Synopsis
A little boy hopes that the end of the world will come this evening, the arrival of a tidal wave, the passage of a nuclear cloud. He waits for it the signs. But it is not as much the end of the world that he awaits as the appointment which a girl gave him this same evening in an orchard.
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Actors (3)
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- Executive Producer : La fémis
Full credits (10)
- Screenwriter : Xavier Sirven
- Director of Photography : Sébastien Goepfert
- Assistant Director : Nicolas Giuliani
- Editor : Xavier Sirven
- Sound recordist : Fanny Weinzaepflen
- Camera Operator : Sébastien Goepfert
- Production manager : Jeanne Ezvan
- Sound Editor : Renaud Bajeux
- Continuity supervisor : Hoël Sainleger
- Sound mixer : Fanny Weinzaepflen
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Fantasy
- Themes : Family
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2011
- Runtime : 15 min 40 seconds
- Production formats : Super 16
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Dolby SRD
- Rating restrictions : None
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