The Queen of the Meix
Synopsis
In Meix, small hamlet lost in the Morvan (Burgundy), everybody knows Sophie. They greet her, they smile to her, they call her by her first name. This quasi-nonagenarian is part of the furniture, in the same way as the church or the washhouse. But which still reveals, behind the local accent, that of her native Poland, never seen again since 1941. Her lifestyle, timeless and free from modern comforts, Sophie did not choose it. No more than she wished to be snatched up by histories agonies to land, in spite of herself, in this corner of France.
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Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Orange Image
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producer : Olivier Bodeur-Crémieux
- Screenwriter : Tibo Pinsard
- Directors of Photography : Éric Lefebvre, Tibo Pinsard
- Music Composer : Nicolas Pinsard
- Editor : Carole Cassier
- Sound Recordist : Patrick Peignelin
- Production manager : Vanessa Bajoue-Degaugue
- Sound Editor : David Chaulier
- Sound Mixer : David Chaulier
- Participant : Sophie Gawula
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Portrait
- Themes : Monde rural, Exile, War
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2011
- Runtime : 27 min
- Visa number : 131.058
- Visa issue date : 16/01/2012
- Production formats : DVCPRO-HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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