The North Room
Synopsis
In a big upper-class manor house with dark and disturbing hidden recesses, a countess whose husband is away on a journey, prepares her children, in the North Room, to do a small concert in anticipation of his return. She puts Martin, aged eight, on the double bass, and Juliette, aged twelve, on the violin. Juliette struggles and becomes fascinated by the portrait of a girl in a big oval painting.
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- Executive Producer : GREC - Groupe de Recherches et d'Essais Cinématographiques
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- Executive Producer : Marcello Cavagna
- Screenwriter : Mathilde Bayle
- Director of photography : Sarah Blum
- Music Composer : Samuel Safa
- Assistant Director : Clément Comet
- Editors : Mathilde Bayle, Virginie Véricourt
- Sound Recordist : Nicolas Joly
- Assistant Operator : Delphine Ménoret
- Production manager : Alice Beckmann
- Sound Editor : Quentin Romanet
- Production Designers : Jean-Paul Gerdy, Béatrice Coppei-Csl-O
- Sound Mixer : Quentin Romanet
- Narrator : Vélia Périssin
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- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Themes : Childhood, Education, Music
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2012
- Runtime : 20 min 1 seconds
- Production formats : HDCAM-SR
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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