Synopsis
Pascal,on parole, has turned his back to his tumultuous past. The only thing he wants now is a quiet lonely life. He is now working as a building worker to renovate an old house in the countryside. When Kevin, young man in big trouble, asks him for work, he sees his old demons coming back and wonders whether he should help him or not.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (3)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : La fémis
Full credits (9)
- Screenwriter : Damien Dufresne
- Director of Photography : Damien Dufresne
- Editor : Camille Mouton
- Sound Recordist : Antoine Brunet
- Production Manager : Benjamin Toussaint
- Sound Editor : Rémi Caritey
- Continuity supervisor : Sophie Bouteiller
- Production designer : Sidney Dubois
- Sound Mixer : Maxime Champesme
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Adolescence, Criminality
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2009
- Runtime : 28 min
- Production formats : HD 4K
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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A Town Called Panic: The Christmas Log (2013), by Vincent Patar & Stéphane Aubier
The year’s end celebrations are coming. Christmas : the tree, the dinner, the presents. Indian and Cowboy are expecting their presents eagerly. Overexcited by the organisation of the celebration, they fight and destroy the Yule log on which Horse was putting the last touch. Horse is livid and cancels the gifts from Santa Claus. How will they win back the favours of Horse and The Old Bearded Man? How will they retrieve their gifts ? For Indian and Cowboy begins a long, very long Christmas Eve.
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It was nominated for the 2015 César for Best Animated Short Film.