Sandgate
Synopsis
The young Bienvenu is lost in a faraway desert. As he dies of exhaustion, the devilish chief of the border post of the desert, Sandgate, saves him from death. But this generous gesture has a heavy price: his freedom. He will have to serve on that post for eternity to kill imaginary rebels. Now prisoner of the chief's insanity, the young recruit will have to fight to shield his own humanity and escape from hell.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (2)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Sandgate Productions
- Foreign production company : Godolphin Films S.A.
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producer : Ambroise Le Guay
- Screenwriter : Antonin Le Guay
- Director of Photography : Sébastien Jacquet
- Music Composer : Kevin Meredith
- Editor : Sébastien Jacquet
- Sound Recordist : Kevin Meredith
- Costume designer : Matt Buge
- Foreign Producer : Ramses Mahfoudh
- Production Designer : Matt Buge
- Special Effects : Olivier Solère
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : The absurd, Freedom
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Tunisia
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Tunisia)
- Production year : 2010
- Runtime : 16 min 11 seconds
- Visa number : 125.757
- Visa issue date : 03/05/2010
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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