Synopsis
At night of insomnia of an old man in his vast library, a incomprehensible place, not only by its size, but because it is the extension of a human being, the one who created it. Library populated with ghosts. The old man does not see them. Books in a library live on the same shelves but do their characters know each other? The reader is a medium. The read books and their characters haunt our spirits.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (4)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains
Full credits (10)
- Screenwriter : João Vieira Torres
- Director of photography : Camila Freitas
- Music Composer : Camille Claverie
- Editor : Suzana Pedro
- Sound Recordist : Rodrigo Sasic
- Voice-overs : Jean-Pierre Battesti, Tomoe Kubota
- Production Manager : Jacky Lautem
- Sound Editor : Matthieu Gagelin
- Continuity supervisor : Marie-Laure De Brem
- Sound Mixer : Jérémy Morelle
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fantasy, Video art
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2011
- Runtime : 17 min 40 seconds
- Production formats : Super 16
- 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)