Fichues Racines
Synopsis
Viviane, of Guadelupian origin, about forty, lives alone in an Council apartment in the Paris region. To care for her cardiac mother stayed in Guadeloupe, Viviane decides to to bring her over. Now, almost totally isolated, she has difficulty in sharing. Viviane admits gradually her mother into a strange world, invaded by roots of tropical plants: a forest without exit.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Palaviré Productions
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producer : Jil Servant
- Screenwriter : Marie-Claude Pernelle
- Director of Photography : Denis Gravouil
- Assistant director : Élodie Leyne
- Editor : Sandrine Trésor
- Sound Recordist : Olivier Roux
- Author of original work : Gisèle Pineau
- Production manager : Sandrine Billaud
- Sound Editor : Olivier Roux
- Continuity supervisor : Sandrine Billaud
- Production Designer : Laurence Joulia
- Sound Mixer : Olivier Roux
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Literary adaptation , Psychological drama
- Themes : Suburbia, Minorities, Ageing, Insanity
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2011
- Runtime : 28 min 25 seconds
- Visa number : 121.905
- Visa issue date : 29/03/2011
- Production formats : HD-CAM
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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Adapted from the short story Fichues racines - Nouvelles des Caraïbes, paradis brisé (ed. Hoëbeke).
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