Synopsis
Alex celebrates his sixty years in an old-fashioned seaside center. She waits for her guests, but they will not come. Ali, the waiter, and Gina, the Russian dancer fleeing her procurer, will offer her an outstanding birthday. Frank, the long-awaited friend, appears finally. Alex can thus carry out her plan.
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Director (1)
Actors (4)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : GREC - Groupe de Recherches et d'Essais Cinématographiques
Full credits (14)
- Executive Producer : Marcello Cavagna
- Screenwriter : Zalfa Seurat
- Director of photography : Joude Gorani
- Music Composer : Marc Codsi
- Assistant Director : Rakan Mayasi
- Editor : William Laboury
- Sound Recordist : Victor Bresse
- Costume designer : Mohammad Khansa
- Line Producer : Koussay Hamzeh
- Assistant Operator : Bashir Hajj
- Production Manager : Louay Hamzeh
- Sound editors : Jules Wysocki, Juliette Bouilloux-Heintz
- Production Designer : Issa Kandel
- Sound Mixer : Olivier Guillaume
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Themes : Marginality, Solitude/loneliness, Nostalgia, War, Encounters, Suicide
- Production language : French, Arabic
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2013
- Runtime : 26 min 31 seconds
- Production formats : HD 2K
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
Selections (1)
Mediawave International Film and Music Gathering of Fort Monostor - Komárom
Hungary, 2014
International Short Film Competition
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