Synopsis
The movie summons a family, four generations and different temporality, evoking fragments of life, moments of humanity. Each of these families are going to live the departure from Indochina, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco. Monopolized by their own pain, the adults ignore that their children suffer from deep tearings in their scale. A family which closes their eyes on everything until the moment when they do anything but to open them.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Les Poissons Volants
Full credits (9)
- Executive Producer : Sophie Goupil
- Screenwriter : Amalia Escriva
- Directors of Photography : Amalia Escriva, Frédéric Cousinie
- Music Composer : Thierry Blondeau
- Editor : Christel Aubert
- Sound recordists : Ivan Paulik, Nathalie Vidal
- Production manager : Nawal Tahiri
- Sound editor : Carole Verner
- Sound Mixer : Jocelyn Robert
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Auteur documentary
- Themes : Family, Society
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2010
- Runtime : 54 min
- Visa number : 126.625
- Visa issue date : 29/09/2010
- Production formats : DV-CAM - Super 16
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 4/3
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)