Synopsis
French film director Paul Vecchiali reads a diary to us in which a man has conscientiously noted, throughout the years, the many ailments from which he cruelly suffered. It all begins with an asthma attack and hospitalization in Sainte-Anne psychiatric hospital in April 1952, and, over the months, a series of pains crystallizing in a cancer of the cavum treated with cobalt, to no avail. He died on August 3, 1959. We learn about the dramatic existence of Vecchiali's father.
Credits
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- Executive Producer : Diagonale
Full credits (8)
- Screenwriter : Paul Vecchiali
- Dialogue Writer : Paul Vecchiali
- Director of Photography : Georges Strouvé
- Music Composer : Roland Vincent
- Editor : Paul Vecchiali
- Sound Recordist : Jean-François Chevalier
- Narration Writer : Paul Vecchiali
- Narrator : Paul Vecchiali
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Portrait
- Themes : Illness
- Production language : French
- Premier pays de production : France
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1978
- Runtime : 11 min
- Visa number : 48.732
- Visa issue date : 17/05/1978
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.33
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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