Synopsis
Out of love for the work of a poet, Hope Spears, a literary journalist, comes to Paris to write about him. But the poet remains elusive, so much so that her publisher decides to put an end to her visit. In the last twenty-four hours of her stay, in between packing up and savoring her last evening, Hope finally meets with her poet, in a most unexpected way…
Credits
Actors (4)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : FullDawa Films
- Foreign production company : Desiderata Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : Gonella Productions
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producers : Gaël Cabouat, David Atrakchi, Boris Mendza
- Screenwriters : Aleksandra Szczepanowska, Jean-Luc Ormières
- Director of Photography : Romain Le Bonniec
- Music Composer : Baptiste Thiry
- Assistant Director : Florent Martin
- Editors : Gaël Cabouat, Julie Haddad
- Sound Recordist : Maziar Razaghi
- Foreign producers : Aleksandra Szczepanowska, Jean-Luc Ormières
- Production Manager : Nicolas Marcellak
- Sound Editor : Cédric Moreau
- Production Designer : Sylvain Cabouat
- Sound Mixer : Cédric Moreau
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Romantic comedy
- Themes : Love
- Production language : French, English
- Coproducer countries : France, United States
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, United States)
- Production year : 2012
- Runtime : 15 min 50 seconds
- Production formats : Canon 5D
- 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)