Synopsis
A small group of friends, including adults of all ages and children, meet up for a weekend in the country at the charismatic sixty-year-old Paul's house. They have come to watch a lunar eclipse, but a different ritual altogether appears to be unfolding, under the strict control of their host.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (7)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Les Films du Bal
Full credits (14)
- Executive Producer : Judith Lou Lévy
- Screenwriter : Jonathan Bonelli
- Director of Photography : Tarik Rebeihi
- Assistant director : Estelle Chauvin
- Editor : Aël Dallier-Vega
- Sound Recordist : François Sempé
- Costume designer : Paola Heuer
- Assistant Operator : Gaëlle Tanguy
- Production Manager : Benjamin Lanlard
- Sound Editor : Gilles Bénardeau
- Continuity supervisor : Estelle Bonnet-Gérard
- Production Designer : Benoît Leveque-Frances
- Special Effects : Yannig Willmann
- Sound Mixer : Gilles Bénardeau
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama, Bizarre
- Themes : Spiritualité, Suicide, Family
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2014
- Runtime : 26 min
- Visa number : 133.702
- Production formats : HD 4K
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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