Synopsis
Toine is a very old peasant. He wishes to share the fruits from his beautiful cherrytree, but he doesn't have the strengh of collecting them anymore.
No one in his close circle is neither available nor interested in helping him.
The solution comes from people he would never have expected to help. A Gypsy family.
The transmission issue, nowdays, in a rural environment.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (7)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Imaginaires Productions
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producers : Christine Riche, Claude Berthoux, Emmanuel Gillet
- Screenwriter : Christine Riche
- Director of Photography : Romain Carcanade
- Music Composer : Michel Guay
- Editor : Joseph Guinvarc'h
- Sound Recordist : Florian Delafournière
- Costume designer : Marie Husson
- Sound Editor : Joseph Guinvarc'h
- Production Designer : Jean-Christophe Chalaguier
- Grader : Christophe Legendre
- Music Performer : Michel Guay
- Sound Mixer : Steven Ghouti
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Legend
- Themes : Minorities, Poetry
- Production language : French, Romani/Gipsy
- Production country : France
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