Synopsis
Michaël Steinberg is affected by the syndrome of Cushing, a hormonal disease with the psychiatric consequences. Interned in an intensive care unit, he tries to escape by thought his body and his sick spirit and becomes then an elegant and ambitious trader to whom everything smiles. But his disease, always present in his imaginary world, lets glimpse an inhabited and complex character, sinking little by little into the madness, until killing.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (2)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Heska Productions
Full credits (13)
- Executive Producers : Cyril Schulmann, Nabil Khouri
- Screenwriter : Cyril Schulmann
- Director of Photography : Cyril Bron
- Music Composer : Alexis Maingaud
- Editor : Frank Groeppelin
- Sound Recordist : Brice Picard
- Costume designer : Sara Bentot
- Production managers : Damien Poirot, Thomas Triboit
- Sound Editor : Brice Picard
- Continuity supervisor : Marie Vaillant
- Production Designer : Loïc Marles
- Special Effects : Jérémy Burette Caravita
- Sound Mixer : Brice Picard
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Black comedy, Bizarre
- Themes : Society, Fantasies, Parable
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2011
- Runtime : 16 min 57 seconds
- Visa number : 130.588
- Visa issue date : 23/12/2011
- Production formats : HD 4K
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : Under 12
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)