Synopsis
Where are you from? What is the origin of your name? These questions are the starter to this film. Back to the origin, towards a story which they did not tell me. That of my grandparents and parents who left, in the sixties, their native country, Portugal.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : La fémis
Full credits (9)
- Director of photography : Suzana Pedro
- Music Composer : Jorge Ferreira
- Editor : Suzana Pedro
- Sound recordist : Suzana Pedro
- Camera operator : Suzana Pedro
- Sound editor : Charlotte Butrak
- Foley artist : Nicolas Fioraso
- Grader : Brice Pancot
- Sound Mixer : Ivan Gariel
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Themes : Immigration
- Production language : French, Portuguese
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2010
- Runtime : 33 min 38 seconds
- Production formats : DV
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)