Synopsis
Keeper of a level crossing on a neglected road, an old lady lives alone with her cow. She fills her solitude with the tenderness which she has for her attractive cow and escapes by playing the violin. Until the day when she decides to stop the trains which pass.
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Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Les Films du Nord
- Foreign production company : La Boîte... Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producer : Arnaud Demuynck
- Screenwriter : Géraldine Boudot
- Music Composers : Falter Bramnk, Anne-France Dumoulin
- Editor : Corine Bachy
- Production Manager : Arnaud Demuynck
- Sound Editor : Falter Bramnk
- Animation : Vincent Bierrewaerts, Hugo Frassetto, Laurène Braibant
- Sound Mixer : Luc Thomas
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film
- Sub-genre : 2D & 3D animation, Paper cut-outs, Drama, Comedy
- Themes : Love, Music, Solitude/loneliness
- Production language : No dialogue
- Coproducer countries : France, Belgium
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Belgium)
- Production year : 2011
- Runtime : 11 min 55 seconds
- Visa number : 127.973
- Visa issue date : 31/10/2011
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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