Synopsis
Jean, eighty-five-year-old retired man, goes to the Chausey Islands in Normandy. He rents a small house there which faces the sea. It is the place where he used to go with his wife, every lasttwo weeks of June. But this year, he leaves alone.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (4)
Full credits (8)
- Screenwriter : Matthieu Boivineau
- Director of Photography : Jeremy Lebreton
- Music Composer : Amaury Laurent
- Sound Recordist : Romain Lecomte
- Producer : Matthieu Boivineau
- Voice : Michel Vivier
- Sound Editor : Pascal Garrigue
- Sound Mixer : Jean-Henri Ortet
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Themes : Love, Memories, Ocean, Ageing, Identity
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2010
- Runtime : 26 min 30 seconds
- Visa number : 129.925
- Visa issue date : 14/06/2011
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)