Synopsis
Walentyna, a young Polish woman, lands at Saint-Nazaire to find Wojtek, her husband employed in a shipyard and who suddenly stopped giving news. She questions people, in an approximative English, then meets Guillaume, young worker who seems to have known Wojtek and whom becomes in spite of himself the holder of the truth about his disappearance.
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Actors (2)
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- Executive Producer : La fémis
Full credits (8)
- Screenwriters : Katell Guillou, Céline Guénot
- Director of Photography : Antoine D'Artemare
- Editor : Jefferson Lellouche
- Production manager : Anna Ciennik
- Sound editor : Hélène Thabouret
- Continuity supervisor : Magali Frater
- Production Designer : Sophie Bégon
- Sound Mixer : Jérémie Kominek
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Immigration
- Production language : English, French, Polish
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2009
- Runtime : 13 min
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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