Synopsis
In a piano bar, during the shooting of a silent, black and white movie, an actor tries successively rags specific to every character of the scene to choose his role. But he ignores that the movie continues in color in his private life which will also show itself fictitious.
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- Executive Producer : Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains
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- Screenwriter : Léonore Mercier
- Director of Photography : Sylvain Briend
- Music Composer : Léonore Mercier
- Assistant director : Maéva Ranaïvojaona
- Editor : Léonore Mercier
- Sound Recordist : Arnaud Lemorillon
- Assistant Operator : Éric Peyrelier
- Production Manager : Jacky Lautem
- Sound editor : Léonore Mercier
- Continuity supervisor : Anaïs Sergeant
- Sound mixer : Léonore Mercier
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Burlesque comedy, Legend
- Themes : Cinema, Human nature , The absurd
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2010
- Runtime : 18 min 30 seconds
- Production formats : HD-CAM
- Color type : Color and Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Dolby SRD
- Rating restrictions : None
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