Synopsis
A girl, forced to prostitute herself on highway stations by her former boyfriend, tries to escape when she realizes that she is going to be separated from her son.
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- Executive Producer : MACT Productions
- Co-production : Night ED Films
- Foreign production company : Talking Knots Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : oriGine films
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- Screenwriter : Vladimir De Fontenay
- Director of Photography : Pepe Avila Del Pino
- Music Composer : Victoria De La Vega
- Assistant Director : Willy Friedman
- Editor : Vladimir De Fontenay
- Sound recordist : Katrina Whalen
- Costume designer : Kirsten Kopp
- Line Producers : Tati Barrantes, Colin Whitlow
- Co-producer : Étienne Dubaille
- Assistant Operator : Zack Schamberg
- Production Manager : Sydney Buchan
- Sound Editor : Scott Hirsch
- Continuity supervisor : Sarah-Violet Bliss
- Production Designer : Mimi Bai
- Sound Mixer : Scott Hirsch
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama, Portrait
- Themes : Freedom, Motherhood, Marginality, Prostitution
- Production language : English
- Coproducer countries : France, United States
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, United States)
- Production year : 2012
- Runtime : 13 min 14 seconds
- Production formats : Super 16
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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