Synopsis
Dakar. By thousands, children live in the street. With the support of some artists, Anta M' Bow took up the challenge and created the Empire of children. Welcoming the children, putting them back and their feet and do everything so that they return to family, it is the bet of the Empire. By what magic of the children who arrive blank inhale the joy of living after a few days? An action movie which plunges the spectator into the challenges of the Empire, the reception center and the real place of artistic life.
Credits
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Les Films de l'Artichaut
Full credits (9)
- Executive Producer : Michèle Barrault
- Screenwriter : Gérard Moreau
- Director of Photography : Gérard Moreau
- Editor : Christophe Person
- Sound recordists : El Hadji Maguette Thiam, Alpha Sadou Gano
- Production manager : Michèle Barrault
- Sound Editor : Christophe Person
- Continuity supervisor : Michèle Barrault
- Sound Mixer : Martin Gracineau
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Portrait
- Themes : Childhood, Society
- Production language : French, Wolof
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2009
- Runtime : 52 min 26 seconds
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)