Synopsis
Joseph Orovitz, eighty-year-old writer, is going to find the inspiration in a castle when he finds in a suitcase of old portraits of him and his family, portraits of which the existence he ignored. He remembers then this family which, in 1942, hid Jews in their cellar, including himself.
Credits
Actors (5)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : So Films Indépendants
- Co-production : L'Art Image
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producers : Simon Benadiba, Olivier Vidal
- Screenwriters : Olivier Vidal, Sébastien Maggiani
- Director of Photography : Rashed M'Dini
- Music Composer : Vladimir Cosma
- Editors : Olivier Vidal, Sébastien Maggiani
- Sound Recordist : Enguerran Prieu
- Co-producer : Rashed M'Dini
- Sound Editor : Enguerran Prieu
- Sound Mixer : Enguerran Prieu
- Narrator : Olivier Vidal
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama, Portrait
- Themes : Memories, History
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2009
- Runtime : 13 min 30 seconds
- Visa number : 127.189
- Production formats : Super 16
- Color type : Color and Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)