Synopsis
Pauline, an old lady living alone, prepares carefully the lunch which she organizes for her family. But for a few days, she thinks only of her cat, Félix, who has escaped. The day before the reunion, Pauline recognizes Félix in her garden. The day of the lunch, the family is complet, everything seems perfect, until we ask Pauline to see Félix.
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Director (1)
Actors (8)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Butterfly Productions
- Co-production : FullDawa Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Gonella Productions
Full credits (13)
- Executive Producers : Pierre-François Bernet, Pauline Seigland
- Screenwriter : Adriano Valerio
- Director of Photography : Frank Van Vught
- Editor : Francine Gamblin
- Sound Recordist : Benjamin Le Loch
- Costume designer : Anaïs Guglielmetti
- Co-producer : Gaël Cabouat
- Production Manager : Thomas Bercheux
- Sound Editor : Rémi Caritey
- Continuity supervisor : Sophie Bouteiller
- Production Designer : Aurélien Maillé
- Special Effects : Julien Legrand
- Sound Mixer : Benjamin Le Loch
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Themes : Family, Ageing
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2010
- Runtime : 15 min
- Visa number : 123.714
- Visa issue date : 23/07/2010
- Production formats : Digital video
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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About
Adapted from Tornano Tutti, short story taken from the collection La Fine dell'amore by Ilaria Bernardini.
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