Synopsis
Hèk returns to Laos after thirty five years of exile in France. Reunions with his family are marked by the absence of his dead father.
The visit takes an adventurous form when, at the request of their mother, Hèk and his found brother, Hey, undertake to offer to their father a posthumous journey in tuk tuk up to his home town, up the mountains, in the North of the country.
At the term of this journey of pure whim, true mourning and healed wounds from the separation are accomplished.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (3)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Shellac Sud
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producer : Thomas Ordonneau
- Director of Photography : Aaron Sievers
- Assistant director : Frédérique Devillez
- Editor : Enrica Gattolini-Ordonneau
- Sound recordist : Céline Bellanger
- Line Producer : Thomas Ordonneau
- Production manager : Mélanie Dieter
- Sound editor : Céline Bellanger
- Production Designer : Hé Luangkhot
- Sound Mixer : Pierre Armand
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Human nature , Psychology, Family
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2012
- Runtime : 52 min
- Visa number : 132.023
- Visa issue date : 28/11/2012
- Production formats : Super 16
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Mono
- Rating restrictions : None
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