Synopsis
In a world which could almost be ours, a man wakes up one morning with the strange sensation that something misses. A word and even several. Nobody appears to be moved, not even his wife who does not delay wondering about the mental health of her husband.
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- Executive Producer : Madman Films
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- Screenwriter : Cécilia Rouaud
- Director of Photography : Guillaume Le Grontec
- Music Composer : John Cacavas
- Assistant Director : Florian Kuhn
- Editor : Élisa Aboulker
- Sound Recordist : Fabien Krzyzanowski
- Costume designer : Dominique Vidal
- Author of original work : Éric Faye
- Assistant Operator : Stella Libert
- Production Manager : Bertrand Levallois
- Sound Editor : Fabien Krzyzanowski
- Continuity supervisor : Anne-Laure Guillas
- Production Designer : Thierry Fièvre
- Sound Mixer : Fabien Krzyzanowski
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy, Literary adaptation , Bizarre, Science fiction
- Themes : Science fiction/Futuristic, Debate, Parable, The absurd, Insanity
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2012
- Runtime : 10 min 55 seconds
- Visa number : 133.616
- Visa issue date : 09/08/2013
- Production formats : HD Cinemascope
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 2.35
- Audio format : Dolby Digital
- Rating restrictions : None
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Adaptated from L'Éclipse d'Éric Faye.
Selection 2012 :
Un poing c'est court - Festival du film court francophone de Vaulx-en-Velin
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)