Synopsis
While James Monnay, relentless bailiff, makes a seizure in a vast castle, he touches a magic object which propels him into a parallel world. Hardly arrived, he falls in love with Catherine, betrothed to the king, and thus becomes the deadly enemy of him. James and Catherine try to escape to return to the world of Monnay. But the king, who needs Catherine for a mysterious and intergalactic project, is going to do everything to prevent them from going.
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Director (1)
Actors (4)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Affreux, Sales & Méchants
- Co-production : Creative Pictures
- Film exports/foreign sales : Gonella Productions
Full credits (13)
- Screenwriter : David Austin
- Director of Photography : Romain Le Bonniec
- Music Composer : Mathieu Alvado
- Editor : David Austin
- Sound Recordist : François Boudet
- Costume designer : Alice Aïssa
- Producers : Jean-Philippe Tapia, Vladimir Feral
- Line Producer : Vladimir Feral
- Co-producer : David Austin
- Production Manager : Jean-Philippe Tapia
- Sound editors : Olivier Manganelli, Thomas Soymié
- Production Designer : Joseph Perreau
- Sound Mixer : Julien Lopez
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy
- Themes : Imagination, Love, Encounters
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2011
- Runtime : 27 min
- Visa number : 127.331
- Visa issue date : 14/06/2011
- Production formats : DVCPRO-HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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