Once Upon a Bench
Synopsis
As every morning. Évelyne, a lady of a certain age, comes to sit on her favourite bench in the île Saint-Louis, at the corner of the quai du Bourbon. But this morning, she is disturbed by Iulian, a young Roma, who seems a little lost, and comes to sit next to her. The young man finishes by confiding to the old lady and his story reminds Évelyne of old memories. Little by little, an unexpected friendship starts.
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Actors (2)
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- Executive Producers : Frédéric Rossignol, Laurent Fumeron
- Screenwriter : Sylvain Aubert-Garmendia
- Director of Photography : Nicolas Chalons
- Music Composer : Hervé Faula
- Assistant directors : Andrew Desmond, Corentin Quiniou
- Editor : Amer Ghandour
- Sound Recordist : Benoît Flaneau
- Assistant Operator : Adrien Mitoire
- Production Manager : Laurent Fumeron
- Sound Editor : Hervé Faula
- Special Effects : Adrien Cohen
- Sound Mixer : Hervé Faula
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Minorities, Exclusion, Immigration, Racial discrimination, Poetry, Memories
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2012
- Runtime : 7 min 5 seconds
- Visa number : 135.967
- Visa issue date : 11/04/2013
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.77
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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