Synopsis
They sort out, wash, hang, iron, perfume, fold, tidy up and when it is finished, they begin again. All do the washing for their son's in prison since years. I look at the body in hollow of the son, the body full of the mother, the sweetness and the violence which passes between both.
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Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Les Films d'Ici
- Foreign production company : Elefant Films
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producer : Richard Copans
- Screenwriter : Yamina Zoutat
- Director of photography : Yamina Zoutat
- Editor : Marie-Pomme Carteret
- Foreign Producer : Alexandre Iordachescu
- Production manager : Aurélie Bardet
- Sound Editor : Nicolas Van Deth
- Sound Mixer : Nicolas Van Deth
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Auteur documentary, Research - Experimental
- Themes : Motherhood, Justice
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Switzerland
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Switzerland)
- Production year : 2010
- Runtime : 45 min
- Visa number : 125.892
- Visa issue date : 17/11/2010
- Production formats : DV
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 4/3
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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