Synopsis
Ludo, eight years, is a happy and filled child. Nevertheless, his family know financial difficulties. Due to the lack of money, his parents build the family house with their hands. To get there, everything is saved: the water, the electricity, the bread, the slightest sugar cube. Up until now, Ludo was not really conscious of this poverty. But when his primary school teacher, asks him to bring five hundred grams of sugar for an experiment in class, that he is going to become aware of things.
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Actors (7)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Magnificat Films
- Co-production : Association Le Sucre
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (14)
- Executive Producer : Laurent Thiry
- Screenwriter : Raphaël Médard
- Director of Photography : Éric Weber
- Editor : Laurence Bawedin
- Sound Recordist : Romaric Pivant
- Costume designer : Laure Michaud
- Voice-overs : Éloi Carrié, Olivier Walczak, Théo Walczak
- Production Manager : Laurent Combelles
- Sound Editor : Olivier Walczak
- Continuity supervisor : Katia Toulon
- Production Designer : Nicolas Baumann
- Original Concept Designer : Frédérique Mathellier
- Graphic Designer : Adrien Garcia
- Sound Mixer : Julien Perez
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fairy tale
- Themes : Childhood
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
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Berlin International Short Film Festival for Young and Children (Kuki)
Germany, 2012
Compétition adolescents
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