Drôle d'histoire
Synopsis
One Christmas Eve in the sixties, a little boy, Jean, tells, under astonished eyesof his family, a strange story. Everybody laughs and everybody applauds. Jean, convinced by this success, will not stop telling the same story and he believes in his comical talents.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (6)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Elytel
- Co-production : Il ou Elle Productions
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producer : Thierry Falivene
- Screenwriters : Xavier Bonastre, Jean-Marc Peyrefitte, Stéphane Zinberg
- Director of Photography : Gilles Piquard
- Music Composer : Olivier Derivière
- Editor : Gwénaël Giard Barberin
- Sound Recordist : Bruno Auzet
- Costume designer : Rozenn Lamand
- Co-producer : Jean-Marc Peyrefitte
- Sound Editor : Guillaume Loiré
- Continuity supervisor : Aurélie Vallée
- Sound Mixer : William Flageollet
- Narrator : Pierre Richard
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Burlesque comedy
- Themes : The absurd, Insanity
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2008
- Runtime : 10 min
- Visa number : 120.072
- Production formats : DVCPRO-HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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