Synopsis
At the croosroads ofRoubaix, Tourcoing and Wattrelos is the district of Union, a vast eighty hectare fallow land. Garden of two banks goes to meet of the voices of its last inhabitants. And it is another voice which accompanies us in the lempty streets, in murmuring poems by Mahmoud Darwich.
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- Executive Producer : bathysphere
- Co-productions : Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains, Pictanovo
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producer : Pierre-Yves Jourdain
- Screenwriter : Amel El Kamel
- Director of photography : Amel El Kamel
- Music Composers : Jasser Haj Youssef, Ibrahim Maalouf
- Editor : Johanne Schatz
- Sound recordist : Aurélie Valentin
- Sound Assistant : Rémi Mencucci
- Production Manager : Pierre-Yves Jourdain
- Sound Editor : Simon Apostolou
- Special Effects : Amel El Kamel
- Grader : Gadiel Bendelac
- Sound Mixer : Christian Cartier
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film, Documentary, Experimental
- Sub-genre : Video art, 2D animation
- Themes : City/urban themes, Unemployment, Exile, Exodus
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2013
- Runtime : 21 min 28 seconds
- Visa number : 136.155
- Visa issue date : 10/06/2013
- Production formats : Photographic camera
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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Adaptated from poems by Mahmoud Darwich.
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