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Synopsis
In a café, a man tells to his two interlocutors the strange story about a certain Manuel Esposito. Orphan under the Argentine dictatorship, Manuel meets years later a young woman persuaded that he is, as her, a child of missing parents, these political opposants murdered by the junta. A short time later, while she investigates into her real identity, she disappears mysteriously. Manuel then goes to search for her. But can we rely on the story of the narrator?
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- Executive Producer : Araucania Films
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producer : Denis Cougnaud
- Screenwriter : Guillaume Orignac
- Director of Photography : Guillaume Orignac
- Music Composer : Guillaume Orignac
- Editor : Guillaume Orignac
- Sound Recordist : Vincent Villa
- Voice-overs : Julien Roig, Sébastien Autret
- Production Manager : Denis Cougnaud
- Sound Editor : Vincent Villa
- Sound Mixer : Vincent Villa
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Bizarre, Research - Experimental
- Themes : History, Politics, Identity
- Production language : French, Spanish
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2012
- Runtime : 29 min 21 seconds
- Production formats : HD - Photographic camera
- Color type : Color and Black & White
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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