Synopsis
Breakaway, on a beautiful summer day, for a companies seminary, two women and three men settle down in a public garden for a picnic. They make a circle. Mothers and children do the same thing a little further. It is their professional life, the only preoccupation, that gathers togeather the group, under the glance of a homeless person in the shade. The movie tells the story of the creation of this circle, of its appropriate mechanisms and then its explosion under various internal and external tensions.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (4)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Têtes à Claps
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producer : Nicolas Salet
- Screenwriter : Louis-Albert Serrut
- Director of Photography : Lionel Sautier
- Editor : Nicolas Salet
- Sound Recordist : Pierre Cordelier
- Production Manager : Nicolas Salet
- Sound Editor : Nicolas Salet
- Sound Mixer : Léonard Mule
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama, Legend
- Themes : Human nature , Society, Consumerism, Unemployment, Work
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2010
- Runtime : 22 min
- Visa number : 112.210
- Visa issue date : 30/04/2010
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 2.35
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)