Synopsis
Élise lives alone in an apartment on the Breton coast. One day, in an isolated creek where she is used to swimming, she discovers the body of a drowned woman. This tragic event plunges her into a melancholic state. Who was this woman? What are the exact causes of her death? She still has no answers to her questions when her son, Damien, a pupil at high school in Paris, comes to spend a few days with her.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (5)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producers : Sedna Films, FOZ
Full credits (11)
- Executive Producer : Cécile Vacheret
- Screenwriter : Mathieu Hippeau
- Director of Photography : Mathias Raaflaub
- Editor : Loïc Lallemand
- Sound recordist : Rosalie Revoyre
- Costume designer : Mickaël Paquer
- Production Manager : Rodolphe Croquefer
- Sound Editor : Benoît Gargonne
- Continuity supervisor : Alexandra Pontvianne
- Production Designer : Mickaël Paquer
- Sound Mixer : Johann Nallet
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Portrait
- Themes : Adolescence, Motherhood
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2010
- Runtime : 26 min
- Visa number : 127.820
- Visa issue date : 14/12/2010
- Production formats : HD 4K - 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 2.35
- Audio format : Dolby DTS
- Rating restrictions : None
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