Synopsis
A man who keeps a diary sinks little by little into madness. The loss of his fiancée, who he was madly in love with, plunges him into a painful mourning, the incurable evil. He is the lucid witness of his sliding towards madness. He tries to explain rationally the strange facts of which he is victim, surely someone acts in the shade and wants his loss: "Le Horla" ( his own madness). He tries to escape from it and to fight it in vain.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (2)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : E-Media Publishing
Full credits (17)
- Executive Producer : François-Olivier Robin
- Screenwriter : Aurélien Poitrimoult
- Director of Photography : Marc Romani
- Music Composers : Cédric Ledoré, Alma Rota
- Editor : Richard Riffaud
- Sound Recordist : Julien Despres
- Costume designers : Chantal Bousquet, Élisabeth Ollieric
- Author of original work : Guy de Maupassant
- Voice : Aurélie Billetdoux
- Voice-over : Francis Lalanne
- Production Manager : François-Olivier Robin
- Sound Editor : David Goldenberg
- Continuity supervisor : Gaëlle Douchez
- Production Designer : François Maury
- Special Effects : François Ferracci, Siegfried Jugie
- Sound Mixer : David Goldenberg
- Narrator : Francis Lalanne
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fantasy, Literary adaptation
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2010
- Runtime : 14 min 26 seconds
- Visa number : 127.906
- Visa issue date : 20/12/2010
- Production formats : HD-CAM
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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