Synopsis
A Tamil couple from Sri Lanka, who decided to start a new life 30 years ago by opening a corner shop in Paris, is unjustly evicted from their apartment. This modern tale sprinkled with Bollywood –inspired overtones, follows Dayana, their 16-year-old daughter, who dreams of a princess life far away from the back-shop where the whole family had to move in.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : SISTER Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : Andana Films
Full credits (11)
- Executive Producer : Julie Paratian
- Directors of Photography : Georgi Lazarevski, Floriane Devigne
- Music Composer : Mathias Duplessy
- Editor : Gwénola Heaulme
- Sound recordists : Benjamin Laurent, Yohann Angelvy, Eddy Laurent, Stephan Bauer
- Assistant Operator : Aïdan Obrist
- Production managers : Carole Fernandez, Heidi Fleisher, Julie Paratian
- Sound Editor : Vincent Montrobert
- Special Effects : Christophe Calissoni
- Grader : Jean Coudsi
- Sound Mixer : Vincent Montrobert
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Auteur documentary, Musical
- Themes : Family, Immigration, Work
- Production language : French, Tamoul
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2012
- Runtime : 53 min
- Production formats : AVCHD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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