Synopsis
The end of June in Paris. Mireille accompanies her friend Thomas, a solitary and restless being, during a walk to Père Lachaise. Thomas is very agitated, worried. He confides to Mireille that he wishes to be cremated in the event of death.
September. After a period of holidays, Mireille returns home. She and her friends have not been able to contact Thomas. She learns that he died in August, alone. As he has no family, his body was interred in the square of the needy in the new cemetery of Thiais.
Mireille wants to honor the last wills of her friend, but the law is strict: to dig up the body and cremate it, the services of the city hall have to have the signature from a member of Thomas's family. Mireille learns that Thomas had a younger brother, Melchior. But the young man, marginalized, abandoned for years by his older brother, refuses to sign the licence to dig him up. Mireille goe to the village where Melchior lives to tryand convince him.
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Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Sedna Films
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producer : Cécile Vacheret
- Screenwriters : Christophe Pellet, Vincent Dieutre
- Director of Photography : Germain Desmoulins
- Assistant Director : Maxime L'Anthoën
- Editor : Mathias Bouffier
- Sound Recordist : Arno Ledoux
- Author of original work : Christophe Pellet
- Assistant Operators : Michaël Capron, Michele Gurrieri
- Production Manager : Flavien Giorda
- Sound editor : Josefina Rodriguez
- Continuity supervisor : Manon Gay
- Sound Mixer : Gilles Bénardeau
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Portrait
- Themes : Family, Death
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2013
- Runtime : 40 min
- Visa number : 137.586
- Visa issue date : 20/01/2014
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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Adaptation from Seul le feu by Christophe Pellet - L'Arche Editions.
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www.sednafilms.fr/index.php?/projects/seul-le-feu/
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