Synopsis
Harris Tindall is a crayon sharpener. Last descendant of a family completely dedicated to this secular art, the sharpener refines every day the pencils mine according to the personality and the feelings of his customers. When a slightly curious journalist comes to make a report on this strange craftsman, Harris shows a little of himself suddenly.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (3)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Affreux, Sales & Méchants
- Co-production : FullDawa Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : oriGine films
Full credits (17)
- Executive Producers : David Hourrègue, Jean-Philippe Tapia, Vladimir Feral
- Screenwriter : Mahdi Lepart
- Director of Photography : Mahdi Lepart
- Music Composer : Guillaume Gondé
- Assistant Director : David Hourrègue
- Editor : Sabrina Mazni
- Sound Recordist : Thomas Guytard
- Costume designer : Olivier Guytard
- Line Producers : Vladimir Feral, David Hourrègue, Jean-Philippe Tapia, Gaël Cabouat, Boris Mendza, Élodie Baradat, David Atrakchi
- Co-producers : Élodie Baradat, David Atrakchi, Gaël Cabouat, Boris Mendza
- Assistant Operator : Sarah Boutin
- Production manager : Élodie Baradat
- Sound editors : Thomas Guytard, Thomas Tymen
- Continuity supervisor : Aurélie David
- Production Designer : Sébastien Berthet
- Special Effects : Cyrille Langevin
- Sound Mixer : Matthieu Tibi
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fantasy, Portrait
- Themes : Love, Arts and crafts
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2013
- Runtime : 16 min 10 seconds
- Visa number : 138.301
- Visa issue date : 27/11/2013
- Production formats : HD 4K
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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