The Night I Became a Doll
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)
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
Box-office & releases
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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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