Synopsis
A message from God is recorded on a tape hidden in the middle of the desert in the tomb of a murdered missionary. The secret powers that dominate the planet send their spies into the terrain to find this document of inestimable political value. All bets are off between the three Vatican missionaries, two French detectives, a spy from the central office in Beijing and three agents of the San Francisco mafia.
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Director (1)
Actors (10)
Full credits (10)
- Screenwriters : Pierre Bitoun, Michel Didym, Jean Michel Roux
- Director of Photography : Michel Amathieu
- Music Composer : Le Baron
- Editor : Joseph Licidé
- Sound Recordist : Bruno Tarrière
- Costume designer : Cidalia Da Costa
- Sound Editor : Bruno Tarrière
- Production Designers : Jean Haas, Alain Juteau, Marie Roirant, Stéphane Rozenbaum, Frédérique Grandeau
- Special Effects : François Moret
- Sound Mixer : Bruno Tarrière
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fantasy, Comedy
- Themes : Religion, Surrealism
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1987
- Runtime : 12 min
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono
- Rating restrictions : None
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Conceived as a tribute to serials, this short was written as the first episode of a suspenseful adventure, a pre-film to find financing for a feature film. Established actors had agreed to participate for nothing; the project's fantasy and irreverence appealed to them. For the occasion, we transformed the Panthéon into the Vatican for eight days! There was no follow-up to this short film, as the fantasy genre was not yet fashionable in French cinema in 1987.
Rights owned by Jean-Michel Roux.
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