Synopsis
A lost traveler breaks into an abandoned castle. He discovers a mysterious painting and, by looking up it's history amongst the shelves of the library, wakes-up the ghosts of the place.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (3)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : AZOTH Studio
Full credits (13)
- Screenwriters : Dominique Dattola, Marco Aliotta
- Director of Photography : Éric Gautier
- Music Composer : Jeff Cohen
- Editor : Natacha Krylatov
- Sound Recordist : François Bedel
- Costume designer : Alexandra Pozzo Di Borgo
- Author of original work : Edgar Allan Poe
- Line Producer : Dominique Dattola
- Assistant Operator : Joël Krellenstein
- Sound editor : Corinne Harari
- Grader : Michel Hu
- Make-up Artist : Isabelle Jonieaux
- Sound Mixer : Agostino Goncalves
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fantasy, Literary adaptation
- Themes : Painting, Poetry, Fantasies
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1985
- Runtime : 10 min
- Visa number : 65.917
- Visa issue date : 09/06/1987
- Production formats : 16mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.33
- Audio format : Mono
- Rating restrictions : None
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About
Adapted from a short story by Edgar Allan Poe translated by Charles Baudelaire: The Oval Portrait.
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)