
Genres : Experimental
Sub-genre : Video art
Themes : Family
Production language : English
Production country : France
Original French-language productions : Unspecified
Nationality : 100% French (France)
Production year : 2009
Runtime : 10 min 31 seconds
Visa number : 121.870
Visa issue date : 12/01/2010
Production formats : DVCPRO-HD
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 16/9
Audio format : Stereo
Rating restrictions : None

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News & awards

Selections (1)

Bratislava French-Language Film Festival
Slovakia, 2010
Courts-métrages en première partie de programme

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